Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Flo that is wonderful. I can't wait to be in your shoes. Debbie munford Tn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs office today and I have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! For you pre-ops who may be waffling: I no longer have edema in my feet and legs I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is normal. And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. Never took another arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or swelling since surgery. My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 pounds makes in clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO depression at all since surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept thinking " what have I done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I want it (but I don't want it amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a decided spring in my step..after only this amount of weight loss. I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he really lives knows that the gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words to thank him..I don't have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all these years. I am truly grateful. For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my life for 50 years and today it is gone! Flo who's melting in land Florence Ballengee Hollywood, land florence@... Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Quoting florence@...: > Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs office > today and I > have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! > > For you pre-ops who may be waffling: > > I no longer have edema in my feet and legs > I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. > I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is normal. > And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. Never > took another > arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or swelling > since surgery. > > > My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 pounds > makes in > clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO > depression at all since > surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept thinking > " what have I > done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I want > it (but I don't want it > amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a decided > spring in my > step..after only this amount of weight loss. > > I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he really > lives knows that the > gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words to > thank him..I don't > have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all these > years. I am truly > grateful. > > For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my life > for 50 years and > today it is gone! > > Flo who's melting in land > > > > > > > > > Florence Ballengee > Hollywood, land > florence@... > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > Missing old school friends? Find them here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/7079/3/_/453517/_/964044158/ > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > ----------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Hitter Communications Webmail http://webmail.hitter.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 In a message dated 7/19/00 3:04:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, florence@... writes: << Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs office today and I have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! For you pre-ops who may be waffling: I no longer have edema in my feet and legs I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is normal. And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. Never took another arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or swelling since surgery. My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 pounds makes in clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO depression at all since surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept thinking " what have I done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I want it (but I don't want it amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a decided spring in my step..after only this amount of weight loss. I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he really lives knows that the gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words to thank him..I don't have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all these years. I am truly grateful. For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my life for 50 years and today it is gone! Flo who's melting in land >> Wow!! You are right--you ARE melting! The weight is just Flo-ing right off! Regards, Debbie in IL Daughter MGB 8/9 Cigna (3rd appeal)--BMI 45 Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40) ins letter re-sent 7/14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Flo, I am so proud for you! I know it must be wonderful to put of clothes that are too big. I can't wait! Keep up the good work and continue to enjoy it! Dinah > Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs office today and I > have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! > > For you pre-ops who may be waffling: > > I no longer have edema in my feet and legs > I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. > I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is normal. > And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. Never took another > arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or swelling since surgery. > > > My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 pounds makes in > clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO depression at all since > surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept thinking " what have I > done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I want it (but I don't want it > amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a decided spring in my > step..after only this amount of weight loss. > > I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he really lives knows that the > gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words to thank him..I don't > have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all these years. I am truly > grateful. > > For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my life for 50 years and > today it is gone! > > Flo