Oh what a year it has been....

[Guest guest]

In the summer of 2000--------

There once was a fat woman from Nashville

Who was really very miserable until,

She heard about something that gave her hope

So she no longer felt like such a dope.

It was a surgery called the Duodenal Switch

A weight loss solution fitting a certain `niche'.

Wow, was it way to good to be true?

You could eat what you want and lose weight too?

Oh my, what a feeling she got!

Finally an answer - surely not.

All those years of trying the " right way "

From doctors to therapy to things she couldn't say.

All her efforts were met without long term success,

Hopeless was her feeling she had to confess.

And even when life seemed so unfulfilling

She was open and oh so very willing

To see if this weight loss surgery would be

The answer so many touted gleefully.

Her research led her to Ohio for a capped self-pay fee

Dr. Maguire in Kettering was who she went to see.

She let him cut her open and do his " magic "

On this humble, but hopeful Tennessee hick.

Then it was time for her recovery

Without a single hitch it would not be...

But it was far worth the beginning humps

To have come this far over the bumps

Oh my, yes it has been a whole year

One she holds in her heart so dear

She is no longer a fat woman from Nashville

Feeling like she has no power or will

She's a happy, healthy woman who wears a size 8

Who's lost 95% of her excess weight.

She wakes up in the morning without dread

Meets the day with joy and no longer feels dead

For her, this surgery has done more than she can express

It has simply given her life back & nothing less!

In kindred spirit,

Dee in Nashville

DS surgery 10/19/00

Dr. Maguire, Kettering, OH

Preop weight: 227, BMI 41, Size 22/2x

1 year weight: 132, BMI 23, Size 8/S

5'2 " , 43 yoa

[Guest guest]

This is SO cute!! Thanks for sharing your poem and your update!

Love, Sue

post op 9/11/01

Dr. Warden

Ocean Sps, MS.

> In the summer of 2000--------

>

> There once was a fat woman from Nashville

> Who was really very miserable until,

>

> She heard about something that gave her hope

> So she no longer felt like such a dope.

>

> It was a surgery called the Duodenal Switch

> A weight loss solution fitting a certain `niche'.

>

> Wow, was it way to good to be true?

> You could eat what you want and lose weight too?

>

> Oh my, what a feeling she got!

> Finally an answer - surely not.

>

> All those years of trying the " right way "

> From doctors to therapy to things she couldn't say.

>

> All her efforts were met without long term success,

> Hopeless was her feeling she had to confess.

>

> And even when life seemed so unfulfilling

> She was open and oh so very willing

>

> To see if this weight loss surgery would be

> The answer so many touted gleefully.

>

> Her research led her to Ohio for a capped self-pay fee

> Dr. Maguire in Kettering was who she went to see.

>

> She let him cut her open and do his " magic "

> On this humble, but hopeful Tennessee hick.

>

> Then it was time for her recovery

> Without a single hitch it would not be...

>

> But it was far worth the beginning humps

> To have come this far over the bumps

>

> Oh my, yes it has been a whole year

> One she holds in her heart so dear

>

> She is no longer a fat woman from Nashville

> Feeling like she has no power or will

>

> She's a happy, healthy woman who wears a size 8

> Who's lost 95% of her excess weight.

>

> She wakes up in the morning without dread

> Meets the day with joy and no longer feels dead

>

> For her, this surgery has done more than she can express

> It has simply given her life back & nothing less!

>

> In kindred spirit,

> Dee in Nashville

> DS surgery 10/19/00

> Dr. Maguire, Kettering, OH

> Preop weight: 227, BMI 41, Size 22/2x

> 1 year weight: 132, BMI 23, Size 8/S

> 5'2 " , 43 yoa

[Guest guest]

Brava on your poem! And many congrats on your wonderful weightloss!

Cheers.

Liz N.

Oceanside, CA.

[Guest guest]

There lives a babe in Tennessee

Who's brainy and clever as she can be

We hear that she is quite a catch

Intellegence, creativity, and a body to match!

Congratulations!

Debbie Kardon-Brown

BPD/DS Dr. Ren

7/12/01

-60 lbs in 3 months

BMI 43 down to 36