Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 Larice, I have thought about this also, maybe we should have " information cards " made up and just hand them to a person??????? I don't know what the answer, but if hadn't turned me onto Dr. R., I would not be where I am today. thanks Betty Crocker I appreciate all the recipes. , thanks and and Phyllis. I am working on the MGB cookbook. With the no insurance thing, maybe we can fund a scholarship or help someone with their meds etc. Larice 01/04/01 I saw a very huge lady (morbidly obese like my mother, maybe 425.bs.) My girls were staring of course asking me if she had surgery. I tried to get my courage up to speak with her. I could not do it. I felt like, Dr. R is not doing surgery at this point, so it was complicated for me to start my story out. I feel rotten. But I will be at this restaurant again, it is local, and I will share with her. It is hard and I am afraid to be blasted. But I so know the agony they are going thru. No one is having fun being obese, even Santa. Larice White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 I think that there at least for me is a very fine line between wanting to help someone and being intrusive into their lives. Let me give you an example: The day that I was at clinic on 10/02/00 one of the other MGB patients started up a conversation with a person who was waiting for his mother. This man was in his late 20s however looked like he was about 50. He was very overweight and obviously having trouble walking. He probably had been overweight his entire life as had most of us and would probably benefit from some sort of WLS. I didn't have a problem with the initial part of the conversation that I heard but over the course of the next 15 minutes I felt the MGB patient was beginning to become more than a little pushy. We all know that each of us has to reach a point of being " sick and tired of being sick and tired " and we have to decide what is right for us. I tell anyone that asks how I have lost the weight and the only thing I might do personally with someone who is really overweight is make a point of mentioning the weight I have lost and how. If they ask me about the surgery then I tell them and will gladly give them Dr. R's web address, etc. I know that before I was ready to make this life-altering decision if someone had mentioned it to me I would have been insulted at least initially. I don't think I ever saw myself the way the world saw me --- at least until I was ready to do something about it. Everyone has to handle these issues the way they feel the most comfortable. This is what feels the most comfortable for me. thanks Betty Crocker I appreciate all the recipes. , thanks and and Phyllis. I am working on the MGB cookbook. With the no insurance thing, maybe we can fund a scholarship or help someone with their meds etc. Larice 01/04/01 I saw a very huge lady (morbidly obese like my mother, maybe 425.bs.) My girls were staring of course asking me if she had surgery. I tried to get my courage up to speak with her. I could not do it. I felt like, Dr. R is not doing surgery at this point, so it was complicated for me to start my story out. I feel rotten. But I will be at this restaurant again, it is local, and I will share with her. It is hard and I am afraid to be blasted. But I so know the agony they are going thru. No one is having fun being obese, even Santa. Larice White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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