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Take my Granddaughter to Disneyworld!

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Lyudmila S. Pupkova M.D.
My first impression of Dr. Pupkova was that she seemed very approachable and down to earth, she gave us an informative presentation of the two different procedures, being interrupted many times to answer questions which never bothered her in the least. She made it perfectly clear that this is a tool and that the key to it lies in our desire to succeed and stick with doing the right thing within utilizing it. After the consult I was able to go upstairs to the patient area, where I met with a patient that had invited me to visit with her, someone I had met here on OH. While visiting with her I was able to see the doctor interact with her patient and once more, I was sure she is the doctor I want for my procedure. She is very caring about her patients, even to giving them her own cell phone number when they are leaving to go home after surgery. The staff at Barix was friendly and my overall impression of the facility and people working there was that it is first rate.
Member Interests
  • Business & Career - Work as a Legal Secretary for an International Corporate Law Firm in NYC
  • Family & Friends - 3 grown & flown - 4 grandchildren
  • Games & Entertainment - Enjoy playing computer games and Playstation 1
  • Dogs - My best 4-legged friend, Dillinger, a Rottie mix, almost 11, an 87 lb. lapdog
  • Poetry - I write poetry from time to time
  • Music - Love music, lately into Country, but like pretty much all but Rap
  • Grandchildren - 4 of 'em, Sami (girl) 9, Dylan 5-1/2, Vaughn 20 mths, Avery Grace 6/8/07.

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Lynn B. on 10/16/07 5:59 pm
    Today's your big day, Laureen. I've been thinking of you and praying for you. Can't wait for you to join us on the loser's bench. This is the start of improved health and being able to move freely as the weight comes off. And it WILL come off! It's a wonderful journey you've started! Hugs and Blessings,
  • Comment by jdruski on 10/16/07 12:48 pm
    Laureen, I am moving over to make room for you on this loser's bench. I am so happy for you. Be Well and Speedy recovery. Jeanne
  • Comment by caitiegirlsmom on 10/16/07 11:56 am
    Best Wishes Laureen! And welcome to the loser's bench! We are both in for a wondeful ride! Take Care!!
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"I didn't recognize you"
on December 14, 2008 7:53 am
Last night I went to my "sister from another mother" son's wedding.  It was a fabulous wedding and one of the things I am realizing is that food is not the main event in my life anymore, as between Thanksgiving and now this affair, I came to realize how I used to look forward to all the food choices that would be available to me and now I look and make very selective, healthy choices and enjoy what I eat, but a bite here and there satisfies my "lust" for food, which is no longer the biggest thing about attending such festivities, now it is the social aspect I enjoy, which brings me to the story of my title. . .

Jeanne and I have been best friend's for 21 years now, I know her family and most of her friends and on several occasions last night I got the impression that some people saying hello to me, did not recognize me. . .  well it was late in the evening and I went to get a cappuchino during the Vienese hour, when one of the guests came up to me and said, "I have to apologize to you, as I just realized who you were, you look fabulous, absolutely incredible, about 20 years younger and I honestly did not recognize you, asked my wife who is that sitting with Jeanne and Mike and when she told me, I nearly fell off my seat. . ."  it was so funny, as Rita (his wife had told me just a few moments earlier that her husband did not know who I was). . .  Then when people were starting to leave, Jeanne's SIL came to our table to say her goodbyes, she looked right at me and said, "I don't know you, but goodbye", to which I laughed and said, Gina, it's me, Laurie (a name my family and old friends call me). . .  well her jaw literally dropped and she was just floored, said she didn't believe how different I look and how wonderful it was to see me looking so great!  Oh and then the last bit of fun, Jeanne's husband Mike asked if I had had plastic surgery on my face, because he said he kept looking at me all night, thinking how much different my face looked, younger and so he thought sure I had somethng done, to which I laughed and replied, not yet, and shared my chicken neck story. . .  where upon visiting with my daughter at Thanksgiving, I was in her house all of 5 minutes and she said, Mom you look awesome, but you really have to do something about that Turkey neck of yours (lol), as my friend Anthony would say, apples and trees, but I think I have learned the art of tactfulness through my lifetime, something I'm beginning to think Marlene never will. . .
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