Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Trudy - you make me wish I WAS coming to clinic on July 11th...because I'd love to meet you! Unfortunately I live in New York, but I can totally empathize with everything you've said. You sound like a great person, and I wish you all the best as you make this journey with the rest of us! M. MGB pre-op...for 2 more days! Meet the newbie. Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar since you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for taking the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the date of July 12th. I have read about some of you having difficulties with the office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information to your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 dollar more but you can see when your information was received by logging onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am a nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is what they call the patients behind their back who have large abdominal folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I have met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the best in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Trudy - you make me wish I WAS coming to clinic on July 11th...because I'd love to meet you! Unfortunately I live in New York, but I can totally empathize with everything you've said. You sound like a great person, and I wish you all the best as you make this journey with the rest of us! M. MGB pre-op...for 2 more days! Meet the newbie. Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar since you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for taking the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the date of July 12th. I have read about some of you having difficulties with the office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information to your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 dollar more but you can see when your information was received by logging onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am a nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is what they call the patients behind their back who have large abdominal folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I have met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the best in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Hi Trudy. I can relate to much of what you said. Lucky for me I gained all my weight at about age 30 and have had it on since but am glad that I was a thin child and teen - kids can be so rotten!!! I am so happy that you are doing this at such a young age - you will have such fun after!!!! Good luck!! Joanne trudy_n_2000@... wrote: > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar > since > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for > taking > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the > date of July 12th. > I have read about some of you having difficulties with the > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had > my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it > was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information > to > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 > dollar > more but you can see when your information was received by logging > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed > after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. > This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly > with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am > a > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a > medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I > have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is > what they call the patients behind their back who have large > abdominal > folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on > their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I > have > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the > best > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be > able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to > decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. > I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Hi Trudy. I can relate to much of what you said. Lucky for me I gained all my weight at about age 30 and have had it on since but am glad that I was a thin child and teen - kids can be so rotten!!! I am so happy that you are doing this at such a young age - you will have such fun after!!!! Good luck!! Joanne trudy_n_2000@... wrote: > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar > since > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for > taking > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the > date of July 12th. > I have read about some of you having difficulties with the > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had > my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it > was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information > to > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 > dollar > more but you can see when your information was received by logging > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed > after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. > This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly > with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am > a > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a > medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I > have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is > what they call the patients behind their back who have large > abdominal > folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on > their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I > have > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the > best > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be > able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to > decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. > I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy, I loved reading your post. I have that rid dividing my stomach and have heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel that if they had to be in our shoes for one day they would change their attitude. in SC Wanting to start a new life with the help of Dr. R If you see someone without a smile, Give them one of yours. If you and I should meet and you forget me, you have lost nothing. If you meet JESUS and you forget him, you will have lost everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy, I loved reading your post. I have that rid dividing my stomach and have heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel that if they had to be in our shoes for one day they would change their attitude. in SC Wanting to start a new life with the help of Dr. R If you see someone without a smile, Give them one of yours. If you and I should meet and you forget me, you have lost nothing. If you meet JESUS and you