almost 5mo check in

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Congratulations .....I mean wow! you weight loss is great and so

glad to hear your doing great.

Kendra in WV

9-21-00

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hello everybody! it has been almost 5 mo since i danced in durham.

congratualations to all of you who have crossed over recently. may your

experience be half as good as mine and you will be grateful everyday! on may 3

of this year i weighed 393# and my life was really not so great. every day i

felt the increasing strain of my weight as i tried to struggle through the day

to work, and take care of my family. my two small children had never seen me

play very much. a few swings on the gymset was about all i could manage without

giving out of breath. today, just nearly five short months later i have lost

93#!! How different my life is already. I am wearing mostly size 22 clothes-

down from 30/32. Very fitted pants still take a 24 but that size is much more

available. i have a lot of energy. yes there are days when i am tired and

sluggish but those days are usually when i am losing several pounds at once. i

can work, come home and " do the second shift " as well as factor in quite a bit

of play time with my girls. our fun now includes walks, playing outside (with

mom going down the slide!), and just hanging out without me giving out of

breath.how many special moments i have captured just because i could walk an

extra 30 feet to see the wildflowers, butterflys,etc. 5 mo ago i could barely

move much less LIVE! My family and i just returned from vacation in gulf shores.

i walked on the beach, swam, caught sunrises, shopped and stayed so active.then

we ended our days by crabbing on the beach at night. 5 mo ago i would have been

a slug on the couch avoiding all the activities because i could not have kept

up.

ask me what my life is worth today. i have not followed all of the recent

problemson the site but i am glad to note that the problem makers have been

booted. this surgery is not for everyone. it is for folks who are out of

options. it saved my life and yes, it still takes a committment from you to

work- it is not always a passive process. it is unfortunate that a bitter few

can try to cause division for the newbies who so obviously have come to a

crossroads in their life -or they would not be on this site. i think dr.

rutledge has been more than frank about the entire process, start to finish.

this is his domain- he built it, he works it, if you decide it is not the way

for you then fine- move on, get over it. don't try to destroy what may be the

only hope for others! ok off my soap box.

next update- some of you may remember i had insurance difficulties post op. bcbs

refused to pay after precerting the process based on an exclusion that i had

never seen and was not in the handbook. they denied twice after paying the

hosptial even! then they took the money back from durham reg med center. i got

an attorney and stated my intent to file suit and launch a public awareness

campaign in tn. i found out last week all of my expenses (percentage insurance

was responsible for) have been paid! Hang in there yall, never give up if you

want it.

gotta run. more later. i plan to get back into keeping up a little more. please

forgive my absence- i have been rediscovering my life!!

kimberly bergin

mgb 5/3/00

-93# next poster child for the robert rutledge mgb.!

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Hi Littermate!

Can you believe its been only 5 months since I slowly

hobbled into your room at Durham Regional and

introduced myself? It seems like a lifetime ago,

doesn't it? I heartily agree with everything you said

in your post. I have lost about the same amount of

weight - I only weigh in every few weeks - and feel

wonderful. Life is a joy now instead of day to day

existence.

Sounds like you are doing well and I'm sure your

family loves the difference!

Keep in touch!

Jacquet

ton, WV

MGB 5/3/00

--- kimberly bergin wrote:

> hello everybody! it has been almost 5 mo since i

> danced in durham. congratualations to all of you who

> have crossed over recently. may your experience be

> half as good as mine and you will be grateful

> everyday! on may 3 of this year i weighed 393# and

> my life was really not so great. every day i felt

> the increasing strain of my weight as i tried to

> struggle through the day to work, and take care of

> my family. my two small children had never seen me

> play very much. a few swings on the gymset was about

> all i could manage without giving out of breath.

> today, just nearly five short months later i have

> lost 93#!! How different my life is already. I am

> wearing mostly size 22 clothes- down from 30/32.

> Very fitted pants still take a 24 but that size is

> much more available. i have a lot of energy. yes

> there are days when i am tired and sluggish but

> those days are usually when i am losing several

> pounds at once. i can work, come home and " do the

> second shift " as well as factor in quite a bit of

> play time with my girls. our fun now includes walks,

> playing outside (with mom going down the slide!),

> and just hanging out without me giving out of

> breath.how many special moments i have captured just

> because i could walk an extra 30 feet to see the

> wildflowers, butterflys,etc. 5 mo ago i could barely

> move much less LIVE! My family and i just returned

> from vacation in gulf shores. i walked on the beach,

> swam, caught sunrises, shopped and stayed so

> active.then we ended our days by crabbing on the

> beach at night. 5 mo ago i would have been a slug

> on the couch avoiding all the activities because i

> could not have kept up.

>

> ask me what my life is worth today. i have not

> followed all of the recent problemson the site but i

> am glad to note that the problem makers have been

> booted. this surgery is not for everyone. it is for

> folks who are out of options. it saved my life and

> yes, it still takes a committment from you to work-

> it is not always a passive process. it is

> unfortunate that a bitter few can try to cause

> division for the newbies who so obviously have come

> to a crossroads in their life -or they would not be

> on this site. i think dr. rutledge has been more

> than frank about the entire process, start to

> finish. this is his domain- he built it, he works

> it, if you decide it is not the way for you then

> fine- move on, get over it. don't try to destroy

> what may be the only hope for others! ok off my soap

> box.

>

> next update- some of you may remember i had

> insurance difficulties post op. bcbs refused to pay

> after precerting the process based on an exclusion

> that i had never seen and was not in the handbook.

> they denied twice after paying the hosptial even!

> then they took the money back from durham reg med

> center. i got an attorney and stated my intent to

> file suit and launch a public awareness campaign in

> tn. i found out last week all of my expenses

> (percentage insurance was responsible for) have been

> paid! Hang in there yall, never give up if you want

> it.

>

> gotta run. more later. i plan to get back into

> keeping up a little more. please forgive my absence-

> i have been rediscovering my life!!

> kimberly bergin

> mgb 5/3/00

> -93# next poster child for the robert rutledge mgb.!

>

>

>

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> removed]

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, what a great letter u are and inspiration to the rest of us waiting

on our surgery. I am so glad life is getting better for you. I can't wait til

I am on the other side to begin my life again. hugs marg