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Saw these two lades on the Today show ..  They're not actually WLSers, but still have iinspiring major weight loss stories ..

(btw, I would have responded to the original thread, but it won't let me as it claims I "have been blocked by the original poster"   ?)

  I would say about 95% of our fellow DSers went to their own-created website long ago from here (I don't ha

  Wow, just when you thought you had seen it all ... 

Saw this in the OH Newsletter today, and just don't know what to say ..

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/in-loving-memory-of-ron-lester

I am just stunned at this news in our OH Newsletter today .. 

Was watching an old game show episode last night when one of the questions concerned a celeb who "recently underwent gastric bypass surgery".  The answer was "Randy Jackson" (of American Idol).  While looking for an article on his WLS, I ran a

Cant' believe this stuff is still going on ..  

 I wondered whether this might ever happen ..  

  http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/24/biggest-l

Scary article from CBS News, sent to me by another DSer ..  

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/womans-weight-loss-surgery-leads-to-vision-loss/

 Kudos to OH for including this article, written by Dr. Greenbaum, in the OH Newsletter this month.  

 She's done well with it, but she really didn't need to take that dig at the DS (i.e. no re-routing of the intestines or "issues with going to the bathroom in public")  

She's worked it well (although she seems to take a dig at the DS in one statement  )

http://www.people.com/article/rosie-donnel

 I was listening to T.V. in bed this a.m., half asleep still ..      The Dr. Oz shows was on, and he was talking about post-op WLSers that had a lo

Just saw this film on the local PBS station last night, following a group of about 1 1/2 dozen lady WLSers around:

 http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/all-of-me/<

 And here they are ...  

  http://www.aol.com/article/2016/03/24/fattest-cities-in-america-revealed/21332842/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl15%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D1382664346_htmlws-sb-bb#slide=3842029|fullscreen

 I was hoping she might decide to do it, and looks like she will.  Great job on losing 80 lbs., pre-op, btw (although article says she was experiencing "fainting spells" b/c of it  

 Tried to click on the link in the OH Personal Newsletter that went out today to the article 

Wow, I remember watching this dude on T.V.  He looked fantastic after his 180 lb. weight loss.  No mention of what he died of.  So sad to make it through the journey and still have life cut short.  

 Wow, I remember watching this dude on T.V.  No mention of what he died of.  So sad to make it through the journey and still have life cut short.