forget him, you will have lost everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy, I loved reading your post. I have that rid dividing my stomach and have heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel that if they had to be in our shoes for one day they would change their attitude. in SC Wanting to start a new life with the help of Dr. R If you see someone without a smile, Give them one of yours. If you and I should meet and you forget me, you have lost nothing. If you meet JESUS and you forget him, you will have lost everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Hi Trudy, Welcome. I enjoyed reading your post. Where do you live in Utah? We used to live in Provo. My daughter is going to college out there this fall, and I will be flying out there with her to help her get settled. I am praying hard that I can have the MGB before that trip. Sara trudy_n_2000@... wrote: > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar > since > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for > taking > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the > date of July 12th. > I have read about some of you having difficulties with the > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had > my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it > was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information > to > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 > dollar > more but you can see when your information was received by logging > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed > after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. > This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly > with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am > a > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a > medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I > have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is > what they call the patients behind their back who have large > abdominal > folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on > their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I > have > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the > best > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be > able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to > decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. > I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy, I am also a newbie. My name is Kay Deno. I am so happy for you and you could be talking about me. I know exactly how you feel. I am also very jealous of you right now. My insurance company will not approve the surgery so far. I'm still fighting. Best of luck to you on the 12th. I will be thinking of you every minute. Meet the newbie. > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar > since > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for > taking > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the > date of July 12th. > I have read about some of you having difficulties with the > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had > my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it > was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information > to > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 > dollar > more but you can see when your information was received by logging > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed > after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. > This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly > with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am > a > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a > medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I > have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is > what they call the patients behind their back who have large > abdominal > folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on > their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I > have > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the > best > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be > able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to > decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. > I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy, I am also a newbie. My name is Kay Deno. I am so happy for you and you could be talking about me. I know exactly how you feel. I am also very jealous of you right now. My insurance company will not approve the surgery so far. I'm still fighting. Best of luck to you on the 12th. I will be thinking of you every minute. Meet the newbie. > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your names are familiar > since > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who responded, let me > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, thank you for > taking > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara called me back to > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a littermate on the > date of July 12th. > I have read about some of you having difficulties with the > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience has been great. > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. I have always had > my email answered within one day unless it was a weekend. Then I was > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my packet one week before > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I could monitor when it > was signed for on the internet. For any of you sending information > to > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. You pay about 1 > dollar > more but you can see when your information was received by logging > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of your parcel. They > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the clinic on Wednesday, > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first call. I called them > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in Utah, but 5:00 pm > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, but suddenly my phone > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. She had stayed > after hours to call me. This is why I say they have been great. > This post is a lot longer than I had intended it to be. I just > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the newbie. Some > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI 48, and just under > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been thinking lately that > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn into one of the > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I empathized strongly > with the stories just recently about the " cookie-cutter life. " I am > a > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I work there are few > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work with is under a > medium size or less. My XX large size has been unusual to them. I > have listened to them as they have joked about front-bums (this is > what they call the patients behind