Re: Personal BMI

[Guest guest]

Good for you. Don't you just feel wonderful now? Regardless of what that BMI

is, it is how you feel and how much more you can do that counts. How your

health has improved. I am proud of you.

Pearl

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[Guest guest]

OK, my surgery was Nov. 29, 2006. I haven't lost 110 lbs since Nov 2007.

My mistake.

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From: DS_Friends_Keshishian

[mailto:DS_Friends_Keshishian ] On Behalf Of Sonja Sweek

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:08 AM

To: DS_Friends_Keshishian

Cc: Tossman; Anamaria Unger; Brown Winston; noesweek@...;

Gabby Sweek; Andres Sweek; Brandsma; r s; Sally Otos; Winston

Subject: Personal BMI

Hello from Washington DC:

Now I can add a new line to my signature (below) - the old and the new BMI.

It hadn't occurred to me to do a comparison.

I think that Federal BCross/BShield would only cover the GRDS surgery for

patients with a BMI of 40 or more.

I'm figuring here based on my new reduced height (I've shrunk in two

directions, you know) of 5'5 " (used to be 5'6 " ).

The BMI on-line chart says that I am at " optimal BMI. " Imagine that!

Pretty neat.

By the way, many concerns during that first year seem to be behind me now.

I'm eating normally now, all kinds of food, with protein first, of course.

No more edema in the ankles, no more nausea from overeating or trying to

take pills, and strength and endurance now SUPERIOR to what I had

pre-surgery. Tomorrow I PROMISE I'll get my one-year labs scheduled

(although I've had them done at least twice since the surgery).

Sonja Sweek

GRDS 11/29/06

-110 lbs and holding

BMI 42.1 > 23.8 ,_._,___