stephenb
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I'm fat and want to lose wieight. I suffer from very severe sleep aponea which is being managed by a CPAP machine. I also have a conition known as Adult Onset Stills Disease(AOSD) which is an autoimune arthritic that condition gets you roughly every 8-10 years. First time it went undiagnosed and I spent two months in hospital nearly dying a few times from heart failure and organ failure after that. Next thing that was clearly looming unless I did something was Diabetes and after my second bout of AOSD last November I put on 52 pounds in 3 months because the treatment is steroids.
I needed this surgey for health reasons but two things pushed the decision over the line:
- the birth of our first child
- getting rejected for life insurance
I needed this surgey for health reasons but two things pushed the decision over the line:
- the birth of our first child
- getting rejected for life insurance
Age: 49
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Starting Weight: 297 lbs
Weight on Day of Surgery:
Current Weight: 267 lbs
Goal Weight: 171 lbs
Weight Lost: 30 lbs
BMI: 37.2
Surgery: LAP-BAND
Surgery Status: Post Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 05/21/2011
Surgery Date: 07/20/2011
Hospital Stay: 2 Days
Surgery Funding: Insurance
Insurance Outcome: 1st Letter Approval