their back who have large > abdominal > folds that hang down looking like a bum. Especially if the seam on > their pants places pressure in the center which divides the fat into > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable front bums you can > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about it. In fact I have > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The other day one of my > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she weighed as much as one > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would want to be dead. I > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She would rather be dead > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. As you can see I > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed normal teen-age > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered with lower > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which no one who hasn't > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can understand. I > have > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try to look for the > best > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon size. I am > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends that I can depend > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. I am thankful to be > able to have this surgery because my health is already starting to > decline. I have borderline diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease. > I also want to live a more normal life and not be a slave to my food. > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, dance without > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't wait to meet anyone > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy in Utah > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Trudy/Sara I to am a native Utahan, born and raised in Salt Lake City, miss it immensely, especially living in sooooooooooo flat Florida. Great now I'm homesick. Robynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Robyn - how can you stand hot, sticky Florida after Utah??? I lived in Florida for 23 years and hated the weather - except, perhaps, January and February!!! Joanne Byne wrote: > Trudy/Sara > I to am a native Utahan, born and raised in Salt Lake City, miss it > immensely, especially living in sooooooooooo flat Florida. > Great now I'm homesick. > Robynn > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > beMANY! has a new way to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on > saving more each month: Our huge buying group gives you Long Distance > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls! > http://click.egroups.com/1/3821/2/_/453517/_/960244161/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Hi Joanne, Just had to jump in.....we live in Fla because its so Cheap/////// 1. where else can you go and never have to pay a water bill for taking a shower. Just go for a walk at 1 in the afternoon and you'll be sopping wet. 2. where else can you live and never have to pay for tanning sessions......just a trip to the mailbox gets you brown as a berry and you get skin cancer free as an added bonus. 3 where else can you live where you NEVER want to go out to dinner because the lines of tourists are so long, its easier to open a can of Soup. 4 where else can you live where orange juice is the mainstay and most of the people aquire the oj glow. No its not liver disease just oj overload. 5 where else can you live where every outing in the car is like the best thrill ride at the greatest amusment park you've ever been too. You have those that can't see above the steering wheel, those that cant see beyond the steering wheel and those that can't see, and all are out there driving with the best of us. Then you have the Tourists all following their local driving rules and Canadians follow ther rules here also, believe me it does'nt get better than this. Robynn, you can jump in any time here. Had my 2 cents thx Lv Judi in Fla Quoting Joanne Young ybuzzy@...>: > Robyn - how can you stand hot, sticky Florida after Utah??? I lived in > Florida for 23 years and hated the weather - except, perhaps, January and > February!!! Joanne > > Byne wrote: > > > Trudy/Sara > > I to am a native Utahan, born and raised in Salt Lake City, miss it > > immensely, especially living in sooooooooooo flat Florida. > > Great now I'm homesick. > > Robynn > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > > beMANY! has a new way to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on > > saving more each month: Our huge buying group gives you Long Distance > > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls! > > http://click.egroups.com/1/3821/2/_/453517/_/960244161/ > > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960244930/ > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > ----------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Hitter Communications Webmail http://webmail.hitter.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Yeah, I remember it well!!! Joanne CarlMuckerheide wrote: > Hi Joanne, > Just had to jump in.....we live in Fla because its so > Cheap/////// > 1. where else can you go and never have to pay a water > bill for taking a shower. Just go for a walk at 1 in > the afternoon and you'll be sopping wet. > 2. where else can you live and never have to pay for > tanning sessions......just a trip to the mailbox gets > you brown as a berry and you get skin cancer free as > an added bonus. > 3 where else can you live where you NEVER want to > go out to dinner because the lines of tourists are > so long, its easier to open a can of Soup. > 4 where else can you live where orange juice is > the mainstay and most of the people aquire the > oj glow. No its not liver disease just oj overload. > 5 where else can you live where every outing in the > car is like the best thrill ride at the greatest > amusment park you've ever been too. You have those > that can't see above the steering wheel, those that > cant see beyond the steering wheel and those that can't > see, and all are out there driving with the best of us. > Then you have the Tourists all following their local > driving rules and Canadians follow ther rules here > also, believe me it does'nt get better than this. > Robynn, you can jump in any time here. > Had my 2 cents thx > Lv Judi in Fla > > Quoting Joanne Young ybuzzy@...>: > > > Robyn - how can you stand hot, sticky Florida after > Utah??? I lived in > > Florida for 23 years and hated the weather - except, > perhaps, January and > > February!!! Joanne > > > > Byne wrote: > > > > > Trudy/Sara > > > I to am a native Utahan, born and raised in Salt > Lake City, miss it > > > immensely, especially living in sooooooooooo flat > Florida. > > > Great now I'm homesick. > > > Robynn > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > beMANY! has a new way to save big on your phone > bill -- and keep on > > > saving more each month: Our huge buying group gives > you Long Distance > > > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE > calls! > > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/3821/2/_/453517/_/960244161/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass > Mailing List at Onelist.com > > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > > Get the Patient Manual at > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker > combinations. > > Remember the good 'ol days > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960244930/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing > List at Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through Hitter Communications Webmail > http://webmail.hitter.