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Old 07-25-2009, 10:24 PM
Charles Charles is offline
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Originally Posted by Sandy G View Post
Oh, it was covered on my wife's Federal BCBS. She's an RN w/30 yrs experience, one of my best friends is my GP, they BOTH told me if I DIDN'T have this surgery, I was headin' for The Last Roundup-and fast. I was 387, & goin' up, up, up...Now I'm 120 lbs lighter, this has been since Feb. I take 35 units of insulin now instead of 225, I can walk w/o huffin' & puffin'...In short, this most likely saved my life. Can't cheat on it, either-if you try to wolf stuff down too much or too fast, you get REAL sick REAL quick.
Good for you, Sandy, hope you don't miss your little potlickkers too much.

I'm pretty much swolllen up like a toad, too. 190 lbs of a 5'8" frame. Used to hang around 135-145 before my back went bad. Every time I try to whup myself back into shape, I pretty much whup myself into a G-chair. Cain't cut the mustard anymore. BTW, I've a couple of years on ya.

Thank god I'm one of them corporate executives, CEO as a matter of fact, and I kin hide out under the air squezzer processing paperwork for my favorite uncle, Uncle Sammy...you know 'em.

Did get out for a couple of hours and help my "boys" tear off a roof last week. Never ceases to amaze me how I can drag my old, worn out fat ass onto the job for a couple of hours and triple production.

Damn, I'm good,

Chas
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