A suggestion for all of us

[Guest guest]

Hi:

I would like to respectfully suggest to both groups that we now drop

COMPLETELY the whole discussion of 's website, the new egroups

list, and any further discussion of anything to do with either of it.

I suggest that your concerns and responses either be posted directly to

or to her website, or if you have a complaint, to Dr. Rutledge. If

posts something inflammatory or of interest on the MGB list, I think the

appropriate response would be either to ignore it, or again, to post directly

to her or to her MGB-Truth list.

I don't want to censor , I just think that others have to steer around

her, since she doesn't do a very good job of sharing the road, so to speak.

The point is, we have lives, jobs, and families. Some of us have upcoming

surgery to think about, while others have the serious business of

investigating the MGB and whether it's right for them. Some of us are getting

used to being postops, and the older postops are enjoying their new lives.

This isn't a call to sugarcoat or cover up any problems or questions you may

have. But let's get on with the real business of this list - to support each

other, to listen and respond on questions regarding surgery and how it

affects our lives. Dr. Rutledge learns a lot from our posts, and these lists

are one of our most important tools in this process of having and living with

the surgery. We do need to ask the tough questions, of each other and of Dr.

Rutledge.

What's going on now is a serious distraction from more important business.

I hope that this is taken in the spirit that it's intended. I don't mind

feedback.

Thanks,

Blair