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To all the Pre ops out there; I can only hope and pray that your

respective surgeries turn out complication free. There is nothing better

than going in to the hospital and coming out with a successful and

complication free surgery. BUT, if it should turn out otherwise wouldn't

you like to have a venue where you could speak out about it to share

your experience with others researching WLS for themselves? THAT is what

this list is supposed to be!

Deb's surgery was not successful and it has been well documented here by

her. That is up until now. It is a real shame that she has been muted

so. Her story is hers and should only be told by her. That can no longer

happen. It should also be noted that Deb offered a wealth of info to

this group from a nursing professionals standpoint. Valuable information

that she readily and happily shared with others. The group will now

suffer from that loss.

I was going to keep my mouth shut but I'm outta here for a while. I am here as a pre-op trying to absorb everything I can about this surgery. I was here when the stuff with Deb started. The POINT has completely gotten lost here.

She is not being told not to tell what happened to her nor has anyone said anything about her not needing and deserving support. She is probably going thru hell right now and I feel really bad for her. BUT she came on and attacked everyone that didn't completely agree with the hatred she had for her surgeon and what she was saying to make it known and it just spirled down. I felt the moderators where trying to protect her from herself incase she does get into a law suit or whatever. Surgeons are not gods, mistakes happen. We are all human after all. I don't know if what was done to her was wrong or just an unlucky situation, but I do know noone here can fix it or change it. We all wanted to support her but she wasn't ready for that at that point.

I'll check back at some point down the road. I didn't come here to read a petition 50 times or everyone bickering because they decided someone was being shut out. I feel I'm fairly intelligent, extremely sensitive and overly compassionate and even I saw the need for what happened and why. Its very simple and being completely blown out of porportion.

This pre-op will focus on the support group she started in Bellingham Wa and check back later.

My insurance is now saying they will pay if medically necessary so I'm very hopeful I'll be having my surgery before August is over....I'm going to focus on that!

~~* AJ *~~

BMI 58

NW Washington Medical

DR Heap, Richland WA

Working on 1st appeal