Re: Pat Eppler

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Come on Flo. You know you are the ideal on this list!!

Seriously, I am past the point of trying to impress anyone. I can say that

because I have a loving husband with whom I will celebrate our 43d wedding

anniversay the 31st. I am just happy that I do not embarass him so much any

more. These friends have known me for 30 years, so we don't have much left to

impress one another with, if you know what I mean. I am sure they will be a

little surprised that I don't look any better in a bathing suit since my

appearance fully clothed has changed so much.

I don't even have lemons in tube sox--mine are more like prunes in footies!!!!

I am going to order some of those natural " rubber " thingys to fill out my top

with. I am noticing that the front of my clothes sort of flaps around now.

HaHa

My batwings don't even bother me that much, but my thighs are a total

disaster!!! Like wax legs that have started to melt and run downhill!! The

wind shorts hide lots of that.

Pat

RE: Re: Beth

> > ** Original Sender: " Pat Eppler " <peppler@...>

> > ** Original Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:22:51 -0600

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> > ** Original Message follows...

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> >

> > You said it for all of us. There is one more thing I used to worry

about that I have never seen on this list, and that is if I had died while I was

so obese, how would the pallbearers handle my coffin at my funeral!!! I know

this is a morbid thought, but I also thought of lying in a coffin with all my

fat spread out for everyone to see--crammed in a coffin. I think my health

problems were really scaring me making me think of death a lot. This fright was

the main thing that brought me to the MGB, and I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT

for all these reasons and more!

> >

> > Pat Eppler

>

> Hey Pat. I think the final humiliation for me was before surgery when I

fell down the front steps at my house and broke my foot. The rescue squad had to

come because I couldn't walk and it took two men from the ambulance, my husband

and my daughter to get me into the ambulance to go to the hospital. I was

mortified and so embarassed. I knew then that I had to do something!

>

> Flo

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>

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[Guest guest]

Pullease. I will not wear a bathing suit in front of anyone I am trying to

impress. LOL....my former butt is now the back of my knees and you know about

the lemons in tube sox. Wouldn't I look cute. We have a pool party over July 4th

weekend and I'm already dreading it. These are new friends. I'll obsess about

that between obsessing over the scar on my leg and my batwings.

You don't want to look like me Pat. Believe me.

Flo

> ** Original Subject: RE: Re: Beth

> ** Original Sender: " Pat Eppler " <peppler@...>

> ** Original Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:35:47 -0600

> ** Original Message follows...

>

> I hear ya! Last summer, one of my friends who is larger than I started out,

went swimming with our gang of friends, and she could not get out of the pool.

She could not walk up the steps nor climb the ladder. It took her husband half

an hour to get her out. I just sat there and almost cried for her.

>

> The sad thing is that she is even larger this year and more crippled. I don't

imagine that she will be swimming with us any more.

>

> I went to WalMart and bought a top, a tankini top I suppose, and a pair of

wind shorts to wear to our swimming parties. The shorts cover a lot of ugly leg

stuff!!! Never will I quit swimming and having fun with the gang!!! None of

them are exactly bathing beauties, but we all love each other!!!!!! We have

couples swimming-tennis parties all summer. The " normal " sized women would not

go swimming until I declared that I refused to sit on the sidelines, so now we

all have fun, and it is fun. I missed out on too much fun for 30 years and

refuse to do so any more!!!

>

> Wish I were skinny like you Flo!!!!!!!!!

>

> Pat

> RE: Re: Beth

> > ** Original Sender: " Pat Eppler " <peppler@...>

> > ** Original Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:22:51 -0600

>

> > ** Original Message follows...

>

> >

> > You said it for all of us. There is one more thing I used to worry about

that I have never seen on this list, and that is if I had died while I was so

obese, how would the pallbearers handle my coffin at my funeral!!! I know this

is a morbid thought, but I also thought of lying in a coffin with all my fat

spread out for everyone to see--crammed in a coffin. I think my health problems

were really scaring me making me think of death a lot. This fright was the main

thing that brought me to the MGB, and I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT for all

these reasons and more!

> >

> > Pat Eppler

>

> Hey Pat. I think the final humiliation for me was before surgery when I fell

down the front steps at my house and broke my foot. The rescue squad had to come

because I couldn't walk and it took two men from the ambulance, my husband and

my daughter to get me into the ambulance to go to the hospital. I was mortified

and so embarassed. I knew then that I had to do something!

>

> Flo

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Flo..

YOu KILL ME, Sweetie..

I'm wetting my pants at the thought of where your butt is now!!!

But aint it the truth?

Trude.....)

RE: Re: Beth

> > ** Original Sender: " Pat Eppler " <peppler@...>

> > ** Original Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:22:51 -0600

>

> > ** Original Message follows...

