Guest guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 AJ, I tried to answer this earlier today and it jumped off into the black hole,LOL. I've had a busy summer and haven't been to Ellie's since before your surgery. ( By the way your gift is still there waiting for you!! Been down to Seattle a lot getting all my mercury changed into gold at the U. of WA Dental school. Also in the middle of all the traveling and when staying at my son's home with his wife, while he and DH, , were building a huge barn in Twisp, my computer crashed and it took me some time to get another up and running. I am so happy for you and tickled that you've been found by your guy! I'll be praying for you both as he tries all the doors and finds one that will lead to a successful surgery. Right now I'm dealing with the pain of the announcement that Lee Anne posted a bit ago---Dr. NOT continuing to do the DS (DGB). This all is so twerpy and a royal pain to boot. I am sure that the office would never have called ME to tell me of her adjenda and I have a consult date in Nov. for which I have been waiting for a LOOOONG time! I know this may sound like sour grapes, but I had started to think several days ago, that I wasn't totally sure I wanted to have Lap surgery, after listening to and viewing many lectures on the SAGES site, so I'm not as devastated as I could be. In a way, this is just a confirmation of what my guts were telling me!! I've already emailed Dr. Welker and left messages at his office but haven't heard back yet....and I tried Dr. Heap again, and again got the door sweetly shut in my face by his nurse , who this time even said that the Kennewick Hospital, where he does his surgeries, will not accept Medicare for WLS " which is an elective surgery after all " and that it is a " political " issue for them!!! I'll call you and see if the meeting with the gal on Whidbey would be a possibility for me. My current land yacht ( the '67 Crown Imperial with the " oh so cosy " baby blue leather seats and the insatiable appetite) is having carburator/trannie troubles and so it will all depend. Love, Kathy P in Arlington, WA > Where have you been?????? How are things goin? I've been thinking about you > alot and wondered what was up! When are you going to be at your daughters > again??? I'm going to go meet a lady soon that is on Whidbey Island and > wants to find out about surgery...you should try to meet us!! > > Get ahold of me!!! > ~*~ AJ ~*~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2001 Report Share Posted October 20, 2001 In a message dated 10/19/01 7:25:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, saintsnsinners@... writes: > I tried to answer this earlier today and it jumped off into the > black hole,LOL. I've had a busy summer and haven't been to Ellie's > since before your surgery. ( By the way your gift is still there > waiting for you!! > OMG...I totally spaced on that...Can you send me her number again and I'll call so I can run up and grab it! You are so sweet and I'm such an idiot. Please don't think I don't appreciate it...I truly do! > Been down to Seattle a lot getting all my mercury changed into gold > at the U. of WA Dental school. Also in the middle of all the > traveling and when staying at my son's home with his wife, while he > and DH, , were building a huge barn in Twisp, my computer > crashed and it took me some time to get another up and running. > > Never fun when the computer crashes. I decided to reformat mine and then couldnt find the video driver to make my monitor work right so its been a week with only my work computer...LOL I am so happy for you and tickled that you've been found by your guy! > I'll be praying for you both as he tries all the doors and finds one > that will lead to a successful surgery. > Thanks...that is my hope for him too...but he is losing right now on his own...so that's nice while he's waiting. > Right now I'm dealing with the pain of the announcement that Lee Anne > posted a bit ago---Dr. NOT continuing to do the DS (DGB). > > Thats really bad...I was never impressed with their office...so it just fits into my image of the whole thing. This all is so twerpy and a royal pain to boot. I am sure that the > office would never have called ME to tell me of her adjenda and I > have a consult date in Nov. for which I have been waiting for a > LOOOONG time! I know this may sound like sour grapes, but I had > started to think several days ago, that I wasn't totally sure I > wanted to have Lap surgery, after listening to and viewing many > lectures on the SAGES site, so I'm not as devastated as I could be. > In a way, this is just a confirmation of what my guts were telling > me!! > Good attitude...you'll get there...I know you will! > I've already emailed Dr. Welker and left messages at his office but > haven't heard back yet....and I tried Dr. Heap again, and again got > the door sweetly shut in my face by his nurse , who this time even > said that the Kennewick Hospital, where he does his surgeries, will > not accept Medicare for WLS " which is an elective surgery after all " > and that it is a " political " issue for them!!! > Dr Heap's office gal said that because he's older and established he can pretty much do what he wants...he's no longer resigning with insurances...so he's very much not doing the norm like newer drs. Dr Welker is suppose to be good...I hope you get good news! > I'll call you and see if the meeting with the gal on Whidbey would be > a possibility for me. My current land yacht ( the '67 Crown Imperial > with the " oh so cosy " baby blue leather seats and the insatiable > appetite) is having carburator/trannie troubles and so it will all > depend. > > That would be lovely! I'd love to see you again and catch up. You are a very sweet and wonderful lady!! You were one of the first people I met when I started this journey...We'll work something out!! ~*~ AJ ~*~ Bellingham, WA Age 37 5'8'' Open DS self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain 07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1 08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs! 09/24/01 BMI 55.8 367.1 -48.0 lbs! -37.75 inches 10/20/01 BMI 53.3 350.5 -64.6 lbs! -50.0 My profile: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=E982002956 My website: www.wls4aj.homestead.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 In a message dated 10/24/01 8:35:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, duodenalswitch writes: << I am sorry if I upset anyone. I know my problem isn't common and when you are overweight it is very hard to sympathize with someone who is losing at a fast pace. It is even harder to understand when the loss gets to a normal point and I complain. If you are pre-op, please understand that this can happen and you need to prepare yourself emotionally for it. I figured it would be great to lose really fast and at first it was. Now the reality has hit and I need to re-evaluate. Kathy M. >> Kathy - I was not upset in the least about your post. I don't think you need to apologize, either. It sounds like you went through A LOT to get your surgery. It also sounds like you already look wonderful, from the comments of your family and friends. Kathy, let yourself enjoy looking good as you are. Let yourself feel worthy of the compliments. Try not to obsess. Try not to have a " diet " mentality and let the surgery work for you. I am still a pre-op, but I have watched others post about this not being another diet. I think you are way too hard on yourself and please know that not everyone thought you should apologize and most of us could see where you were coming from. Great job so far with your post-op. R E L A X and let yourself feel the accomplishments you have already made. You did good, girl! :-) Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 I agree with Carole completely... you deserve the compliments, and you need to relax. I didn't take offense by your words either... please feel comfort in that. I think you're a brave person to be able to come to a forum such as this and express yourself, especially with all the BS that's be flung around lately.(though educational as some may think it to be the personal attacks made me shudder) Good Luck in the future and vent all you want... we're all in this together. .. ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Melisa -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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