Re: What would you do

September 17, 2001

I'd be concerned that I would have access to adequate high quality

protein. Morbid Obesity is a medical condition and is corrected by

surgery and this needs to be taken into consideration just as if you

had MS. You can't act as though you have a normal digestives system.

You must take supplements for the rest of your life and be mindful of

your iron and proten intake.

Without the surgery you undoubtedly would not pass a basic physical

exam for this type of work. You may want to consider making your

contribution in an area with very high quality medical care and

acceptt to good nutrition and supplements. Wwithout your health you

have nothing to give.

in Seattle

>

> My husband and I both feel the call to become missionaries for our

> church at some point in time. We know the country but not the

> timeframe or specific area(city or rural) that God has in mind for

> us. Our kids are quite young so I expect it will be a few years

down

> the road.

>

> I know that yearly bloodwork is very important after this surgery.

> How would you feel about having this surgery if you knew that down

> the road you'd be living in a country where the medical care is not

> as good or readily available as here in the US. Say 10 years after

> the surgery would you feel comfortable living where it may take a

day

> or more to get to medical care should a problem arise or might not

be

> possible to obtain those yearly bloodwork tests? Also what if food

> (protein sources) was not as easy to obtain as here?

>

September 19, 2001

Judie,

I will take the flu shot. I work in a hospital setting and see lots

of sick people. There is no room in my life for preventable illness.

I haven't forgotten my basic nursing skills although I don't use many

of them anymore. If you get sick, have the flu, can't eat, call me

up and I'll come over, put an NG tube down your nose so you can be

fed without eating. Or if you prefer, I can start an IV for you.

If you refuse all of my free offerings, then I suppose that you will

survive quite well if you can't eat for a couple of days. If you get

dehydrated then someone who loves you less than I do will have the

pleasure of starting that IV.

in Seattle, ever ready to help LOL

someone get the flu (we all know when you are that sick

> you do not feel like eating!) what do we do when we can not eat?

Any

> advise? (other than the flu shot which I will not take)

>

> Judie

September 19, 2001