Philadelphia Inquirer Article

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Sounds like fun! Congratulations. Kim O

[Guest guest]

Hey Folks,

About three weeks or so ago, I was asked if I would be ok with

talking to a reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer since they

wanted to run an article in the Health and Science section about

Gastric Bypass Surgery and the after effects of it. For those of you

that know me, it was a no-brainer and of course I agreed to the

interview. I had a 2 hour telephone interview about two weeks ago

with a delightful reporter, we spoke about all sorts of things, what

prompted me to have the surgery, how did people treat me before the

surgery, were my closest friends and family supportive? how has my

life changed since the surgery both physically and mentally and

emotionally. Well as I said for those that know me you can easily

see how this call went on for two hours. At the end of the call I

was told that she wasnt sure if she was going to use my story as she

had others she was interviewing as well and if they used it they

would get back to me.

Yesterday, I got an email from a photographer with the Inquirer, its

seems I made it into the final edited story and they wanted to get

some " after " pictures of me. He had today and tomorrow available as

the pictures needed to be done by Wednesday for deadline. Since I

now work in Conneticuit I didnt have much wiggle room on my schedule

he came to my house this morning at 730AM. Took pictures of me

getting ready to leave the house and then followed me to Trenton

station and took pictures there with me walking through the station,

buying my ticket, waiting for the train and then boarding the train.

Now let me set the stage, he as all this VERY professional equipment,

swapping out lenses and is running ahead of me and then walking

backwards to get " action " pictures. I felt like a movie star! And I

know that the people in the station were wondering who the hell I was!

This was SO MUCH FUN I had to share it with you all.

The story will be in next Monday (August 11th) Philadelphia Inquirer

in the Health and Science section. I hope its a good one. I havent

seen what she has written or actually what the pictures look like (I

kept telling him to be sure to get the collarbones and to remind me

to " suck it in " before he took pictures. I sent him a link to

my " before pictures that I have stored on Shutterfly, and Im not sure

what he will use from there. If youd like to see them here is the

link

http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b0de21b3251aeb8471

So wish me luck, and if you want, I will gladly sign autographs at

the next meeting...... Just kidding of course....

Love ya all and loving life today

C

LAP RNY

Dr 6.5.02

down 110 pounds

start size 24 current size 6