Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Pat, I wish I could have met you as well! I know you need to heal more though and even though we would have loved to see you, rest is what you needed more! The meeting was great and as someone said there was over 4,000lbs lost in that room and unlike Weight Watchers, the great thing is that those 4,000lbs are not coming back! There was this guy in a wheelchair chair there because of his weight and I really hope he decides to have surgery and his insurance cooperates so that a year or so from now, he will actually be able to WALK to his car and drive himself places and enjoy life without being trapped in the prison of obesity. While there were other pre-ops there that are just as 'deserving' and needing of surgery, it's morbid obesity that has caused this man to lose his mobility and curing that disease will open up so much possibility. was telling us at the meeting that pre-op, when she came, she would have to walk in and sit at the first chair by the door and that was it! Now -151lbs (and still going down!), she was snapping pictures and running around like a madhatter both during the meeting and she was also able to do Woolgrowers for lunch and dinner with us and pre-op, just that probably would have tired her out before the meeting. This surgery is a miracle for all of us and I hope that more and more people find out about this miracle (and our fantastic doc & staff) and more insurance companies see that they're spending more money trying to treat the symptoms of morbid obesity (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, knee & back problems, sleep apnea, etc, etc) than they would spend letting the patient have the DS and curing that disease for good! *hugs* Anita in Denver > ok,nosey minds want to know,what went on at the meeting??? > I know you all had a great time.Anita, I wish I could have > met you,and Besty I missed seeing you again. When are you > going to have hernia surgery??? > When you have to depend on someone else to take you places,you > just don't get to go and that's what happen to me tonite.I just > can not stand having to depend on someone else. I had my heart > set on being there tonite,but wasn't meant to be... > ,hope you got some good pictures..lol > I think this being housebound is going to get to me. I get my > pump tmr and I can only be off it 2 hrs at a time. > Ok,enough griping,hope you all had a nice time and have a great > day tomorrow. > God bless, > Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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