Re: Re: For Gwen - looking for reactions

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Here Here!

Just let me stop gaining and get off the C.P.A.P. for my Sleep Apnea and

I will have won 90% of the race for me.

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Preop

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Wmson@... wrote:

> Blair,

>

> Thanks for the great post. I am a preop (12 days and counting) and I

> am convinced of my decision but would be lying if I said that

> everytime I see something else posted from you know who or others I

> get a little catch in my stomach. I too know that nothing is without

> risk and I believe for me the risk of staying as heavy as I am

> outweight the risks with surgery. My biggest fear actually is

> inadequate weight loss but I am one of the ones who will settle for

> significant - it doesn't have to be perfect. I would love to see my

> goal weight someday but will take a " normal " size in a heartbeat!

>

> on

> Surgery date 10/04/00

>

>

> > In a message dated 9/22/00 11:34:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

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

> >

> > << I had 26 contacts for my packet and all 26, who were chosen

> randomly,

> > responded with praise and ALL said if they had it to do again YES

> they would.

> > WOULD YOU? >>

> >

> > Hi, Gwen:

> >

> > I just posted something to a short while ago, along these

> same lines.

> >

> > Yes, I would do it again, and my husband's a physician with

> credentials and

> > training out the wazoo, and HE really thinks a great deal of this

> surgery.

> > We spent a huge amount of time researching it, talking it over, and

> we

> > finally got comfortable.

> >

> > This is after we heard about 1) a death following surgery, 2)

> horrible,

> > long-lasting complications following surgery, and 3) slow to non-

> existent

> > weight loss following surgery.

> >

> > Here was my reasoning: NONE of the surgeries guarantee perfect

> weight loss,

> > although a majority seem to succeed quite well. ALL of the

> surgeries can be

> > fatal, and can lead to major complications. Dr. Rutledge was the

> only

> > surgeon who took the time to address my concerns, by email, in

> person, and

> > through the MGB support groups and on his website.

> >

> > One half of my extended family - my father's side - are bigger than

> barns,

> > and my father died at age 52 of obesity-related illness. My choice

> seemed

> > obvious, but I still treated it as the life-and-death decision that

> it really

> > is.

> >

> > You, and only you, will know if you are making the right decision:

> not your

> > husband, not anyone else on this list, not me, not your best

> friends. YOU.

> > You're the one who will be dealing with the new digestive system,

> the

> > dumping, the frustrations, the joys. It's your body.

> >

> > Good luck to you.

> >

> > Blair

> > 8/9/00

>

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