tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post1476196041320847175..comments2023-10-21T01:47:42.146-07:00Comments on Mike Hebranko: WHEN IN NEUTRAL ….Mike Hebrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-77989494554394398262008-06-25T13:04:00.000-07:002008-06-25T13:04:00.000-07:00My Good Friend Joan.First let me say I love the ba...My Good Friend Joan.<BR/>First let me say I love the back and forth communication.<BR/>Also I want to wish your husband all the luck in the world and he is in my prayers. Please tell him he is welcomed to email me at michaelhebranko@yahoo.com and we could talk and maybe exchange phone numbers. He has to realize as long as there is life there is hope! <BR/>Now back to your questions. I am in the process of writing a book. I have a great co-author and even an litterary agent. The problem is no publisher wants the story. They say there is no "HOOK". I guess when I lost the 700+ pounds in 19 months I should of wrote then. I just didn't feel right at that time and did not want to write what they wanted me to write.<BR/>Now 20 years later ans just surviving hundreds of medical problems and hospital stays, being at "deaths door" several times being in rehab for 3 years and now losing very slowing but not breaking world records is not enough. A book of survival the publishers think there is not an interest in. <BR/>Yet like everything else I have not given up on that. I feel like I have a story to share that can help some people.<BR/>Just Quickly I was involved in sales although I didn't sell personally (not directly, I sold my personality). Then when I got so ill my wife went to work full time. I tell you my wife is the real hero in my story!<BR/>Well Joan I have to go now<BR/>You hang in there and be well<BR/>Love<BR/>mikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-4501757281109607502008-06-24T18:02:00.000-07:002008-06-24T18:02:00.000-07:00Mike, thanks for some updates on your life. You m...Mike, thanks for some updates on your life. You might not realize it but many people are interested in you. I would love to read your autobiography if you write one. It is nice to learn that you were working two jobs even at that weight. My husband is heavy and is on full disability. Did people accept you in your office/Job? Were you able to travel or vacation? You seem like such a people person that you would make a great salesman. When did you stop working? How did you survive with no income? Thanks Again and God Bless Joan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-39251355518124076942008-06-24T07:49:00.000-07:002008-06-24T07:49:00.000-07:00Hi JoanThanks for writing. In answer to your ques...Hi Joan<BR/>Thanks for writing. In answer to your question as I understand it, here goes.<BR/>I actually worked two job both when I was 1,000 pounds and when I lost weight. I worked in the drug business "legal" and I have been doing Income tax for many years, where H&R Block Hired me at 800+ pounds and then I continued to work for them until I regained the weight In mid '90's and I got sick again.<BR/>As for my "celebritness" when I lost all the weight and appeared in every newspaper, tabloid, and TV show I never made a penny!!<BR/>When I did Sweatn II I recv'd a small amount for the three days of taping but other than that I did not get paid. If I did a TV show in a different city of course they paid the exspenese of getting me there and putting me up in a hotel but nothing else. So when I do an interview it is basically to help educate the public to what is really going on and also maybe in some way to touch one of my "brothers and sisters" in the same battle and say to them "maybe there is hope". I pray they may try to help themselves one more time and not give up!<BR/>Now that is PAY! <BR/>You can not put a price on that!!!!<BR/>Joan I hope this answers your questiions and if there are more ...ask<BR/>Best wishes<BR/>Love <BR/>Mike<BR/>PS<BR/>Joan<BR/>for the past years I have not been able to physically work. Which is one of my prayers some day to be able to go back to work and once again help support my family and give me a another chapter in my life.Mike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-85564183640621266132008-06-23T18:25:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:25:00.000-07:00Dear sweet Theresa,First I want to thank you (you ...Dear sweet Theresa,<BR/>First I want to thank you (you make me blush). <BR/>I want to share something that I have learned after meeting and talking to many thousands and thousands of people.<BR/>We are all terrific in a very special way and it is a very individual way too. None of us are better than the next one, we all pretty special!<BR/>Theresa I know you are a terrific person, I can tell and yes I will continue to share as long as I can.<BR/>You be well and take care of you...<BR/>Love<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-31422049881166173242008-06-23T18:19:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:19:00.000-07:00Hi CarolI can clearly hear your laughter and yes I...Hi Carol<BR/>I can clearly hear your laughter and yes I remember the tears too! Yet your laughter, your smile (sometimes I know you worked hard on coming up with it through some hard times), but your smile would light up your face and many of our faces around you!<BR/>You are a person who needs to smile a lot (when I think of it we all need to smile a lot).<BR/>You are a special person and I have been telling you that for close to 17 years now?<BR/>Love ya<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-7612701840843407562008-06-23T18:15:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:15:00.000-07:00Hey MonicaThank you and I love you too.I am thrill...Hey Monica<BR/>Thank you and I love you too.<BR/>I am thrilled you came to the blog and happy you posted a comment. I hope you feel it in your heart to return and post again.