Username: Blackthorne
Location: Kirkland, WA, USA
Member Since: 5/22/2005
BMI: 27.9
Post Op
Surgery Type: Duodenal Switch (09/15/05)
Surgeon: Joao Marchesini, M.D.
Website: unicornshadows.blogspot.com

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Friends

Blackthorne has 177 Friends

Amy Williams	Peach	valgroce
Darcy	IPlayPiano	Anne S.
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Goals

I want to work out 3 times a week

Category: Health

4 People

in progress,

2 People

achieved this

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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.

Member Interests

Books & Literature - Reading and writing
Home Improvement - Gutting & remodeling my whole house, post-flood.
Genealogy & Family History
French - Je parle francais un peu.
Baseball - Mariners!
Road Trips
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Talk Radio Listening - Art Bell!
Dancing
Wine Tasting

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Latest Surgery Support Comments

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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My Life At 75 MPH
A DS Journey Thru Space & Time

Five Questions from Happy Catbert
1 - What's the one thing you are most proud of in your life?

I became a published author at the age of sixteen! It was one of the coolest things that ever happened to me.

2 - If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Stouffer's Tuna Noodle Casserole

3 - Have you ever been in a fist fight?

Does a one-punch fight count? Then yes - several times.

4 - You can take 5 things to a desert island. What 5 things do you bring?

Sun Screen
Bug Spray
A yacht
condoms
Antonio Banderas

5 - Describe your favorite childhood memory.

My family was always very creative - castles as cakes, cool Hallowe'en costumes, lots of Christmas decorations. One year we bought some paint by number wooden (and real wood!) Christmas ornaments - each of us got a color, and we spent the evening making ornaments. We had a blast, and 30+ years later, we still have those ornaments.

Have fun and don't forget to add the rules so others can play!

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.