message from steve parsons

[Guest guest]

Folks, Steve asked me to post this since he says he is not able to post for

some reason and can only read.

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Somehow or another I let my 2 year anniversary slip by. It was Monday, if

I'd been paying attention. In those two years I have had no complications

other than a couple of bouts of mild gastritis (which a few days of Carafate

cleared up), and have dropped right around 150 pounds. I've had the

pleasure of making the acquaintance of many wonderful people, and have known

the sadness of sitting vigil at the hospital with the only MGBer to have

died, from Iceland

Before the MGB I had hypertension; now my BP is a rock steady 120/70. I had

borderline high cholesterol; now it's 130 with a great HDL, and LDL and

triglycerides on the " abnormally low " end of the scale.

All in all it's been a good ride, and I thank the Doc for changing my life

for the better. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, even if it were a hundred

time more dangerous than it is. After all, compared to the living death of

morbid obesity, could going down with a fight be worse?

No purchase necessary,

Steve

Raleigh NC

330/180