Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 In a message dated 7/17/00 9:07:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes: << All of them approached Jody later Friday asking her why I would purposely try to ruin my life with this...and did I have a Death wish? I am soooo upset by this...but have to be there 9 hours a day !!! I am soooooooo sorry for this very long post...but no one understands my frustrations like those of you here !!! >> ,I had the pleasure(?) of sharing my process w/ about 1/3 of Cincy's firemen and a fraction of Cincy's most critical nurses. I initially wasn't going to tell anyone,but was confident in my decision and figured it was way too much work to try and dodge the subject. Their discontent w/ the surgery was their baggae not mine! I got every comment imaginable from " You're going to look beautiful...a guy from the 49's house wife died from one of those " to " We boys at Delhi think you look fine,don't change a thing " to tearful fireman eye's that say " What if you turn around and get cancer! " or my favorite " That still doesn't fix or address the eating disorder you must have " . It finally got to the point where I said " what have you heard about bypass surgery so I can educate you " . The nurses I worked with hated that one! I'd refer them to the site,qoute the NIH statment that diet and exercise has a 94% fail rate if you're over 100 lbs. overweight, and say if there is an eating disorder (mentally) I was more than strong enough to deal with it. I always thanked them for their concern and said it made me feel good that people cared about me. I reassured that I had done my homework and stressed the reversibility of the surgery. Since then 1 paramedic is having bypass surgery and my most negative and difficult nurse has requested Dr. R's website for a friend. I'm more than flattered......the decision to tell is very personal! I went through alot by telling,but I work with the most understanding and sympathetic(towards obesity,ONLY!) firemen in the world. They are great,and my fellow nurses are really coming around and now ask important questions like " When are we going shopping for new clothes?! " Good luck in your journey! Osler MGB2/21/00 272/208 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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