<BR/>Let me just tell you, I work hard on my outlook. One has to look at that glass as half full. That is the way I love to look at that glass as half full! It makes life so much better!<BR/>You be well Monica<BR/>and keep in touch<BR/>Love<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-33359420841553799882008-06-23T18:08:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:08:00.000-07:00Dear Sweet Kelly BThank you for your Kind wishes a...Dear Sweet Kelly B<BR/>Thank you for your Kind wishes and prayers and believe me I know God is, was and always will be in my corner.<BR/>I too will keep you in my prayers.<BR/>If I may Kelly, I would love to invite you back to read and comment on the blog. It will only live on if we all keep it going. <BR/>It is a pleasure to hear from you, good health and keep smiling!<BR/>Love<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-72789388129230430452008-06-23T18:07:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:07:00.000-07:00Hi LucyYes this is, yes I was and no I am not dead...Hi Lucy<BR/>Yes this is, yes I was and no I am not dead. Yes I too am glad to be alive!<BR/>You ask what has kept me going, well I first credit my "Maker" I owe my life to God! I also believe that my "Hunger for life" has been a big plus for me. I have had my ups and downs but in the heart of my heart I love life and I want to be a w. I would also be selfish to say I survived on my own. I have a great support team. I am loved by my family and friends and I am a lucky man! I have a great medical support team, headed by (in my opinion) the worlds greatest doctor. <BR/>I am blessed to have a son and his famliy in my life and last but certainly in no way least my "soul mate". Part of my reason for hanging on during the rough times was my wife! She was there for and still is all the time.<BR/>Yes I am blessed but God gives you the tools .... You have to use them, you have to want to use them. I survive because I am a man who is "Hungry for Life"!<BR/>Lucy you be well and keep in touch<BR/>Love and respect<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-34881735591556268522008-06-23T14:10:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:10:00.000-07:00Dear LindaI do love my family and I am not ashamed...Dear Linda<BR/>I do love my family and I am not ashamed to say I adore them.<BR/>I am sorry you didn't have a dad or grandpa, I would have been proud to be yours.<BR/>In the meantime we can be friends so lets keep in touch and keep smiling.<BR/>Love<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-76978202842454614772008-06-23T12:31:00.000-07:002008-06-23T12:31:00.000-07:00Dear EmmaPSI am glad you bookmarked m blog page (w...Dear Emma<BR/>PS<BR/>I am glad you bookmarked m blog page (whatever that means, I am not that good at computer joggin). Yet it sounds good! If it means you will be back and reading and sharing then it is "a good thing"! <BR/>Keep smiling my friend Emma and keep in touch!<BR/>Love<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-91634489485265147562008-06-23T11:13:00.000-07:002008-06-23T11:13:00.000-07:00Dear EmmaFirst I want to tell you I have the utmos...Dear Emma<BR/>First I want to tell you I have the utmost respect for nurses. Being a patient over the last twenty years many many times, I have learned how important a nurses job really is. Therefore good luck to you Emma, and when things get a little rough, just look inside yourself and see how special you really are ....and smile.<BR/>Love ya<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-82595496980666616082008-06-23T08:34:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:34:00.000-07:00Hi my friend Loviisa, from Finland.First I want yo...Hi my friend Loviisa, from Finland.<BR/>First I want you to know tha I am reading your note and I am honored that you wrote me! You have touched my heart! I want to thank you very much and I hope that you are very happy, as you should be! <BR/>You sound like a very nice and kind young girl. I hope your life is filled with all good things and that you are healthy and happy.<BR/>If you would like to please keep in touch with us. I know I would love to hear from you and I am sure the other readers would too!<BR/>Be well<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-54537847558428903682008-06-23T08:30:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:30:00.000-07:00Hi Geraldine,The feeling is mutual and I am know t...Hi Geraldine,<BR/>The feeling is mutual and I am know that you too are a blessing, we all are in our own way. Everyone is!<BR/>Thanks for your comment and please continue to write, You have a great, Healthy day!<BR/>Love ya<BR/>MikeMike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-79685625901379557812008-06-23T08:27:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:27:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Hebrankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974721680912289482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-36778646813475501012008-06-21T16:23:00.000-07:002008-06-21T16:23:00.000-07:00Hi Mike. I remember seeing you on TV and on work-...Hi Mike. I remember seeing you on TV and on work-out videos. When you had lost all that weight did you work? I think I read you had been working 2 jobs? An accountant? I just think you have become a celebrity and it would be great to know what has been going on in your life? Career thourghout your battle. Thanks and Best Wishes Joan from Massachusetts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-84882255980522159972008-06-21T09:22:00.000-07:002008-06-21T09:22:00.000-07:00Well I am glad this is the real Mike. How are you ...Well I am glad this is the real Mike. <BR/>How are you doing? What has kept you going? I am so glad this is you and that you are not dead. <BR/>Can you tell us more about your life? <BR/>Lucy from MontanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-37187655912908023912008-06-20T14:36:00.000-07:002008-06-20T14:36:00.000-07:00Pssttt Lucy from Monatan...this is the real Mike h...Pssttt Lucy from Monatan...this is the real Mike he is very much aliveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-34269528038660831432008-06-20T12:36:00.000-07:002008-06-20T12:36:00.000-07:00MichaelI have been a fan of yours for many years. ...Michael<BR/>I have been a fan of yours for many years. I say fan because I think you are fantastic! You are an amazing guy who has so much to share and you do. Thank you! Keep sharing with us!