who's melting in land > > > > > > > > > Florence Ballengee > Hollywood, land > florence@u... > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 florence@... wrote: > > Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs > office today and I > have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! WOW!!!! That is so great. You won't be recognizable!! I'm 9 weeks and I've lost 29 pounds. Sniff. > For you pre-ops who may be waffling: > > I no longer have edema in my feet and legs Same here, since day one, and I used to have morbid edema in my legs. > I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. > I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is > normal. > And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. > Never took another > arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or > swelling since surgery. > > My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 > pounds makes in > clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO > depression at all since > surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept > thinking " what have I > done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I > want it (but I don't want it > amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a > decided spring in my > step..after only this amount of weight loss. > > I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he > really lives knows that the > gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words > to thank him..I don't > have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all > these years. I am truly > grateful. > > For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my > life for 50 years and > today it is gone! > > Flo who's melting in land > > Florence Ballengee > Hollywood, land > florence@... > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Speaking of shoes..... do they shrink too? Also curious, will I have to have my wedding band resized??? or do you think I should just get " new ones " ie smaller each size... then I will have a collection for my toes too, LOL Joannie florence@... wrote: > You don't wanna be in my shoes Debbie. I wear size 12WW.....LOL...I > know what you > meant and you will be in my shoes! It feels wonderful. I wish I could > wave a magic wand > over all of you dear friends here on this list and it could cure all > your insurance woes, PCP > woes, etc. and that it would instantly happen for all of you. > > Reminds me when I was a kid and I would go to sleep wishing that I > could wake up in the > morning thin...then I'd check in the morning and nope..it didn't > happen...and yep, I was still > fat. > > Took many years for this thin fantasy to come true! > > Flo who's melting in land (where it's 68 degrees and raining and > cold) > > > > ** Original Subject: RE: Re: 45 Pounds Gone! > > ** > > ** Original Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:53:54 -0400 > > > ** Original Message follows... > > > > > Flo that is wonderful. I can't wait to be in your shoes. > > > > Debbie > > munford Tn. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: > > http://click.egroups.com/1/7078/3/_/453517/_/964054514/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > > > >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > > > > > > Florence Ballengee > Hollywood, land > florence@... > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 You don't wanna be in my shoes Debbie. I wear size 12WW.....LOL...I know what you meant and you will be in my shoes! It feels wonderful. I wish I could wave a magic wand over all of you dear friends here on this list and it could cure all your insurance woes, PCP woes, etc. and that it would instantly happen for all of you. Reminds me when I was a kid and I would go to sleep wishing that I could wake up in the morning thin...then I'd check in the morning and nope..it didn't happen...and yep, I was still fat. Took many years for this thin fantasy to come true! Flo who's melting in land (where it's 68 degrees and raining and cold) > ** Original Subject: RE: Re: 45 Pounds Gone! > ** > ** Original Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:53:54 -0400 > ** Original Message follows... > > Flo that is wonderful. I can't wait to be in your shoes. > > Debbie > munford Tn. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/7078/3/_/453517/_/964054514/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Florence Ballengee Hollywood, land florence@... Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Hey Joannie: I don't know if shoes shrink. Mine never have. But my darn clothes...well, that's another story. For years, over the summer, each and every thing I owned shrunk and by October when I went to try on my clothes from the previous winter..well they were all too tight to wear. I never did understand it. Also, during the winter the summer things shrunk or is that shrank...or shrinked...oh damn....got smaller. I haven't worn my wedding band or engagement ring in about seven years. I'm looking forward to wearing jewelry again. I do have some questions about the future though. I spend a lot of time wondering. So here's my first wonder: When I lose weight and my panty hose rips, will I still have a bubble of blubber buldging out of the hole? ok....here's another: When I lose weight, will I still have to put a pin in just the right place because the buttons on my blouse don't hold up when faced with the strain that a few extra inches in the bust area make? Or does the strain actually come from where the arms are too tight? Or is this phenomenon caused by " back fat " ? These are things I wonder about. ....when I lose weight will my pants that are high waters now be low waters? And just what is it that I'll call my used to be high waters when they are now low waters? ....when I lose weight will my ear lobes shrink? And just how much weight in my ear lobes will I lose? I wonder about a lot of things.... Wondering and Melting in land Florence Ballengee Hollywood, land florence@... Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Flo, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! On your wonderful stats!!! Isn't nice to know that those lbs are gone FOREVER! Patti & andrew in MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Hi Flo, WOW!!!!!!!!!!! What a babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You look great!