M. Hall
I began this journey at 328lbs in July of 2002 with an open gastric bypass. Instead of spending 2 - 3 days in the hospital it became 1 month. I had all types of infections due to leaks, etc. Blood pressure was sky high, along with pneumonia and a collapsed lung. Instead of losing weight my body retained water the 1st 2 weeks so it was not until the end of my stay that i got on the scale and had lost almost 30 lbs. But when your on ice chips for 3 weeks of the stay what do you expect. Anyway I finally made it home and did very well, within 6 months I lost 100 + lbs. I got down to 211 lbs. Never made it any smaller than that. Staye that way until 2005 when I had my beautiful daughter and all **ll broke loose then. Cause it is now 2008 and I am 271lbs and in the process iof a revision.
