Re: Trampoline & Swimming Pool Ladder

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The only reason I would even consider getting on a trampoline is if one of

the onlookers had a video camera and was shooting the " spectacle " for a shot

at the $5,000 prize on America's Funniest Home videos. I can see the

concrete crumbling now as I try to hoist myself up a pool ladder.....Thanks

for the encouragement.

How old are your kids? How many do you have?

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From: thestewarts@... (Herbert )

Ditto. I dream of those days too. And let us not forget - Not

exceeding the weight limit on my kids' trampoline or the pool ladder!!!

Love ya all

Kathy

Kaiser Permente appealing

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[Guest guest]

The only reason I would even consider getting on a trampoline is if one of

the onlookers had a video camera and was shooting the " spectacle " for a shot

at the $5,000 prize on America's Funniest Home videos. I can see the

concrete crumbling now as I try to hoist myself up a pool ladder.....Thanks

for the encouragement.

How old are your kids? How many do you have?

Re: (no subject)

From: thestewarts@... (Herbert )

Ditto. I dream of those days too. And let us not forget - Not

exceeding the weight limit on my kids' trampoline or the pool ladder!!!

Love ya all

Kathy

Kaiser Permente appealing

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Paam

Hi, Ihave three kids, ages 8, 5, 3. LThey are the light of my life. I

want so much to be able to play with them and go places with them. They

are the main reason for my fighting so hard with the insurance company

to get this surgery. I have gotten so big that I cannot even set

outside with them and watch them play, let along play with them. I

dream of taking them to the beach and going to the pool with them. I

don't want to embarrass them at school functions. I used to think that

I was the only one who knew what this felt like until I joined this

list. Everyone here feels like soul sisters and brothers to me.

Talk with you soon

Kathy

Kaiser Permente appealing

P>S> Do you have 's number at the hospitaL? Have you heard how she

or Bonnie are doing?

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Kathy,

How true, How true, How true. I know exactly what you mean by thinking we

were alone in our struggles and embarrassment. As a high school vocational

guidance counselor (currently on leave of absence due to a disability, but

hoping to go back in the Fall) I had to deal with the stares, and giggles

and snide comments. You expect that with teenagers (just wait until yours

hit those wonderful years between 13-17 when they act like your IQ has

dropped about 100 points) but not with adult professionals.

I tell you what, people may not consider morbid obesity a disability as

much as a character flaw, but I feel just as discriminated against all the

time. I am so sick and tired of having to sit in the Handicapped section at

restaurants just to have a chair I can move back from the table enough to

eat comfortably. Episodes like that were one of my biggest motivators.

That and the fact I wanted my daughter to be proud of me. My husband, God

love him didn't care as long as I was happy and healthy. When I started

avoid going out in public unless absolutely necessary and refusing to go to

company functions because I was embarrassed about the way I looked, (even

though he said I was fine just the way I was) I knew the time had come to

take drastic measures. If I can never eat meat of any kind again it will be

worth it.

This support group is the best thing sinced sliced bread. I'm getting

callouses on my behind from sitting in front of the computer screen

answering and reading all the e-mails, but I love it! Just knowing there

are others out there who know how we feel makes all the difference in the

world.

Who knows, maybe in a year or two we can have Dr. Rutledge patient day at

Carowinds. Wouldn't that be a trip!!!!!?

Re: Trampoline & Swimming Pool Ladder

From: thestewarts@... (Herbert )

Paam

Hi, Ihave three kids, ages 8, 5, 3. LThey are the light of my life. I

want so much to be able to play with them and go places with them. They

are the main reason for my fighting so hard with the insurance company

to get this surgery. I have gotten so big that I cannot even set

outside with them and watch them play, let along play with them. I

dream of taking them to the beach and going to the pool with them. I

don't want to embarrass them at school functions. I used to think that

I was the only one who knew what this felt like until I joined this

list. Everyone here feels like soul sisters and brothers to me.

Talk with you soon

Kathy

Kaiser Permente appealing

P>S> Do you have 's number at the hospitaL? Have you heard how she

or Bonnie are doing?

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[Guest guest]

I use to teach high school too!! It was horrible, I don't know which is

worse, being the teacher who is laughed at or being the student too fat

to fit in the desk. I hated going to work everyday, simply because of

the self image problems I have. I thought hall duty was the worst!!!

Hopefully, in a few years I will return to teaching and things will be

different. I'll be able to focus on my job instead of how embarrassed I

feel being in front of people all the time.

Good luck

kaiser permetne appealing

Kathy

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/30/1999 11:35:28 PM Central Standard Time,

thestewarts@... writes:

<< student too fat

to fit in the desk. >>

In college, mind you I said it was because I was pregnant, the professor had a

table and chair brought in for me at the very front of the class. I was the

only one of about fifty students who couldn't fit in the desks. I was

pregnant, but only like four months..so it was an excuse to comfortable in

class. People kept lookign at me and I would blurt out " I'm pregnant " ...they

must have thought I was strange.

Tara

[Guest guest]

At 10:33 PM 3/30/99 -0500, you wrote:

>From: thestewarts@... (Herbert )

>

>Paam

>Hi, Ihave three kids, ages 8, 5, 3. LThey are the light of my life. I

>want so much to be able to play with them and go places with them. They

>are the main reason for my fighting so hard with the insurance company

>to get this surgery. I have gotten so big that I cannot even set

>outside with them and watch them play, let along play with them. I

>dream of taking them to the beach and going to the pool with them. I

>don't want to embarrass them at school functions. I used to think that

>I was the only one who knew what this felt like until I joined this

>list. Everyone here feels like soul sisters and brothers to me.

>

I know how you feel about the children. I have grandkids from teenagers

down to a 1-year old that I keep nearly every day, and I would like to be

able to stay around a few more years to see how they do and to guide them

as much as I am able. They are one of the main reasons for my considering

the operation, so my health can hopefully improve. Hang in there. Mitch

[Guest guest]

Kathy: I can relate SO MUCH to this!! I have 2 preschoolers & I want

to do so much

with them. Up until the last 25 lbs I could convince myself that I

could do it all &

deny my size & its effects. (After all, I've been doing that since I

was 5 & had gotten

really good at it!!) Hang in there. Know that I'm also doing the

insurance battle/appeal.

It does get hard at times, but I have to believe it will happen for all

of us. Good

luck & keep fighting!! Beth S. in NC

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:33:43 -0500 (EST) thestewarts@... (Herbert

) wrote:

>From: thestewarts@... (Herbert )

>

>Paam

>Hi, Ihave three kids, ages 8, 5, 3. LThey are the light of my life. I

>want so much to be able to play with them and go places with them.

>They

>are the main reason for my fighting so hard with the insurance company

>to get this surgery. I have gotten so big that I cannot even set

>outside with them and watch them play, let along play with them. I

>dream of taking them to the beach and going to the pool with them. I

>don't want to embarrass them at school functions. I used to think that

>I was the only one who knew what this felt like until I joined this

>list. Everyone here feels like soul sisters and brothers to me.

>

>Talk with you soon

>Kathy

>Kaiser Permente appealing

>P>S> Do you have 's number at the hospitaL? Have you heard how

>she

>or Bonnie are doing?

>

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