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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 145406" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I haven't had it myself, but three people (all men) that I work with have ... all three of them were pretty much "extreme cases". We had one man who actually weighed over <em>650</em> pounds and still came to work every day! He was so big, they weren't even sure that he'd make it through the surgery, but he would have died for sure without it! He had a rough time and some complications but he ended up doing great! Later on he had two surgeries to remove the excess skin, and now he's like a whole new person. The second was a fairly young man who had gotten dangerously overweight. He had very few problems and got through it fine! He'll never be "little" but his health is no longer in danger.</p><p> </p><p>The third one I really felt sorry for. He was in his fifties, extremely overweight, and had tried every diet there was and could never lose the weight. Our parking lot is on a big slope and you have to walk uphill to get to the building - he could barely make it and we all worried about him. It was painful just to <em>watch</em> him walk! He desperately wanted the surgery and his doctor agreed that he needed it. It was the <u>*&#37;&#$ INSURANCE COMPANY</u> that kept putting him off! They weren't convinced that he had tried hard enough to diet! It took this poor man three years to get the insurance company to agree to cover his surgery, even though his <em>doctor</em> said that he really needed it! When he finally got the surgery, the weight seemed to just fall off of him! He'll never be "little" either but the difference in him now is amazing. He makes it up that hill just fine now, looks 100% better and he's never out of breathe now like he used to be. But it gets really sticky when you're dealing with insurance companies - seems like <em>they</em> make all the important medical decisions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 145406, member: 1883"] I haven't had it myself, but three people (all men) that I work with have ... all three of them were pretty much "extreme cases". We had one man who actually weighed over [I]650[/I] pounds and still came to work every day! He was so big, they weren't even sure that he'd make it through the surgery, but he would have died for sure without it! He had a rough time and some complications but he ended up doing great! Later on he had two surgeries to remove the excess skin, and now he's like a whole new person. The second was a fairly young man who had gotten dangerously overweight. He had very few problems and got through it fine! He'll never be "little" but his health is no longer in danger. The third one I really felt sorry for. He was in his fifties, extremely overweight, and had tried every diet there was and could never lose the weight. Our parking lot is on a big slope and you have to walk uphill to get to the building - he could barely make it and we all worried about him. It was painful just to [I]watch[/I] him walk! He desperately wanted the surgery and his doctor agreed that he needed it. It was the [U]*%&#$ INSURANCE COMPANY[/U] that kept putting him off! They weren't convinced that he had tried hard enough to diet! It took this poor man three years to get the insurance company to agree to cover his surgery, even though his [I]doctor[/I] said that he really needed it! When he finally got the surgery, the weight seemed to just fall off of him! He'll never be "little" either but the difference in him now is amazing. He makes it up that hill just fine now, looks 100% better and he's never out of breathe now like he used to be. But it gets really sticky when you're dealing with insurance companies - seems like [I]they[/I] make all the important medical decisions! [/QUOTE]
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