<BR/>Love<BR/>TheresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-24177921177435464772008-06-20T07:43:00.000-07:002008-06-20T07:43:00.000-07:00I came upon this blog today Mike while i was in ne...I came upon this blog today Mike while i was in neutral and you know what go on guess guess guess i smiled.......i am sitting here and there is no drama just waiting one to come over and visit for the weekend and i have a big smile on my face....It reminds me of the old song that i use to hear you play all the time.....Smile though your heart is aching;<BR/>Smile even though it's breaking.<BR/>When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by.<BR/>If you smile through your fear and sorrow,<BR/>Smile and maybe tomorrow,<BR/>You'll see the sun come shining through for you.<BR/><BR/>Everytime i hear that song i think of you Mike...You have seen my tears and my smile...have heard my laughter and my sobs...but each day we continue to fight and we continue to move on in our life...we all deal with personal trauma in our life but each day that we face is another battle won....<BR/>Hang in there and love you very much and i leave you with these words i found and thought they fit so well....<BR/><BR/>A smile costs nothing, but gives much-<BR/>It takes but a moment, but the memory of it usually lasts forever. <BR/>None are so rich that can get along without it-<BR/>And none are so poor but that can be made rich by it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It enriches those who receive, without making poor those who give-<BR/>It creates sunshine in the home, <BR/>Fosters good will in business, <BR/>And is the best antidote for trouble-<BR/>And yet it cannot be begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is of no value<BR/>Unless it is given away. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Some people are too busy to give you a smile-<BR/>Give them one of yours-<BR/>For the good Lord knows that no one needs a smile so badly<BR/>As he or she who has no more smiles left to give. <BR/><BR/>Love you always CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-61614001769780851682008-06-19T14:23:00.000-07:002008-06-19T14:23:00.000-07:00Hi MikeLove this blog and love you and your outloo...Hi Mike<BR/>Love this blog and love you and your outlook. You are one great guy!<BR/><BR/>All the best to you <BR/>Love <BR/>MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-91308592092933547832008-06-19T09:05:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:05:00.000-07:00Is this the same Mike Hebranko that they took out ...Is this the same Mike Hebranko that they took out the side of his house in Brooklyn? I heard he died? Well if this is that Mike I am kind of glad he is alive. I would love to know how he survivied and what has kept him going. <BR/>If it is not him and he has passed well sorry for taking anyones time and I will say a prayer for that Mike.<BR/>Just Wondering<BR/>Lucy from MontanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-50257470172566617682008-06-18T09:34:00.000-07:002008-06-18T09:34:00.000-07:00Dear MikeI am so glad I found this page. You are ...Dear Mike<BR/>I am so glad I found this page. You are such a loving man and your family is so lucky how much you love and care about them.<BR/>I never had a daddy or a grandpa, and I would be thrilled to have you as my father of grandpa. <BR/>I am smiling and I feel great. You are wonderful!<BR/>God bless you<BR/>LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-88305246674222985522008-06-18T03:38:00.000-07:002008-06-18T03:38:00.000-07:00Hi Mike,I came across your blog again (I left a co...Hi Mike,<BR/><BR/>I came across your blog again (I left a comment way back in January!) while I am supposed to be studying hard for my nursing degree. I'm very good at finding things to do rather that write the assignement!<BR/><BR/>I was glad I did though, as your hint to smile has made me feel a whole lot better!! Sometimes life feels like an uphill battle (I'm the single parent of a five year old as well as doing the nursing degree, and it feels like I've got far too many balls in the air sometimes...), as you said, we can feel quite sorry for ourselves sometimes, but you are so right, when there's nothing partucular wrong a big smile seems to make me feel so much better, and its contagious!! <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your inspiration, as always!!<BR/><BR/>Emma :D <- a big smile for you!<BR/><BR/>PS I've bookmarked your blog, so I won't stay away long this time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-16471528740937550612008-06-17T13:13:00.000-07:002008-06-17T13:13:00.000-07:00Hi I'm not sure how to say this, but well... I jus...Hi <BR/>I'm not sure how to say this, but well... I just saw a document that told a lot of your struggling and... I really felt like telling you that I can see clearly how you're trying. In the film you said you hope that your wife and son would know the fact that you are trying. So, not just they know it, but lots of people too.<BR/>I'd be glad if you'd read this.<BR/>Yours truly<BR/>Loviisa, 14 years old<BR/>FinlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664614322133943133.post-54031587622520319362008-06-17T11:03:00.000-07:002008-06-17T11:03:00.000-07:00MikeSaw you on TV the other night. Just listening...Mike<BR/>Saw you on TV the other night. Just listening to you makes me want to go on! Now I found this blog. You are a blessing on this earth<BR/>Thank you<BR/>Geraldine, El PasoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com