Fw: [MGB-PostOp] Re: Complications from MGB

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Thanks Cyndee. Can't get enough of this stuff. I have become an MGB Good

News Junkie!!!!!!!!! PJ

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We on the post-op list thought you guys could use some of the good news that

we post on the post-op list. A new life awaits every MGBer!!!!

[MGB-PostOp] Re: Complications from MGB

> Cyndee, I hope I have the same problems coming up. I had my sugery

> Aug 16, 2000. Everything is going great and I hope to catch up with

> you one the weight loss! Thanks for posting!

> Dinah in AL

> mgb 081600

> 291/269

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>

> > Hey guys --- Just jumped back on the list and after seeing " LT " 's

> web

> > page I thought I would share with some of you who are newer post-op

> > some of the complications I've had since my surgery with Dr. R.

> >

> > 1) The " after surgery " expense has been extraordinary. Going from

> a

> > size 26/24 to a size 10 in just over a year has taken a huge amount

> > of clothes.

> >

> > 2) The time constraints are enormous. After all, throwing on

> > anything that still fits is no longer an option. No, now I have to

> > actually check to make sure I look good and often actually try on

> > several outfits before going out the door. Darn --- I even make

> sure

> > my shoes match!

> >

> > 3) My dog " Worthless " has gained a LOT of weight. So has my

> husband

> > for that matter but let's not go there! :-)

> >

> > 4) My spare time is almost non-existent. Life has changed since my

> > days as a couch potato. With water skiing, long bike rides and

> > learning to rollerblade, heck, I don't even have a clue what my

> > favorite TV characters are up to.

> >

> > 5) I'm having an identity crisis. My Mom glanced my way in the

> > grocery store the other day. I waved in her directions but she

> > didn't recognize me for a few seconds! People I haven't seen in

> more

> > than 6 months don't recognize me at all.

> >

> > 6) The anxiety factors are also extensive. It seems like my class

> > reunion will never get here and since I was a size 12/14 back in

> the

> > class of '68 --- I'm really looking forward to the next one!

> >

> > 7) I'm having problems with my vocabulary. I've run out of words

> to

> > describe how thankful I am that I had this surgery.

> >

> > Have any of the rest of you faced these complications? If so,

> please

> > pass on how you are dealing with them.

> >

> >

> > Cyndee Munkittrick

> >

> > MGB 08/16/99 268

> > 10/09/00 151

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