Chad65
Hello, my name is Chad, I have been married for 25 years and have 4 kids ages 24 (boy), 21 (boy), 14 (girl), 8 (boy). I am retired Air Force Veteran of 23 years. I am also a 4th Degree Black Belt in Shorin-Ryu Karate and Arnis de Mano (Filipino Martial Arts). I was not fat all my life; I start to get over weight in 1999. I got up to 220, then went on a liquid diet to PCS and lost 43 pounds in 6 weeks. Then in 2004 (230 pounds) I had heart failure and was given the medicine Coreg. By the time I retired in 2007 I had ballooned up to 270. After retirement I was able to get off Coreg, but my weight ballooned up to 315 by summer 2009. I decided to seek WLS because I had so much weight to lose. I have sleep apnea, asthma, CAD, cardiomyopathy, high blood pressure. With all that I had Open RNYGastric Bypass 1 Oct 09. I am not a big writer but will try to blog some.
