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Surgeon Testimonial

Joao Marchesini, M.D.
I'm back to square one. I'm being laid off, which changes everything. Instead of waiting twelve months for insurance approval under COBRA (due to insurance-required diet monitoring), risk battling a NEW insurance company over coverage, or wait a year for FMLA to kick in again, I've decided to go ahead and self-pay while I'm unemployed.

I've decided to go with Dr Marchesini in Brazil. I like him for several reasons - he's very polite in his emails, he answered my questions, and addressed problems he foresaw from my emails, wanting to confirm whether or not I was ready for surgery. He didn't just rush into it, but took the time to make sure I was prepared.

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  • Comment by Melissa Mermaid on 9/15/06 4:09 pm
    HAPPY 1st SWITCH-I-VERSARY, BT ... I hope you're as proud of yourself as WE are of you. You've been a stellar student who has in many ways surpassed her teachers. You've grown in many more ways than you've shrunk -- and that's a heck of a lot. And as far as the other horizons you wish to explore, you may need to go outside your comfort zone but it's all within your reach ... A year from today you'll be posting about this and having realized many of your wildest dreams. {{{HUGS}}}
  • Comment by bubbles on 9/15/05 4:51 pm
    Hi, I read an update that your surgery went well. I am so glad for you. Get well soon. Blue
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Trifecta!
on May 7, 2006 12:00 am
05/07/2006 Today was a day of both joy and sorrow. I woke up this morning, weighing 177.6 lbs, officially hitting my Trifecta:

1) I am now a member of the Century Club - I am down 100lbs from my highest weight (277lbs).

2) This is the lowest adult weight I've had since I turned 18, and the DS now officially beats all of my previous weight loss attempts as the best weight loss I've ever had.

3) My BMI is now under 35, meaning I am no longer obese in any way.

That was part of my joy. The rest of my joy is being with my family here in Southern California, many of whom I haven't seen in a LONG long time.

The sorrow, however, is the reason I'm here.....a cousin of mine passed away recently, and his funeral was this afternoon. He was three months younger than me - much too young to be moving on from this world. He left behind his wife, two children, his parents and a large number of friends & other family. There were well over 200 people at the funeral. I saw him briefly on my trip up from Florida, and I'm glad that I did - it was the first time in over 20 years that I'd seen him. It was truly a beautiful funeral.
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