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Was the salesman clueless? Productopia has the answers. > http://click.egroups.com/1/4633/2/_/453517/_/960247703/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Kay, hang in there and keep kicking them. EVERYONE who has to carry around 100 extra pounds or more deserves this surgery. Maybe we could get together and strap a 120 backpack onto each of the claims department people. Then we will tell them to go out and live a normal life. lol. It would be something to see. Trudy --- kay deno deno33@...> wrote: > Trudy, > I am also a newbie. My name is Kay Deno. I am so > happy for you and you > could be talking about me. I know exactly how you > feel. I am also very > jealous of you right now. My insurance company will > not approve the surgery > so far. I'm still fighting. Best of luck to you on > the 12th. I will be > thinking of you every minute. > > Meet the newbie. > > > > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your > names are familiar > > since > > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who > responded, let me > > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, > thank you for > > taking > > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara > called me back to > > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a > littermate on the > > date of July 12th. > > I have read about some of you having > difficulties with the > > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience > has been great. > > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. > I have always had > > my email answered within one day unless it was a > weekend. Then I was > > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my > packet one week before > > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I > could monitor when it > > was signed for on the internet. For any of you > sending information > > to > > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. > You pay about 1 > > dollar > > more but you can see when your information was > received by logging > > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of > your parcel. They > > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the > clinic on Wednesday, > > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first > call. I called them > > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in > Utah, but 5:00 pm > > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, > but suddenly my phone > > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. > She had stayed > > after hours to call me. This is why I say they > have been great. > > This post is a lot longer than I had intended > it to be. I just > > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the > newbie. Some > > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI > 48, and just under > > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been > thinking lately that > > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn > into one of the > > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I > empathized strongly > > with the stories just recently about the > " cookie-cutter life. " I am > > a > > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I > work there are few > > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work > with is under a > > medium size or less. My XX large size has been > unusual to them. I > > have listened to them as they have joked about > front-bums (this is > > what they call the patients behind their back who > have large > > abdominal > > folds that hang down looking like a bum. > Especially if the seam on > > their pants places pressure in the center which > divides the fat into > > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable > front bums you can > > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about > it. In fact I have > > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The > other day one of my > > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she > weighed as much as one > > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would > want to be dead. I > > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She > would rather be dead > > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. > As you can see I > > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed > normal teen-age > > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered > with lower > > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which > no one who hasn't > > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can > understand. I > > have > > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try > to look for the > > best > > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon > size. I am > > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends > that I can depend > > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. > I am thankful to be > > able to have this surgery because my health is > already starting to > > decline. I have borderline diabetes and > polycystic ovarian disease. > > I also want to live a more normal life and not be > a slave to my food. > > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, > dance without > > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go > swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't > wait to meet anyone > > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy > in Utah > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker > combinations. > > Remember the good 'ol days > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass > Mailing List at Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Kay, hang in there and keep kicking them. EVERYONE who has to carry around 100 extra pounds or more deserves this surgery. Maybe we could get together and strap a 120 backpack onto each of the claims department people. Then we will tell them to go out and live a normal life. lol. It would be something to see. Trudy --- kay deno deno33@...