Tonight - Middlesex Support Group

Hi everyone! I will be at the Middlesex Support Group meeting tonight as a participant and also to show everyone some practical exercises that I have found helpful after the surgery. I am a certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor whose life was saved from open RNY. I am so grateful to Dr. Aranow, his staff, and all of my friends on this website for being so supportive and wonderful throughout the process. I am honored to be able to share some of what I have learned, and hope that it is as helpful to everyone else as it has been to me. Please, feel free to email me privately with any questions on anything regarding fitness or this entire process. Love, Tammy 272/175

Hi Tammy, I believe that this meeting is for Post-Ops, am I correct? I hope that you can show your exercises to the Pre-Ops sometime. Would they be beneficial to those of us that are doing pre-op exercising? Have fun tonight...I'm sure that you'll enlighten a lot of people! paula

Hi Paula! Yes, tonight's meeting is for post-ops. It is extremely beneficial for many reasons to exercise before surgery. Unfortunately, a lot of people cannot due to pain or pre-existing conditions. Even if you walked a few minutes at a time, that would help your lungs and oxygen flow, which could only help benefit you during your recuperation process. Love, Tammy

TAMMY!!!!! It's Bernadette (Crouse then) from HIGH SCHOOL!!! Remember that horrid horrid four years of hell we went thru???? yeesh I still have nightmares- I have this recurring one where Mr. O'Rourke tells me I don't have enough gym credits and I have to take PE for a whole year and the only thing not full is volleyball. YEEESH I am so darn PROUD of you Tammy- I can't imagine how happy you must be now. Melissa would flip a lid too- REALLY. I am beggining my journey- and hearing from you sure would help a lot, to have a buddy who's been throug it already- that I already know - would be great. I see Dr. Aranow on the 9th and I vae the same insurance you did I read you whole profile- wow must have been a nightmare with your daughter getting hurt and not being able to talk......monkey bars are hugely dangerous. You HAVE to go to the TWENTIETH Reunion of our class in November- Kenny Petow will fall out of his chair. I bet you could majorly kick his butt now. ANYHOO- I sent you a private email with my home phone- where I am all day all night- all my kids are sick lucky me......all 4 of them....8.7.5 and 3. Hubby gets to go to work I get to stay here with the booger factories. LOVELY. PLEASE CALL ME!!!!!! (Did I mention you look fricking incredible in you after shot- damn woman !!!)

WHAT A SMALL WORLD!!!!! It's so AMAZING to hear from you!!!! I'll call you in 2 minutes!!! Can't wait to catch up!! I'm jumping up and down in my seat!! Tammy