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I am 39 years old and have always been big. I weighed 100 lbs. in kindergarden, 175 in the fifth grade, 215 in the seventh, 285 sophmore year, and 6'5-318 lbs. my senior year of high school. I was always athletic playing football and track during high school. Growing up in California I was pretty succesfull in football earning a scholarship to the University of Nebraska in 1985. After three years and several injuries my football carreer came to an end and my weight went from 300 lbs. to 350 to 360 pretty quick. For the last twenty years I have had an ongoing battle with my weight. I am now to the point that I have to do something about it or I will not make it to see my grandchildren. I have high blood pressure, gout, fatty liver, borderline diabetes along with back and foot associated pains. I am going to finally get this problem under control before it kills me. My plan is to do it now instead of when I am 50 when all my health problems magnify.
I had my surgery November 13, 2006.
