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Regain my losing status by receiving a Realize Banding soon.

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Ernest Rehnke, M.D.
He is very nice, personable and knowledgable but still very professionable too. Make me feel as I'll be in the Best Hands for my Surgery as he also has the "Surgeon of Excellence Award".
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  • Comment by Robin H. on 4/21/09 3:54 pm
    Hi Michael...hope your surgery went well for you today. Get well soon!
  • Comment by Crimson_Kittie on 4/21/09 9:24 am
    Best Wishes today!!! My heart and prayers are with you!! (((hugs)))
  • Comment by Irishcoda on 4/21/09 6:31 am
    Hi there, wanted to send along my best wishes for a smooth sailing operation and a very speedy recovery! Soon you'll be on the losers' bench too! :)
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Michael Eak's Blog
Michael Eak's Blog

My Life Continues to Grow Healthier 4/20/07
posted on 4/20/07 12:30 am
Attached are other pictures of my progression from 740 lbs in Oct.2002 to currently at 420 lbs. at my 51st Birthday in the Striped White Shirt. But above is Fatima (my Girlfriend) and I at Sea World-Orlando, the day after Christmas '06 - My first theme park in over 20 years. She has a 15 year old daughter so if we're to get married we'll wait till she's 18 and off to college.
Fatima also received the Same surgery as me but it was a Revision from 10 years ago. She had it in Jan."07 of this year and has lost 50 pounds already.
 
I made appearances as Santa once again this past Christmas and Fatima was my Mrs.Claus too But we'll have to wait to see if we'll continue making as many appearances as years before. Yes there is always the chance of adding pillows. And I've return to work Part-time, right now delivering Specialty Medical Supplies to Patient's just coming home from the Hospital sometimes arriving at their house just as their getting home. I'm going all over Florida, but as Gas goes up this job looks like it may end soon if they don't raise the salaries. And I'm considering getting back into Security and other Private-sectors of Law Enforcement.
 
But onto what is taking up most of my time: I became a Weight Loss Surgery Support Group Leader through the Website  www.obesityhelp.com and later in May 2007 I'll be starting my own group to be know as the "OH LoCarb/NoCarb Support Group" due to meeting in the back of a store called the "Lo Carb Connection" www.locarbconnection.com (since the local YMCA turned us down to meet there) I'm directing the Meeting to be about Nutrition & being Physically Active. Yes I'll still cover and be there for Weight Loss Surgeries but mainly for Post-Operative care and motivation. Which leads me to my current future.
 
I'm producing the opening phase of the 2007 Florida ObesityHelp Conference with a Friday Evening "Meet & Greet" on May 4th. The all-day Conference is May 5th. But as a first, I've contacted and contracted Sponsors to pay for the Meet & Greet making it a totally FREE gathering event for all OH Conference Attendees. Plus contacting several vendors which are sending the literature of their products and samples plus some bigger things to be used as Door Prizes. I'm hoping I set a Standard for future Meet & Greets plus maybe changing to a Up Scaling of the Conferences too. I'm gaining lots of contacts along the way too. And yes even though I volunteer to produce the M&G, I've gathered enough Sponsorships to compensate all of my expenses too. But I'm hoping my efforts will bring the OH Conference to Tampa Bay in 2008.  
 
So all is set on the M&G and I've taken on the research and producing of the Fashion Show segment of the Conference too. And it looks as we'll be working with Dots Clothing stores and maybe Ross. As Bealls only offer us a 15% discount for the attendee models to buy just off a selection of clothes that Bealls is suggesting.
 
And as soon as the OH Conference weekend is over I've volunteered again, to help produce "The 2007 Walk from Obesity" Education, Research and Treatments of Obesity, a fund raiser for the "ASBS" - American Society for Bariatric Surgeries(Gainesville, FL.) and the "OAC" - Obesity Action Coalition(Tampa, FL.). The walking Fund Raiser is held throughout these United States on the last Saturday of September.
   
And through all that I'm doing I'm continuing to get healthier myself but not exercising as much as I should be as I'm missing my swimming. But I am still walking quite a bit and now that eveything is set with the M&G I'll get back into a routine of positive walking and swimming. While planning my support meetings. But through OH I have already thought & planned "Hand Out Topics" to guide me. Plus on the web is a Supportive OH Leaders support group where other leaders throughout the world support each other. 
 
Well that's what happening right now. So take care and I'll be seeing you Lighter Later, Mike

AND GOD BLESS ALL OF THE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES!


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