Re: and telling co-workers

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Good advice !!

I just might become a walking MGB encyclopedia...I always have believed that

the more information you have, the less people want to challange you...

Thanks again !

>From: Boingy300@...

>Reply-To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com

>To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com

>Subject: and telling co-workers

>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:23:30 EDT

>

>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

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