newspaper article for Lucie
What a lovely and fitting tribute to Lucie. Thank you so much for sharing with us all Stephane. I was able to read well enough to understand and to be deeply moved and I only wish that I could express back to you all the feelings of my heart about how I feel about your loss. I see her smiling face in my "friend" list and know she is watching us all, cheering our successes, supporting our worries and praying for our struggles. Lucie shall not be forgotten.
Marcia
Dear Stephane,
Please accept my apologies for responding to your post in English, but I do so for the sake of most of the members at ObesityHelp.com, who would not understand if I had done otherwise.
Although I was not a member of this site at the time your wife was, or at her far too early passing away, I nevertheless share in your and your family's sorrow, as I am sure everyone else on this board does. I first heard about what happened to Lucie from a friend, and later from members of OH, and her story has caused me to often reflect at the risks I took, and now the risk my wife will put herself in a few months from now.
We are so used to hear about the successes of the members of OH in their weight loss journeys that when we hear a story like this one, the reality hits that each and everyone of us who is undergoing WLS is putting their lives on the line. This is certainly not a pleasant reminder, but an especially important one for those who still are weighing their options and deciding if WLS is the way to go.
Speaking for myself and my family, I pray God watches over you and your two children in these difficulty times, and rest assured that Lucie will always be near so long as we all keep the memory of her alive.
Sincerely,
Carlos Probst
Please accept my apologies for responding to your post in English, but I do so for the sake of most of the members at ObesityHelp.com, who would not understand if I had done otherwise.
Although I was not a member of this site at the time your wife was, or at her far too early passing away, I nevertheless share in your and your family's sorrow, as I am sure everyone else on this board does. I first heard about what happened to Lucie from a friend, and later from members of OH, and her story has caused me to often reflect at the risks I took, and now the risk my wife will put herself in a few months from now.
We are so used to hear about the successes of the members of OH in their weight loss journeys that when we hear a story like this one, the reality hits that each and everyone of us who is undergoing WLS is putting their lives on the line. This is certainly not a pleasant reminder, but an especially important one for those who still are weighing their options and deciding if WLS is the way to go.
Speaking for myself and my family, I pray God watches over you and your two children in these difficulty times, and rest assured that Lucie will always be near so long as we all keep the memory of her alive.
Sincerely,
Carlos Probst
hi this is Lucie's husband again,
First thing i got to say is that it comforts me to know people still think of Lucie once in a while.......Life goes on and everyone has there own daily routines, there own lives and sometimes i think that after 5 months since she left that i am alone in remembering her, so it comforts me to read your comments.....thanks again....
Just a little comment i have to say about weight loss surgury....anyone that says they aren't scared of going threw is has to be lying, either to others or themselves cause surgury is surgury, if you go get your tonsels removed, if you go to fix a hernia, or if you go for weight loss surgury....surgury is surgury and realisticly there is always risks in any surgury. My wife knew that. That's why she each wrote us, the kids and i, a letter before going into surgury. For me i sorta thought it was pointless, I told my wife that statistics show that it is very rare that things go wrong and that if it made her feel better that she continue writting those letters BUT i wanted her to also write something else....i wanted her to write a list of all the reasons she was wanted the surgury....she had a long list and nothing on that list was for her appearances. There was going waterslidding, there was going going into bumper cars at the park, there was swimming and many more simple things that everyone takes for granted.....My wife WANTED TO LIVE....She realised that the kids weren't gonna be young forever and that she wanted to enjoy time with them, she wanted to enjoy time with me.
And people that say that surgury is "the easy way out", are full of c**p(sorry). That is usually people that don't know what being overweight is, that is people that take everyday things for granted.
If i had one suggestion to say to people that are thinking about weight loss surgury, i would tell them to make sure they make their homework, they make sure wich surgury is the best for them if even needed....read everything that is out there about the surgurys they are planning to undertake then make a wise decision....my wife did this....she talked to a lot of people(the people on obesity help are a great source of experiences), she read and studied everything and then talked to her doctor about it.....her doctor was even surprised that Lucie knew so much about it (maybe even some details that he didn't know).....if it was to be redone we would probably do the same thing...the reasons for doing it and the studies where made....
