Beginning June 2003 - Updated March 30, 2004
"Before" pictures taken June 18, 2003
My weight at that time: 371 pounds
Laparoscopic Roux-N-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery was performed on July 7th, 2003
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
My surgeon was Dr. Raymond Drew
First "After" pictures taken July 11, 2003
My weight at that time: approximately 355 pounds (16 pound loss).
These were my scars only 5 days after the surgery.
Second "After" pictures taken July 23, 2003
My weight at that time: 333 pounds (38 pound loss).
I have lost 4" off my waist and I am riding my bicycle daily
July 29, 2003 was the date of my 3 week follow up visit with my surgeon (no photos).
My weight at that time: 328 pounds (43 pound loss).
Third "After" pictures taken August 6, 2003
My weight at that time: 323 pounds (48 pound loss).
My legs seem to be responding to the bicycle riding.
August 11, 2003, doctor visit (no photos).
My weight at that time: 318 pounds (53 pound loss).
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Fourth "After" pictures taken August 20, 2003
My weight at that time: 308 pounds (63 pound loss).
Fifth "After" pictures taken August 31, 2003 (8 weeks following surgery)
My weight at that time: 303 pounds (68 pound loss).
My weight loss slowed considerably following the photos taken August 31, 2003 and so I decide to hold off on any updates until sufficient time has passed to show a difference. In the meantime, my doctors remove me from medications for diabetes, hypertension, and acid reflux, and the air pressure on my BiPAP (sleep apnea) machine is significantly reduced, I am no longer needing a cane for walking as the stress on the degenerative arthritis in my hip has been reduced. My overall health is now EXCELLENT!
Sixth "After" pictures taken December 4, 2003 (5 months following surgery)
My weight at that time: 281 pounds (90 pound loss).
Seventh "After" pictures taken March 7, 2004
My weight at that time: 268 pounds (103 pound loss).
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A special THANK YOU to my good friend, Owen Raine, the photographer, and his business, http://www.brownbearphoto.com/.
