===>> Tj calling (FL)

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My Dear -friend; I have to disagree on just a couple of points.

By and large I agree totally with what you are saying, particularly I

appreciate post-ops who stay here to continue supporting pre-ops and

those of us still in the process of losing - we need their experience

very much.

But two things need to be stated in mild disagreement in MHO.

I too have followed my manual, done everything I know to do, and some

of us do not have great results to attribute to following the manual,

in spite of following it closely. We are all individuals and it's a

crap shoot on our results. That, too, is covered in the manual. I've

lost 51 pounds in six months, and I am compulsively obedient!

The other point is that not everyone retains information at the same

rate or in the same way. The educators among us will agree that some

learn by reading once, some have to read, listen, read again, write,

recite and test and still have trouble retaining information. Again -

individuality.

Individuality in delivering and receiving information is obvious in

all of this, too. What has been a tremendous help to many of us in

receiving forthright responses can be hurtful to those with thinner

skin, less experience on the board or life experiences that make them

more vulnerable.

In any family, the older siblings sometime snap at the toddlers

asking why, why, why, and the middle children, like you and I, try to

keep peace - and MGB is a mighty big family.

You know I love you - Tj

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> Dear ,

>

> Being fairly new to this process, only 4 months post op today! I

more then

> appreciate your straight forward answers, you , Kathy and Jami have

been an

> inspiration and a great help to me. I am attributing my great

results to

> following the manual as closely as possible. I have many times

wanted to answer

> a question with the question " HAVE YOU READ THE MANUAL? " Not

because a

> question is stupid or silly, but because having read the whole

manual at least 4

> times cover to cover plus having used the manual more times then I

can count

> since surgery to look up questions that I had or simply did not

remember, you

> can tell that there are some people who are skimming through the

manual to

> answer their patient letter questions and not looking back.

>

> I personally do not believe in reinventing the wheel, Dr Rutledge

has spent

> countless hours of his personal time and research to put together a

manual

> that will help us be as successful as we possibly can with this

surgery! Dr

> Rutledge invented this wheel! I am just along for the ride! I am

down 85 lbs

> in 4 months since surgery, 108 lbs since I decided to have the

MGB! Please

> remember, I weighed 407 when I started this journey, I weighed 384

the day of

> surgery, I had a BMI of 58 and I had an 8 ft bypass. I excersize

everyday, I

> had my first bloodwork done and all is well except, my thyroid

number is

> high (this ahs been a medicated condition for me for 14 years so

it is no

> surprise) and my protien was just a hair low! So every day I have

to concentrate,

> protein, protein, protein!

>

> Sorry this became such a long winded post, but, I just wanted to

let the old

> timers know, your input is greatly appreciated and to let the

newbies know,

> read your manual it is full of good and helpful info!

>

> in Fla

> 407/384/299/160

> hi/perop/now/goal

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