>

> >

> > You said it for all of us. There is one more thing I used to worry

about that I have never seen on this list, and that is if I had died while I was

so obese, how would the pallbearers handle my coffin at my funeral!!! I know

this is a morbid thought, but I also thought of lying in a coffin with all my

fat spread out for everyone to see--crammed in a coffin. I think my health

problems were really scaring me making me think of death a lot. This fright was

the main thing that brought me to the MGB, and I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT

for all these reasons and more!

> >

> > Pat Eppler

>

> Hey Pat. I think the final humiliation for me was before surgery when I

fell down the front steps at my house and broke my foot. The rescue squad had to

come because I couldn't walk and it took two men from the ambulance, my husband

and my daughter to get me into the ambulance to go to the hospital. I was

mortified and so embarassed. I knew then that I had to do something!

>

> Flo

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Absolutely --- WE WANT PICTURES!!!! WE WANT PICTURES!!!! WE WANT

PICTURES!!!!!

Congrats to you and Rudie!

Pat Eppler

<<<Oh, Cheryl!! I am totally THRILLED for you!!!! That is wonderful

and

could not happen to a nicer person. You have been my inspiration for a

long

time. Thanks for being such a good role model. Now you need to post

some

new pictures on Trish's site.

Pat Eppler>>

Wow Pat, that is high praise. Thank you so much for the kind words.

I sure have had a long journey with lots of bumps and rocks along the

long

and winding road these last two years. In two and a half years I have

had

major surgery, lost 196.5 lbs, lost both my mother and father, lost

a

fiance (BUT, I gained him as a husband). I have moved into a new home.

Talk

about a whirlwind lifestyle. Whewwwwwwww. Time for life to settle down

a

little. NAH, I wouldn't know how to act!!

I feel pretty good today. And Pat, I hope to see you at the picnic. Are

you

attending?

[Guest guest]

I can't come to the picnic this time around--maybe some day! I remember when

you went through all the things you listed. Your life has been one of major

change--in fact, a whirlwind of changes. Perhaps now you can settle down and

enjoy each day as it comes.

Best wishes.

Pat

Pat Eppler

<<<Oh, Cheryl!! I am totally THRILLED for you!!!! That is wonderful and

could not happen to a nicer person. You have been my inspiration for a long

time. Thanks for being such a good role model. Now you need to post some

new pictures on Trish's site.

Pat Eppler>>

Wow Pat, that is high praise. Thank you so much for the kind words.

I sure have had a long journey with lots of bumps and rocks along the long

and winding road these last two years. In two and a half years I have had

major surgery, lost 196.5 lbs, lost both my mother and father, lost a

fiance (BUT, I gained him as a husband). I have moved into a new home. Talk

about a whirlwind lifestyle. Whewwwwwwww. Time for life to settle down a

little. NAH, I wouldn't know how to act!!

I feel pretty good today. And Pat, I hope to see you at the picnic. Are you

attending?

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Your pictures on the " Friend " site are beautiful!!!!! You say you need to

lose 50 pounds but I was surprised when I read your stats and saw you are

size 18 and some 16's. You look wonderfully proportioned and nowhere near

that size to me.

Your granddaughters are beautiful in their little matching black dresses and

I know they are so proud of their grandma. My grandsons (2 1/2 and 10 months)

were the very reason I wanted this surgery so desperately. I wanted to be

able to share in their lives for a long time, see them grow up, and have me

some great-grandbabies to play with!

Good luck with your diet attempts but you look wonderful just as you are.

Besides, us grandmas need a few more pounds than the spring chickens do!

Your sister in Christ and the mgb,

Bankie

[Guest guest]

You are sweet! I am so much healthier, but I have bad feet and the more weight

I lose the better I HOPE they become! I was a teacher for 30 years and my feet

are paying for all those years on concrete floors in dress shoes carrying around

the extra weight.

I have been an exerciser for at least 15 years, so I do not look as big as I

weigh. I am 5 ft. 6 in. tall and am weighing in the neighborhood of 220, which

is still a lot!!!!! I think I would look really slim if I could get down to

175. I have always been very athletic (until I became so MO) so my weight has

always been surprising to lots of people. I have always had heavy, muscular

legs and thighs. My top is kinda skinny already, but that bottom half is still

plenty there! I guess I have lots of muscle--I do water aerobics, circuit

training at Curves, and lift weights some.

I am 61 and also did this to have more years with my sweet family. I just know

that I have already added many years to my life and well as improving the

quality of life. My looks are fine to me right now, so anything else I lose

will be a bonus to me. You are right, we mature ladies do not need to be skin

and bones. That picture you are talking about was made right before Christmas

and I have lost only a little bit since then.

