Hattiesburg meeting

Oh my where do I begin. Was so great for me and Sheryl(wife) to get to meet everyone it was a blessing to say the least. The speaker was excellent, I am sure i missed some of what he said due to my deafness bet what I did get was great and made alottttttttttttt of logic. Was so proued to meet all teh folks from the board that were there it was great. Will be praying for Susan and her surgery and family with her surgery this thursday. Christine you are a sweetheart thank you so much for the goody gift bag it was excellent and will be put to great use soon I do want to appologise to everyone I wasnt trying to be rude after the meeting but I had to step out of the room due to the volume of all the people talking it was driving my hearing aids crazy it is one of the majoe downsides to being hearing impared but was glad to talk to all those that i got a chance to talk to. God Bless you all Barry

Barry and Jane, I didn't get a chance to meet you in person sorry about that. After the meeting I had to get home because I had been away from home all day long. It was good to see you though.

Hi Barry, Glad you and your wife could make it. It was nice meeting you both. I hope you will get to come back some time. Good luck on your upcoming surgery. I hope all goes well for you. Melissa Taylor

Hi Barry... We are so glad you could come. I am glad you like the bag. I hope you find something in there that you like. I dont think you were rude at all. I like to sit around and talk but it gets to be late and you all had a long drive home. I hope you come back to the other meetings. The next one is 1 week after your surgery so I dont imagine you will be there... But you may just surprise us! Take care -- See you all soon. Christine Ps.. Mellisa is suggesting lunch sometime again for all of us. What days are you in Hattiesburg?

Hi Barry, I am also glad you were able to come. I did not get to meet you in person there were so many people there. I was the one that went on the soap box about people who know NOTHING about your situation commenting on your situartion as if they do know. lol lol I tend to get on my box alot hear lately. Since I have dropped 89 lbs I have become such a more confident person than I was before therefore I am a little more out spoken. Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. lol lol Anyway I hope everything goes well with you. Please do come back again. I hope you can make our next lunch to. Would be great to actually meet you. lol lol Take care! Denise

You go girl!! You were exactly right. Those who have never struggled with weight or had a BMI high enough to qualify have absolutly no right to discourage it or tell us to diet/exercise. Until they have stood in our shoes and beat the weight problem they shouldnt act educated on it. Those folks are usually very uneducated on this surgery and have only heard about the negative things. I just quit trying to defend myself to them and the choices I have made for myself. Its my life and my family was behind me all the way... those others that tried to discourage me are totally behind me now. They think its great but are still very scared. Everyone should be scared of this surgery cause it is major, but for alot of us it was our only chance at living a normal happy life. Being trapped in a fat body is no way to live. Its not really living -- it was just surviving. I live a life now that I didnt have before. I play with my daughter, I ride bikes, I go dancing, I enjoy special time with my husband more (and he enjoys it too)... Just wanted to say publically too that YOU LOOK GREAT... You have done a fantastic job thus far, Denise. Keep it up--your an inspiration to me! Chrisitne (getting off my soap box) -79

yes yes yes I have found alot I like and where did you find the drinks at I like them all so far so if I know where to look I can. And as far as lunch i can try to make it most any day but we are down to one vehichle now for a while so I need advanced notice to work out things so the DW has a way to work her job in Home Health.

I got those shakes at Wal-Mart. The AES Coffee shakes and the Deisgner Whey. I can find the coffee shakes at any wal-mart but the Designer Whey I can only find at Walmart on 98W. To me they are so good and I enjoy drinking them and crave them sometimes. My nutritionist told me to start trying to get all my protein in by food so I am gonna have to limit myself but they are good to me and healthy. Its better than a honey bun or 2 or 3 for breakfast... We will get a date and post it and we hope you and your wife can come.... Yall were a joy! My mother was a home health nurse for a long time. Then she went to travel nursing...she loves it.

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I missed the meeting. My children are taking turns with a bad cold so I couldn't come. It's a shame too, I really could have used the emotional eating warning about now! When you are tired, have 4 sick children, sleep deprived AND have Girl Scout Cookies in the house...need I say more? I think another lunch bunch would be great. Just let me know and I'll try to make it. Love you guys, Elesha LapRNY 2/26/02 288/165