> wrote: > Trudy, > I am also a newbie. My name is Kay Deno. I am so > happy for you and you > could be talking about me. I know exactly how you > feel. I am also very > jealous of you right now. My insurance company will > not approve the surgery > so far. I'm still fighting. Best of luck to you on > the 12th. I will be > thinking of you every minute. > > Meet the newbie. > > > > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your > names are familiar > > since > > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who > responded, let me > > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, > thank you for > > taking > > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara > called me back to > > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a > littermate on the > > date of July 12th. > > I have read about some of you having > difficulties with the > > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience > has been great. > > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. > I have always had > > my email answered within one day unless it was a > weekend. Then I was > > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my > packet one week before > > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I > could monitor when it > > was signed for on the internet. For any of you > sending information > > to > > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. > You pay about 1 > > dollar > > more but you can see when your information was > received by logging > > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of > your parcel. They > > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the > clinic on Wednesday, > > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first > call. I called them > > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in > Utah, but 5:00 pm > > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, > but suddenly my phone > > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. > She had stayed > > after hours to call me. This is why I say they > have been great. > > This post is a lot longer than I had intended > it to be. I just > > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the > newbie. Some > > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI > 48, and just under > > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been > thinking lately that > > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn > into one of the > > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I > empathized strongly > > with the stories just recently about the > " cookie-cutter life. " I am > > a > > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I > work there are few > > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work > with is under a > > medium size or less. My XX large size has been > unusual to them. I > > have listened to them as they have joked about > front-bums (this is > > what they call the patients behind their back who > have large > > abdominal > > folds that hang down looking like a bum. > Especially if the seam on > > their pants places pressure in the center which > divides the fat into > > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable > front bums you can > > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about > it. In fact I have > > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The > other day one of my > > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she > weighed as much as one > > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would > want to be dead. I > > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She > would rather be dead > > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. > As you can see I > > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed > normal teen-age > > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered > with lower > > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which > no one who hasn't > > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can > understand. I > > have > > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try > to look for the > > best > > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon > size. I am > > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends > that I can depend > > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. > I am thankful to be > > able to have this surgery because my health is > already starting to > > decline. I have borderline diabetes and > polycystic ovarian disease. > > I also want to live a more normal life and not be > a slave to my food. > > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, > dance without > > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go > swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't > wait to meet anyone > > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy > in Utah > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker > combinations. > > Remember the good 'ol days > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass > Mailing List at Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Kay, hang in there and keep kicking them. EVERYONE who has to carry around 100 extra pounds or more deserves this surgery. Maybe we could get together and strap a 120 backpack onto each of the claims department people. Then we will tell them to go out and live a normal life. lol. It would be something to see. Trudy --- kay deno deno33@...> wrote: > Trudy, > I am also a newbie. My name is Kay Deno. I am so > happy for you and you > could be talking about me. I know exactly how you > feel. I am also very > jealous of you right now. My insurance company will > not approve the surgery > so far. I'm still fighting. Best of luck to you on > the 12th. I will be > thinking of you every minute. > > Meet the newbie. > > > > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your > names are familiar > > since > > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who > responded, let me > > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, > thank you for > > taking > > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara > called me back to > > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a > littermate on the > > date of July 12th. > > I have read about some of you having > difficulties with the > > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience > has been great. > > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. > I have always had > > my email answered within one day unless it was a > weekend. Then I was > > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my > packet one week before > > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I > could monitor when it > > was signed for on the internet. For any of you > sending information > > to > > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. > You pay about 1 > > dollar > > more but you can see when your information was > received by logging > > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of > your parcel. They > > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the > clinic on Wednesday, > > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first > call. I called them > > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in > Utah, but 5:00 pm > > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, > but suddenly my phone > > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. > She had stayed > > after hours to call me. This is why I say they > have been