When it comes to the infection, we still don't know where it comes from, it is still being investigated. I beleive it was an unfortunat cicomstance....I beleive that if Lucie would have gone for her surgury a month later, a week later or even a day later, it could have changed everything...the only constant is that Lucie wanted and felt she needed this to save her life, the life she had with the rest of her family and her own....
I probably said enough for now so thanks again for all positive comments....
First thing i got to say is that it comforts me to know people still think of Lucie once in a while.......Life goes on and everyone has there own daily routines, there own lives and sometimes i think that after 5 months since she left that i am alone in remembering her, so it comforts me to read your comments.....thanks again....
Just a little comment i have to say about weight loss surgury....anyone that says they aren't scared of going threw is has to be lying, either to others or themselves cause surgury is surgury, if you go get your tonsels removed, if you go to fix a hernia, or if you go for weight loss surgury....surgury is surgury and realisticly there is always risks in any surgury. My wife knew that. That's why she each wrote us, the kids and i, a letter before going into surgury. For me i sorta thought it was pointless, I told my wife that statistics show that it is very rare that things go wrong and that if it made her feel better that she continue writting those letters BUT i wanted her to also write something else....i wanted her to write a list of all the reasons she was wanted the surgury....she had a long list and nothing on that list was for her appearances. There was going waterslidding, there was going going into bumper cars at the park, there was swimming and many more simple things that everyone takes for granted.....My wife WANTED TO LIVE....She realised that the kids weren't gonna be young forever and that she wanted to enjoy time with them, she wanted to enjoy time with me.
And people that say that surgury is "the easy way out", are full of c**p(sorry). That is usually people that don't know what being overweight is, that is people that take everyday things for granted.
If i had one suggestion to say to people that are thinking about weight loss surgury, i would tell them to make sure they make their homework, they make sure wich surgury is the best for them if even needed....read everything that is out there about the surgurys they are planning to undertake then make a wise decision....my wife did this....she talked to a lot of people(the people on obesity help are a great source of experiences), she read and studied everything and then talked to her doctor about it.....her doctor was even surprised that Lucie knew so much about it (maybe even some details that he didn't know).....if it was to be redone we would probably do the same thing...the reasons for doing it and the studies where made....
When it comes to the infection, we still don't know where it comes from, it is still being investigated. I beleive it was an unfortunat cicomstance....I beleive that if Lucie would have gone for her surgury a month later, a week later or even a day later, it could have changed everything...the only constant is that Lucie wanted and felt she needed this to save her life, the life she had with the rest of her family and her own....
I probably said enough for now so thanks again for all positive comments....
~*Lucie
Thank you Stephane for your comments, and also for the article about the tree for Lucie. What a touching tribute for her. I never met Lucie but when she died it was as though I had lost a good friend. I do think of you and your children often and hope that you are doing ok.
You have a beautiful family and I can tell you are taking good care of them. I know Lucie is smiling down at you when she sees you doing such a good job. Never feel alone thinking of Lucie. Come to the OH forum when you are feeling sad or lonely...there are so many people here who would love to talk to you and help you through the hard times. Take care....Linda
Thank you for your words about the letters she wrote for your family and about the risks of any surgery. I know for me, even though I never met Lucie, she will never be forgotten. She is tied to my experience of surgery. She was the first one to welcome me to the forums when I joined in November and the first person to add me as a friend. She had her surgery on my birthday. And as I was finding out I was approved, she was in hospital. I think about her a lot.
Bev
Stephane,
Thanks so much for sharing your article about planting a tree and Lucie.
Very touchy and sad, but brought tears to me, knowing that Lucie lost her life, by trying to get healthy for herself and her family.
It is a great way to remember our loved ones, and to cherish our families today and everyday , as one does not know what the next day will bring.
You and your children are in my thoughts, please take care of yourselves and love each other.
Jo-Ann
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