Quote From: silverkattI am the very happy success story for gastric bypass and finally I can show you what it did for me. It was March 30, 2001 and I weighed 260 pounds. I was so ready to do this surgery that I would have done it with a 25% SURVIVAL chance. A year later I was 120 pounds lighter, had stopped all high blood pressure medicine and my blood work and blood pressure were incredible. I am 50 years old and married the most wonderful man on earth 3 years ago. Thirty years of obesity and trying and failing at every diet imaginable brought me to this solution. May I suggest that if you consider it that when you look for a doctor, you find out how many patients he has lost. The last time I checked my doctor who has been performing this surgery for at least 5 or 6 years has had NO DEATHS. It's like anything else in life...check out their qualifications and their successes.
I attended a seminar about a year ago with men and women in all stages of pre-op and post-op and there were a couple of guys that had lost 300 and 400 pounds! I met a wonderful woman that had lost 238. It was an incredible weekend. I volunteer my time on a website hoping to guide others that are researching this surgery through their journey.

DEAR SILVERKAT, 11-19-2006
MY NAME IS JOANNE, BUT MY USER NAME IS:LAMANNA59. WELL ANYWAY THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR YOUR HELP IS I AM DUE TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THE GASTRIC BYPASS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY OR THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, AND I WAS 340 LBS AND NOW I AM I THINK ABOUT 300LBS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN E-MAIL BUDDIE SO I CAN SOME QUESTIONS TO AND GET A HONEST RESPONSE FROM SO IF YOUR TO BUSY, PLEASE YOU E-MAIL AT: lamanna59@yahoo.com.
I WOULD BE SO VERY GRATEFUL AND ALSO PLEASE EXCEPT THAT I AM TRULY HAPPY FOR YOUR WEIGHT LOSS I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS.
THANKS SO VERY MUCH,
JOANNE TATOM
MODESTO,
CALIFORNIA, 95351-3828