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Genz florence@... wrote: > Hi Guys: Seven weeks ago today I had surgery. I weighed at the docs office today and I > have lost 45 pounds since surgery. I can't believe it! > > For you pre-ops who may be waffling: > > I no longer have edema in my feet and legs > I no longer take arthritis meds for my arthritis. It's gone. > I no longer take blood pressure medication. My blood pressure is normal. > And all of the above took place from the time I got out of surgery. Never took another > arthritis or blood pressure pill, never had an ache or pain or swelling since surgery. > > My clothes are hanging off me. It's amazing how big a difference 45 pounds makes in > clothing. I have more energy than I've had for years. I have had NO depression at all since > surgery..except for my fourth day out when I felt crappy and kept thinking " what have I > done? " I have no feelings of deprivation...I can eat what I want if I want it (but I don't want it > amazingly). I go up steps more than one at a time and there's a decided spring in my > step..after only this amount of weight loss. > > I wonder if Dr. R really really really deep in his heart where he really lives knows that the > gratitude we express is more than words. I don't even have the words to thank him..I don't > have the words to express what this surgery has meant to me after all these years. I am truly > grateful. > > For those on the fence...leap on over! The obsession to eat ruled my life for 50 years and > today it is gone! > > Flo who's melting in land > > Florence Ballengee > Hollywood, land > florence@... > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Missing old school friends? Find them here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/7079/3/_/453517/_/964044158/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 > You don't wanna be in my shoes Debbie. I wear size 12WW.....LOL > Wow, Flo, you are doing so good -- you really are melting away! I know you are thrilled. I had to laugh when you said you wore a size 12WW shoe. Quite a few people have said that their shoe size does go down and I'm hoping mine will also because I wear a 13M. When shoes only went to a size 10, I wore a size 11 and now most shoes go to a 12 and I wear a 13 (I can wear a 12 in a sandal). Well, keep up the superb melting -- we'll have to call you Frosty...that's it Frosty Flo. Pssst...don't tell me about shoe catalogs that carry large sizes -- I think a dozen of them are already coming to my house. In Dr. Rutledge's letter about me to the insurance company he said that a 5'8 " person, medium frame, should weigh 128 lbs. The first thing I thought was...I'm a large frame. Then I thought, if I weighed 128 I could be Miss America. I would be ecstatic to weigh 175, not unhappy to weigh 200 (no Barbie wannabe here). I want to ask what you think about this situation. My daughter could use the surgery. She is 28, married 6 years and has not had any children yet -- not that I haven't urged them on! What would be your thoughts about having kids -- before or after surgery? At this point, I am asking her to support me by attending clinic, reading the website, etc. but I would be lying if I didn't say that I hope she will want it for herself at some point. I know there have been a few pregnancies but the Manual warns about nutritional problems, etc. On the other hand, I weighed 275 when I got pregnant and ended up being confined to bed for 6 weeks. I want grandkids and I also want my daughter to have the opportunity to get skinny! in land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Yikes . My advice would be to just stay mum on the situation. This is one decision you really wouldn't want to make for someone else. My daughter has 3 and she went though all pregnancies very overweight and her veins show it. I've tried hard not to sway her one way or the other, but seeing the weight I'm losing is making her want it and thus she's going for it...but again, she has her family. Maybe your daughter could consult with an OB-GYN and see what he/she thought. You might want to see what le things. She had the surgery for the express purpose of getting pregnant later..I'm sure knowing le, she really looked into this before she made a decision. Things are rolling right along . Before you know it, you'll be on this side! Frosty > ** Original Subject: RE: Re: 45 Pounds Gone! > ** > > ** Original Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:55:20 -0400 > ** Original Message follows... > > > > You don't wanna be in my shoes Debbie. I wear size 12WW.....LOL > > > Wow, Flo, you are doing so good -- you really are melting away! I > know you are thrilled. I had to laugh when you said you wore a size > 12WW shoe. Quite a few people have said that their shoe size does go > down and I'm hoping mine will also because I wear a 13M. When shoes > only went to a size 10, I wore a size 11 and now most shoes go to a > 12 and I wear a 13 (I can wear a 12 in a sandal). Well, keep up the > superb melting -- we'll have to call you Frosty...that's it Frosty > Flo. > > Pssst...don't tell me about shoe catalogs that carry large sizes -- I > think a dozen of them are already coming to my house. > > In Dr. Rutledge's letter about me to the insurance company he said > that a 5'8 " person, medium frame, should weigh 128 lbs. The first > thing I thought was...I'm a large frame. Then I thought, if I > weighed 128 I could be Miss America. I would be ecstatic to weigh > 175, not unhappy to weigh 200 (no Barbie wannabe here). > > I want to ask what you think about this situation. My daughter could > use the surgery. She is 28, married 6 years and has not had any > children yet -- not that I haven't urged them on! What would be your > thoughts about having kids -- before or after surgery? At this > point, I am asking her to support me by attending clinic, reading the > website, etc. but I would be lying if I didn't say that I hope she > will want it for herself at some point. I know there have been a few > pregnancies but the Manual warns about nutritional problems, etc. On > the other hand, I weighed 275 when I got pregnant and ended up being > confined to bed for 6 weeks. I want grandkids and I also want my > daughter to have the opportunity to get skinny! > > in land > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To email plain text is conventional, to add graphics is divine. > We'll show you how at www.supersig.com. > http://click.egroups.com/1/6811/3/_/453517/_/964115800/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Florence Ballengee Hollywood, land florence@... Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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