• Username: SteveApril45
  • Location: frostburg, MD, USA
  • Member Since: 7/21/2002
  • BMI: 39.6
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  • Surgery Type: RNY (12/01/03)
  • Surgeon: John Kelly, M.D.
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John Kelly, M.D.
I met with dr Kelly In Sept 2003.He seamed like a kind man and some one who really cares about you and what you are saying, so with everything i've heard about him I put my life in his skillfull hands.
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  • Comment by SteveApril45 on 11/16/06 12:07 pm
    It has been almost 3 years since I had wLS and since then I have lost over 340lbs.It is hard to believe,when I look at old pictures of myself it makes me sick.I had no life back then and din't care if I lived or died to tell you the truth.So many changes in my life it is hard to keep up.I am now at a point of my life where I don't know what I want out of life.I have lived to fast in the last 18 months and did the things I said I wouldn't do.Drinking,smoking pot and doing things that I woul;d of never done when I weighed 598 lbs.I have stopped the drinking and pot smoking and I hope I can stay clean.
  • Comment by Sassy Cathy on 1/6/05 2:01 pm
    Hi Stephen! I just wanted to wish you major congratulations on making the double century club and a (late yet still sincere) happy wls anniversary! Keep up the awesome work man! Cathy
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3 YEARS AGO TODAY.
on December 1, 2006 12:46 pm
I  was sitting here this morning thinking about my 3 year anniversary.I thought about what life was like before wls.It was no life at all.I didn't do anything,I sat or laided in bed all day and night and ate and watched tv.I never went anywhere,I stayed home all the time no matter what was going on.I had giving up on life.I didn't care if I lived or died.That is sad but very true.I wished for death each and every day.I sit here today a new man,a man who enjoys his life,his freedom and all the things that come with massive weight loss.I had to learn how to live all over.I at one point didn't leave my house for 8 years,I mean I didn't leave my house at all.Day in and day out I watched the world go bye my window.I watched news events and so many things happen as I laid there watching it all go bye.If you are reading this thinking there is no hope for you please remember this,there is hope,people out there are waiting to help you.You are not alone.I know it may seem like there is no hope but I promise you this,you can regain your life and live once more.When I weighed 598 lbs I couldn't do anything and I was always in pain and I was so depressed that I wanted it all to end.Then I found Dr John Kelly,he saved my life and i'll never forget him for what he did for me.Please email me anytime if you need someone who knows what it was like to be very big and i'll do anything I can to help you.God Bless you all...............steve c
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on October 13, 2006 7:27 pm
Well I thought it was about time for a update on me.I have been having a very hard time with my weight for the last 9 months.I have been up and down and at one time I gained 16 lbs in one month.I managed to lose that but some months I lose a few pounds and another month I gain.Last month I gained 8 lbs.Being almost 3 years out it is easy to cheat and if we don't watch what we eat we can gain it back.Right now I am having some other medical problems and I have put the weight on the back burner.It is my heart and I have tons of test in the next few weeks and i'm hoping it is not as bad as it can be.
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I was born feb 6 1960.Growing up in the 70's was very special.My father was a hard working man and he drove truck most of his life.Mom was always home and took care of of us 7 kids.I don't know how she did it but somehow we all grew up and for the most part we turned into good people.Dad was always big and Mom was a normal weight.Me and my brother Richard where also big boys.Richard had wls when he was 25 years old back in 1987 when it was very new.he never lost any weight he gained more and more and at the age of 27 he lost his battle with his weight and died leaving behind a wife and two daughters ages 4 and 5.Dad died at the age of 45 years old and I never thought i'd outlive him but I did.I had wls on Dec 1 2003.My starting weight was 565 lbs,my highest weight was 598 lbs.Today I weigh about 230 lbs and I am having trouble with my weight I am always up and down.I am now having problems with my heart and i thought losing the weight would keep me from having a heart attack like my father and brother before me.Heart trouble runs in our family and we lost a lot of family members at early ages because of it.The last few weeks I have been going through some test and i'm hoping we can resolve this heart thing before it gets me like so many of my family members before me.I really don't want to die and i'm gonna do whatever it takes to prevent this.Since moving to maryland I have made some very bad choices and i'm slowly changing my ways before it's too late.Before moving here 3 years ago i hadn't had a drink in over ten years and I never smoked pot.I have stopped both of these habits and I pray I can stay away from them.I have had some bad relationships and that raised my stress level to a new high.Mom lives in canada and I miss her a lot.She did the best she could with us kids and we love her very much.So that is my story to date.I will keep you updated and i hope you all are doing good.................steve