great. > > This post is a lot longer than I had intended > it to be. I just > > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the > newbie. Some > > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI > 48, and just under > > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been > thinking lately that > > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn > into one of the > > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I > empathized strongly > > with the stories just recently about the > " cookie-cutter life. " I am > > a > > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I > work there are few > > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work > with is under a > > medium size or less. My XX large size has been > unusual to them. I > > have listened to them as they have joked about > front-bums (this is > > what they call the patients behind their back who > have large > > abdominal > > folds that hang down looking like a bum. > Especially if the seam on > > their pants places pressure in the center which > divides the fat into > > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable > front bums you can > > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about > it. In fact I have > > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The > other day one of my > > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she > weighed as much as one > > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would > want to be dead. I > > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She > would rather be dead > > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. > As you can see I > > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed > normal teen-age > > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered > with lower > > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which > no one who hasn't > > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can > understand. I > > have > > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try > to look for the > > best > > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon > size. I am > > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends > that I can depend > > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. > I am thankful to be > > able to have this surgery because my health is > already starting to > > decline. I have borderline diabetes and > polycystic ovarian disease. > > I also want to live a more normal life and not be > a slave to my food. > > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, > dance without > > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go > swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't > wait to meet anyone > > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy > in Utah > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker > combinations. > > Remember the good 'ol days > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass > Mailing List at Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 , I think that nurse summed it up for most. They would kill themselves. It is so much harder than we make it look. We are masters at minimizing everything from our existence to our feelings. Very few people are aware of the pain they cause even just with a stare, because we hide it on the inside. So here is to what ever it is called, be it front-bum, large abdominal fold, or flap. It still sucks. Trudy. --- Goofygrits@... wrote: > Trudy, > I loved reading your post. I have that rid > dividing my stomach and have > heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel > that if they had to be in > our shoes for one day they would change their > attitude. > > in SC > Wanting to start a new life > with the help of Dr. R > > If you see someone without a smile, > Give them one of yours. > > If you and I should meet and > you forget me, you have lost nothing. > > If you meet JESUS and you forget him, > you will have lost everything. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 , I think that nurse summed it up for most. They would kill themselves. It is so much harder than we make it look. We are masters at minimizing everything from our existence to our feelings. Very few people are aware of the pain they cause even just with a stare, because we hide it on the inside. So here is to what ever it is called, be it front-bum, large abdominal fold, or flap. It still sucks. Trudy. --- Goofygrits@... wrote: > Trudy, > I loved reading your post. I have that rid > dividing my stomach and have > heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel > that if they had to be in > our shoes for one day they would change their > attitude. > > in SC > Wanting to start a new life > with the help of Dr. R > > If you see someone without a smile, > Give them one of yours. > > If you and I should meet and > you forget me, you have lost nothing. > > If you meet JESUS and you forget him, > you will have lost everything. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 , I think that nurse summed it up for most. They would kill themselves. It is so much harder than we make it look. We are masters at minimizing everything from our existence to our feelings. Very few people are aware of the pain they cause even just with a stare, because we hide it on the inside. So here is to what ever it is called, be it front-bum, large abdominal fold, or flap. It still sucks. Trudy. --- Goofygrits@... wrote: > Trudy, > I loved reading your post. I have that rid > dividing my stomach and have > heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel > that if they had to be in > our shoes for one day they would change their > attitude. > > in SC > Wanting to start a new life > with the help of Dr. R > > If you see someone without a smile, > Give them one of yours. > > If you and I should meet and > you forget me, you have lost nothing. > > If you meet JESUS and you forget him, > you will have lost everything. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Sounds like a good idea to me. I keep wondering what these people look like. I keep picturing them to be a size 3 and can eat tons of food and stay that way. I bet if they started gaining they would change their minds about approving us. Meet the newbie. > > > > > > > Hi all. My name is Trudy. Some of your > > names are familiar > > > since > > > you emailed me about your experiences. To all who > > responded, let me > > > thank you for your words of encouragement. Also, > > thank you for > > > taking > > > the time to email me back. Last Thursday, Barbara > > called me back to > > > set my date for clinic and surgery. I will be a > > littermate on the > > > date of July 12th. > > > I have read about some of you having > > difficulties with the > > > office. I just wanted to tell you my experience > > has been great. > > > Please don't think that I am bragging or anything. > > I have always had > > > my email answered within one day unless it was a > > weekend. Then I was > > > emailed back on the first Monday. I mailed my > > packet one