hi barb,
My thoughts and prayers will be with you love you Janice
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From: Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 12:21 AM
Subject: Offline Due to Surgery
> Dear List-family...
>
> Just a quick note to let ya know I'll be offline beginning 5/22
> (Saturday) thru 5/24 (Monday) as I'm having some plastic surgery
> due to a Parkinson's "1/2-face droop."
>
> Errrrrrr... in other words, and as briefly as I can put it, the
> RIGHT side of my face (gorgeous tho it may be to everyone else...)
> <grin> is going to be re-aligned with the LEFT side of my face
> (right side's been leading a life of it's own the past 2 years!)
> <groan> by a plastic surgeon known for his talent in
> reconstructive surgery.
>
> I'll be home some time Sunday so ya can see, this isn't like open
> heart surgery or even a pallidotomy! <THANK GOODNESS. I DO
> understand from the MD that I'll wanna wear a brown bag over my
> face if I go out in public tho!!! (Or sunglasses at the very
> least) <MAJOR GROAN> (giggling at mental image).
>
>
> "See" ya all back here on Monday.... (unless I'm feeling real well
> on Sunday)...
>
> Ohhhhh.... and June 21, it's back to Dr. Gerald Burke at UCLA for
> collagen injections into my vocal cords 'cause I cannot STAAAAAND
> it hearing everyone saying "What? WHAAAT????? I CAN'T HEEEAAAR
> YOU" when I speak!!! (in other words, the Kaiser MD who claimed to
> know how to perform this procedure really DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT
> CORRECTLY!!!) <POOH on him!>
>
> Love to ya all...
>
> Barb Mallut
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