AND THE SURVEY SAYS...

Date of Surgery: 3/22/04 Plastic Surgeries: None Total Weight Loss: 278 Total Regain: 5 Medical Issues Before Sugery: Severe Sleep Apnea Current Medical Issues: None Medical Issues Related to WLS: Permanent never damage in lower back (indirect result of WLS) What can be done to help me? As much as I appreciate the thought, there's not much that can be offered here that I don't get in 'real' life. My friends and family all understand what I've done and been through, I'm part of an athletic group of post-ops locally, and I'm still attending support groups, though more to share my experience than to gain support. I hope any of this is of help, Eric C.

1. Date of surgery .... MARCH 1,2004 2. Plastic surgeries performed to date post-WLS ..... ABDOMINALPLASTY WITH MUSCLE PLICATION 09/08/2005 3. Total weight lost (calculate based on lowest weight achieved).... 210 LBS 4. Total weight regained to date from lowest weight achieved 6 LBS 5. Obesity-related medical issues pre-surgery BACK, KNEE, AND FEET PAIN, PRE-DIABETES, PCOS, DEPRESSION 6. Current medical issues...MALNUTRITION, TAILBONE PAIN (DR SAYS LACK OF PADDING ) 7. Are your current medical issues related to WLS? (Answer Yes, No, Not Sure)...YES 8. What can we do to help you?....KEEP POSTING ISSUES EVERYONE HAS.....ALTHOUGH I KNOW I AM PROBABLY THE WORST ONE HERE FOR DOING THAT. MY LIFE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE SURGERY AND I AM SO BUSY AND FULL OF ENERGY ALL THE TIME I JUST DONT SIT DOWN HERE AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD.

1.Date of surgery: March 9, 2004 2.Plastic Surgeries: None. I don't think I could qualify as medical necessity, and I can't afford to pay for it a la carte. That sugar daddy I was supposed to land when I got skinny still hasn't showed up. Some BS, huh? That's ok I am happy to be in love, it isn't so important that he's broke. He doesn't mind the extra skin, either, God bless him. 3.Total weight lost using lowest weight: 266-144 = 122 lbs 4.Total weight regained: 1 lb, I was 145 this morning 5.Obesity-related medical issue: #1 overall - depression 6.Current issues: probably malnourished, still working on the bipolar 7.Current issues related to WLS? Absolutely not. I always had this, the weight was a symptom of it. 8.What can you do to help? LOVE ME. That's what everyone needs. (Well, they all need love. I guess they don't ALL need to love ME....) Jen M.

Wow! There's a lot of faces here whom we haven't seen in a while. It's great to see you all and thanks for posting. Don't be strangers!! Mike

I will play, 1. Date of surgery -- 3/4/2004 2. Plastic surgeries performed to date post-WLS -- None 3. Total weight lost (calculate based on lowest weight achieved) -- 165 4. Total weight regained to date from lowest weight achieved -- 20, but back to work after a lay off; I felt after over two years of focus I had to take a break. Got lazy and began reverting back to old habits, feeling better now thank you. 5. Obesity-related medical issues pre-surgery -- High blood pressure/high chol-(blood test came back Best foods)/pre-Diabetes/GERD/ 6. Current medical issues -- None 7. Are your current medical issues related to WLS? (Answer Yes, No, Not Sure) -- N/A 8. What can we do to help you? Support and involvement. Mike