Guest guest Posted July 11, 2000 Report Share Posted July 11, 2000 My friends, The time has come for me to leave this group. I had high hopes when I first joined this list of being on it for the long haul, but I can no longer stay. Each week there is a new flame war. A member of the list states their opinion and others go for the jugular. I switched to digest thinking I could skip over the flame wars, but the last few digests I've gotten contained hardly anything else. Dr. R. has asked time and again that we be nice. Unfortunately in our zeal to " defend " Dr. R. or our own opinions, we have slammed others. I say " we " because right after my surgery I too was guilty of that. I learned the hard way by hurting someone because I misunderstood their opinion and was over-zealous in mine. I simply cannot continue watching the battles. Most of us have lived with people slamming us for our weight. One might think that having been the target would make us more compassionate, but instead we seem to have stored all the ugliness and now spew it at anyone who doesn't agree with us. I am confident that I made the right decision for my life. I cannot speak for what is right for anyone else. I am willing to share my experience with anyone who is interested in private mail, but as of this post I will be unsubbing. Take care my friends, you remain in my prayers. {{HUGS}} Claire MGB 4/10/00 300/250 27.50 inches melted!!! Dr. Rutledge (http:/clos.net) " He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it even until the day of Christ Jesus " - Phil. 1:6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 Dear Claire, I wish you would not leave, but I really do understand why you need to . I hope that you will keep in touch with me, since we do live in the same city ! I enjoy our talks very much and i'll call you towards the end of the week. Love, >From: sMama2@... >Reply-To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com >To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com >Subject: Re: Good bye Friends >Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:09:11 EDT > >My friends, > >The time has come for me to leave this group. I had high hopes when I >first >joined this list of being on it for the long haul, but I can no longer >stay. > >Each week there is a new flame war. A member of the list states their >opinion and others go for the jugular. I switched to digest thinking I >could >skip over the flame wars, but the last few digests I've gotten contained >hardly anything else. Dr. R. has asked time and again that we be nice. >Unfortunately in our zeal to " defend " Dr. R. or our own opinions, we have >slammed others. I say " we " because right after my surgery I too was guilty >of that. I learned the hard way by hurting someone because I misunderstood >their opinion and was over-zealous in mine. > >I simply cannot continue watching the battles. Most of us have lived with >people slamming us for our weight. One might think that having been the >target would make us more compassionate, but instead we seem to have stored >all the ugliness and now spew it at anyone who doesn't agree with us. > >I am confident that I made the right decision for my life. I cannot speak >for what is right for anyone else. I am willing to share my experience >with >anyone who is interested in private mail, but as of this post I will be >unsubbing. > >Take care my friends, you remain in my prayers. >{{HUGS}} > >Claire >MGB 4/10/00 >300/250 >27.50 inches melted!!! >Dr. Rutledge (http:/clos.net) > > > > " He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it even until >the day of Christ Jesus " - Phil. 1:6 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! >1. Fill in the brief application >2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds >3. Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR >http://click.egroups.com/1/6628/3/_/453517/_/963356960/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >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 > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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