When I had my nails done today, my nail lady and I were talking and I mentioned

being 61 and she just had a fit--said, " No Way! " It made my day. As you can

see, it doesn't take much to make me happy! LOL

Pat Eppler

Re: Pat Eppler

Pat,

Your pictures on the " Friend " site are beautiful!!!!! You say you need to

lose 50 pounds but I was surprised when I read your stats and saw you are

size 18 and some 16's. You look wonderfully proportioned and nowhere near

that size to me.

Your granddaughters are beautiful in their little matching black dresses and

I know they are so proud of their grandma. My grandsons (2 1/2 and 10 months)

were the very reason I wanted this surgery so desperately. I wanted to be

able to share in their lives for a long time, see them grow up, and have me

some great-grandbabies to play with!

Good luck with your diet attempts but you look wonderful just as you are.

Besides, us grandmas need a few more pounds than the spring chickens do!

Your sister in Christ and the mgb,

Bankie

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pat!

I saw my doctor today and he has put me on iron...anemic!! He also did

additional bloodwork and he is waiting for the results. He also told me to

take Vioxx for pain since my legs and feet hurt terribly throughout the day.

I have even experienced muscle pain in my shoulders and arms if I move them

a certain way. I just know I have to get better or else DIE!! LOL Thanks

for your words of advice! I think I drink too much water now and had

wondered if that was causing the fluid retention. Time will tell and GOD

BLESS YOU!!

And according to my doctor's scale , I have now gained ELEVEN pounds......I

am really freaking now!!

Love ya,

Lynn Brown

Re: LINDA and anybody with advice????

>

>Lynn

>

>Of course you need to discuss all of this with your doctor. But, did

>anyone tell you to drink lots and lots of water? As strange as it

>seems, ingesting more fluids helps rid the body of extra fluid, and not

>getting enough water is sometimes a problem after our surgery. I had to

>learn all this during the years I took diuretics.

>

>I imagine your hormones are all out of whack, but that won't last

>forever. Just keep working with your doctor. I will be sending good

>vibes for you to feel better soon.

>

>Pat Eppler

> 8thMonth update

> >

> >

> >Today is my 8th month update wanted to post and let all know that

> >physically I'm doing well.

> > For once weight is not an issue, or the way that I feel because of

>it.

> > However, there are so many things going on in my life: Divorce, My

>3rd

> >grader's grades( he is doing much better now thou ) , Missing my

>mom,

> >Finances, thinking a friend of mine has been called to war (worried),

> >TRYING to do National Boards this year(STRESSFUL), depression. I

>struggle

> >within myself with all these things.

> >

> > I find solace in spending time with my kids. It just gets very

>lonely on

> >these weekends when they are gone to their dads.

> > At times i feel my kids are all i have besides . Many of you

>met

> >, (i call him ) He is my best friend and that at times gets

>hard to

> >deal with not being able to spend time with him. (lives in Houston)

> >

> >I also find solace in going to the gym. It amazes me how my mood

>will

> >change when I cannot go. Sometimes I have meetings after work or the

>kids

> >have so much homework that we cannot make it there b4 they close.

>So I do

> >my exercises at home just isnt the same thou.

> >

> >I have correlated the way im feeling at times with the fact that i

>havent

> >been able to go to the gym and relieve sum stress.

> >

> >the last month i made a promise to myself that i was going to work

>out

> >everyday in sum form or another even if it was to go walking with my

> >kids.......i think that made the difference in the extra lbs that i

> >lost........

> >

> >Went from 251 to 236 this month. 5 lbs more than the last 2 months .

>And i

> >know i have eaten more because at one point month a few months ago I

>could

> >only eat a bite or two b4 i was full . THank God That stopped!

> >

> >I tell myself on a daily bases , " This too shall pass " and i read my

> >serenity prayer on the wall when i wake up in the morning it is

>always the

> >first things i see.

> >

> >Wishin all of you peace and happiness,

> >

> >~Kathy in NC~

> >2/14/01

> >highest 397

> >surgery 370

> >Today 236

> >Goal 170 Realistic Goal 190

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Lynn Talk to Dr. Rutledge before you take Vioxx long term. Phyllis

[Guest guest]

Pat: You were my first MGB hero! So glad to see your name up here. I just

came back on the list after a long absence!

Flo

-- Re: Dr R : Celebrex

Cheryl, I am so sorry to hear that you have been having problems. I am not

sure what a TKR is. Would you elaborate? It sounds like something very

serious, and I will be praying for your full and complete recovery. I have

kept up with you since 1999. You were my first MGB hero, or heroine!

Pat Eppler