Re: To Francisco

[Guest guest]

Dear Francisco-

I am so shocked and amazed and what has happened, first of all i have lit a candle for you like you have for myself and so many of us here in the group.

I think dating and relationships marriages, kids work the gym whatever is all so relavant and appropriate to us pre op or post op , i think we all know where the delete key is if we need it, i know once before we lost a lot of people in our group due to what was appropriate and not appropriate and that was in reference to doctors and kaiser, what ever happened to freedom of speech...........

I am so saddeded, irriatated and mad GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

You have inspired and helped so many in all your changes and adjustments and surgeries always giving us priceless information for our futures.....................

I am going to pray on this and hope this just isnt so and it gets fixed................

lots of love prayers and hugs

colleen garner

now officially lost over 102 pounds, who always looked to franciscos input when i was just starting outPatty wrote:

Francisco,

Hi....I have never talked to you directly, but I have so enjoyed everything that you have brought to this group. You have made me stop and really think about things in my life. You write exactly how you feel. You are such an open person.....it really saddens me that someone would be so discrimatory. Haven't we been discriminated against enough? I know that people look at me so differently because of my weight. Whoever condemned you for your personal choices in you life are no different than those people who make fun of us or look at us in disgust because of our weight. I am very happy for you that you have been able to move on with your life. You have had some major issues along the way and have been able to work them out.

I am also a very open person when I feel comfortable....please don't change the way you are just because someone doesn't choose what you choose. Everybody is different, that is what makes the world go round.

I feel that the person who didn't appreciate you should just not open your emails if they don't want to read them. You are a valuable person to this group.....

Please stay and continue to be yourself.

Patty

RiversideFrancisco wrote:

Hello and goodbye everyone:You know, I've debated long and hard whether to be who I am in this support group, and I risked a lot revealing that I'm gay.I got a private email today telling me that my dating experience is not appropriate for this forum. I disagree, but I don't want to offend anyone.Well, it's time to move on then. It's been difficult to be a gay man trying to fit in a straight world. Up til now I didn't think that it was an issue on this board.I'm sure when the straight men and women talked about their relationship issues/difficulties, there was no problem.But I don't want to be part of a group where that kind of prejudice exists.There is just too much love and acceptance in other places. Good luck to you all.Francisco