Hello! So did you end up with liver issues because of the surgery?...
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Jessicca Shumard
jessiccamay
Dec 2, 2009 4:11 am
I scheduled my MGB today for Feb 24th! I'm so ready! I could use a few more contact letters. Any offers? :) My email is jessiccamay@... (yep 2 c's in...
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kadydid86
Dec 2, 2009 2:11 pm
I'm not quite sure how to do the contact letters. Do I just ask for them on here and then write down what I learned from them and their name and email??...
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Carla Hubenthal
carla_hubenthal
Dec 2, 2009 2:56 pm
Hi Kady: First thing you want to do, is call me and set a tentative MGB date so we can prepare your packet. I emailed you a New Patient Manual which outlines ...
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Carla Hubenthal
carla_hubenthal
Dec 2, 2009 2:56 pm
Hi Jessicca: I am so excited for you! Please find attached to this email my contact letter and several more to get you started on your way! Hugs, Carla...
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Kady Chandler
kadydid86
Dec 2, 2009 6:25 pm
Hi Carla! I didn't see any attachments of letters??? :) ... From: Carla Hubenthal <carla_hubenthal@...> Subject: RE: [mgb_mo] Contact Letters aaahhhh!!! ...
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kadydid86
Dec 2, 2009 7:02 pm
I was just wondering...How is your quality of life after the surgery? I know you have to be very strict on the taking of vitamins everyday, exercising...
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deborahkehr
Dec 2, 2009 7:20 pm
Jessicca, Send me an e-mail to deborah@... <mailto:deborah@...> and I'll attach and return my contact letter. I understand your excitement. Expect a...
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Robin
floocy
Dec 2, 2009 7:56 pm
Hi Karen, You should be receiving them from our patients, reading them over and then listing them with the date of their procedure and a brief description of...
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denise mcconnell
parkhill71
Dec 2, 2009 8:11 pm
I don't know if this is directed to me or not, but I will answer it. Yes, I have some tummy aches and gas. It depends on what and how much that I eat. While I...
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Kady Chandler
kadydid86
Dec 2, 2009 9:37 pm
Wow! Thanks Denise!! This helps so much!!! What did you mean by letting you intestines down? ... From: denise mcconnell <ddmac@...> Subject: Re:...
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mgb_mo@yahoogroups.com
Dec 2, 2009 10:00 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the mgb_mo group: We are planning our January, 2011 MGB Cruise. Dr. Hargroder has narrowed it down to...
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Dody Walker
dodywalker...
Dec 2, 2009 10:45 pm
Well, no January cruise for me! I'll think good thoughts for y'all while I'm tied to my desk! LOL I, then, shall live as one who's been forgiven... ... ...
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Robin Cearnal
robinjoplin
Dec 3, 2009 2:00 am
Hi Dody it's the first week of January.....is there no way you can go? Would love, love, love for you to go!  ... From: Dody Walker...
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cindi thurman
thurmancindi
Dec 3, 2009 2:37 am
If the cruise is in the first two weeks of January..........Lee and I are in...after that tax season gets pretty hairy and Lee would not be able to get...
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Christy Burrow
christy_burrow
Dec 3, 2009 2:48 am
We're talking January 2011 right? So not this coming January....right? If that's the case, then I'm in! I think we should go for the whole 7 day
one! Christy...
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deborahkehr
Dec 3, 2009 4:38 am
This a LIFE CHANGING experience! I'm 5 1/2 months out from surgery and my quality of life is much better. Send me an e-mail to deborah@... ...
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denise mcconnell
parkhill71
Dec 3, 2009 7:06 am
I was a baddddddd girl and did not follow the rules. I abused my new found power over food and quit eating. I lost to much weight and had liver and renal...
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David Johnson
daj.1024
Dec 3, 2009 2:43 pm
Hi everyone; just to let everyone my new surgery date is Jan. 14. Wow what a good way to start the new year. David Johnson 1732 Pennsylvania Joplin, Missouri ...
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mgb_mo
Dec 3, 2009 3:49 pm
Hello: Henry & I vote on the 7 day luxurious cruise to the Bahamas! I am packing NOW! Pssssssssst! Ya gotta love being able to earn a FREE cruise! Hugs, ...
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Dody Walker
dodywalker...
Dec 3, 2009 5:12 pm
Denise, I'm glad you posted this. The details of why you had to have the surgery "undone" were never clear and, of course, being nosy, I wondered about it. ...
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denise mcconnell
parkhill71
Dec 3, 2009 6:06 pm
Some liver issues can be because we are loosing weight pretty fast. The liver is a filter of sorts and it has to work overtime. If we come into it with a fatty...
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cindi thurman
thurmancindi
Dec 3, 2009 6:20 pm
Denise:  How long after your surgery did it take you to get into that "bad place" of renal/liver failure?? When can us post MGBers feel "out of the woods"...
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Dody Walker
dodywalker...
Dec 3, 2009 7:54 pm
Oh, I would LOVE to go, too, but we close out businesses at that time of year, we usually hit the floor running from the first day we're open in January, so,...
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deborahkehr
Dec 3, 2009 8:14 pm
Denise, thank you for being so open with this post. Very informative. Thanks, Deb ... The liver is a filter of sorts and it has to work overtime. If we come ...
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denise mcconnell
parkhill71
Dec 3, 2009 8:25 pm
My issues started about 3 months after I did mgb. I had some weakness in my legs. I couldn't carry a sack of groceries up the stairs and even had trouble...
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Robin
floocy
Dec 3, 2009 10:32 pm
January 2011! Got you in....can't wait....more news soon. ... From: "Christy Burrow" <pdjewels4u@...> Reply-To: mgb_mo@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 2...
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Robin
floocy
Dec 3, 2009 11:12 pm
Please, post MGB'ers let's hear from you. Kady needs to hear the positive side as well as the negative. Thank you. Kady, if Carla (who is a post-MGB...
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Kimberley Norris
kimber_514
Dec 3, 2009 11:47 pm
Well, I guess this is where I could come in handy! I have definitely had a positive mgb experience! At the time of my surgery I weighed 296, though shortly...
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kadydid86
Dec 4, 2009 2:56 am
Hi all!! My surgery date is almost a month away...January 21st!!! I'm super excited and feel really good about the surgery; but, I have a few questions... ~Do...