week before > > > I was approved and called. I sent it USPS so I > > could monitor when it > > > was signed for on the internet. For any of you > > sending information > > > to > > > your insurance, I highly recommend doing this. > > You pay about 1 > > > dollar > > > more but you can see when your information was > > received by logging > > > onto the USPS site and typing in the number of > > your parcel. They > > > received it Tuesday, I impatiently emailed the > > clinic on Wednesday, > > > and Thursday they called me. I missed the first > > call. I called them > > > back but the office was closing. It was 3:00 pm in > > Utah, but 5:00 pm > > > in NC. I prepared to stay home all day Friday, > > but suddenly my phone > > > rang again. Sweet Barbara was on the other line. > > She had stayed > > > after hours to call me. This is why I say they > > have been great. > > > This post is a lot longer than I had intended > > it to be. I just > > > wanted to let you all get a chance to geek at the > > newbie. Some > > > personal information: 26 female, private pay, BMI > > 48, and just under > > > 300 pounds of fun-loving sweetness. I have been > > thinking lately that > > > I want to hold onto my love of people and not turn > > into one of the > > > skinny cruel people we all seem to run into. I > > empathized strongly > > > with the stories just recently about the > > " cookie-cutter life. " I am > > > a > > > nurse in critical care. In the hospital where I > > work there are few > > > overweight critical care nurses. Everyone I work > > with is under a > > > medium size or less. My XX large size has been > > unusual to them. I > > > have listened to them as they have joked about > > front-bums (this is > > > what they call the patients behind their back who > > have large > > > abdominal > > > folds that hang down looking like a bum. > > Especially if the seam on > > > their pants places pressure in the center which > > divides the fat into > > > bum halves.) Since I have one of these adorable > > front bums you can > > > imagine how I feel when they start to talk about > > it. In fact I have > > > more bum in the front than I do in the back. The > > other day one of my > > > size 4 coworkers made the comment that if she > > weighed as much as one > > > of our patients, who was 220 pounds, she would > > want to be dead. I > > > heard this from afar but it hit me so hard. She > > would rather be dead > > > than be me. I didn't even know what to say or do. > > As you can see I > > > usually have plenty to say. I was dumbstruck. > > > I have been overweight since age 9. I missed > > normal teen-age > > > life: prom, dating, boys, etc. I have suffered > > with lower > > > self-esteem. These are the emotional issues which > > no one who hasn't > > > been ridiculed about their physical appearance can > > understand. I > > > have > > > met many people in my life. Good and bad. I try > > to look for the > > > best > > > in all and dismiss those that judge me based upon > > size. I am > > > fortunate to have family that loves me and friends > > that I can depend > > > on. Without them I would not be who I am today. > > I am thankful to be > > > able to have this surgery because my health is > > already starting to > > > decline. I have borderline diabetes and > > polycystic ovarian disease. > > > I also want to live a more normal life and not be > > a slave to my food. > > > I want to be able to walk without gasping for air, > > dance without > > > feeling clumsy, and maybe even dare to go > > swimming. LOL. Hey thanks > > > if you made it to the end of this post. I can't > > wait to meet anyone > > > who is coming to clinic on July 11th. Love, Trudy > > in Utah > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker > > combinations. > > > Remember the good 'ol days > > > > > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/2/_/453517/_/960174679/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass > > Mailing List at Onelist.com > > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > > Get the Patient Manual at > > http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Old school buds here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/4057/2/_/453517/_/960273400/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Yea, we ought to get an . We are better actors than any I've seen accepting the awards. Re: Meet the newbie. > , > I think that nurse summed it up for most. They would > kill themselves. It is so much harder than we make it > look. We are masters at minimizing everything from > our existence to our feelings. Very few people are > aware of the pain they cause even just with a stare, > because we hide it on the inside. So here is to what > ever it is called, be it front-bum, large abdominal > fold, or flap. It still sucks. Trudy. > > --- Goofygrits@... wrote: > > Trudy, > > I loved reading your post. I have that rid > > dividing my stomach and have > > heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel > > that if they had to be in > > our shoes for one day they would change their > > attitude. > > > > in SC > > Wanting to start a new life > > with the help of Dr. R > > > > If you see someone without a smile, > > Give them one of yours. > > > > If you and I should meet and > > you forget me, you have lost nothing. > > > > If you meet JESUS and you forget him, > > you will have lost everything. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Remember Father's Day Is June 18th > Click Here For Great Gifts! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5037/2/_/453517/_/960274150/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Yea, we ought to get an . We are better actors than any I've seen accepting the awards. Re: Meet the newbie. > , > I think that nurse summed it up for most. They would > kill themselves. It is so much harder than we make it > look. We are masters at minimizing everything from > our existence to our feelings. Very few people are > aware of the pain they cause even just with a stare, > because we hide it on the inside. So here is to what > ever it is called, be it front-bum, large abdominal > fold, or flap. It still sucks. Trudy. > > --- Goofygrits@... wrote: > > Trudy, > > I loved reading your post. I have that rid > > dividing my stomach and have > > heard nurses make comments about it. I still feel > > that if they had to be in > > our shoes for one day they would change their > > attitude. > > > > in SC > > Wanting to start a new life > > with the help of Dr. R > > > > If you see someone without a smile, > > Give them one of yours. > > > > If you and I should meet and > > you forget me, you have lost nothing. > > > > If you meet JESUS and you forget him, > > you will have lost everything. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Remember Father's Day Is June 18th > Click Here For Great Gifts! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5037/2/_/453517/_/960274150/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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