Ok, against my better judgement here's my sordid history.
I've always been fat. Not quite Mav fat, but really fat. I started to have health problems from it in my late 30's and when I was in my early 40's my cardiologist said something like "I think you're going to be having congestive heart failure within ten years. There's something called weight loss surgery, and you need to have it soon."
I ignored him for a year and then he really pushed hard for me to have it. I did a lot of research and decided I wanted a procedure called the Duodenal Switch. I picked it because you lost more weight than with the most commonly done procedure the RnY, and you could eat more like a normal person could.
I had the procedure October 30, 2001. Two days after my dad died. It was his dying wish for me to do it then and to not wait. I did it. I went from 376 lbs. six weeks prior to surgery to 209 lbs. just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2004.
As was pointed out in the 'other old guy' post <harrumph> I was stuck with a lot of loose skin. So I had a body lift about two years ago (fuck, that was way way more brutal than the weight loss surgery).
I had a face lift a year ago (be very cautious when you tell a talented plastic surgeon to "have fun, you've got Carte Blanche"). The only other thing I'd do is get the moobs and skin on my back reduced, but it doesn't look like there's a good surgical plan that would leave me looking normal.
Besides the surgery, I got really physically active. I lift weights twice a week, I swim laps once per week, I fence sabre four nights a week and take five fencing lessons per week. My weight is up to 220 lbs (yay!) and other than pulling muscles I'm healthier than shit.
In fact, as of last week I'm rated 23rd in the nation for sabre fencers in their 40's. I've got a woman whom I've been in love with for damn near 20 years who's agreed to marry me.
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In short I'm having the time of my life.
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