[geeks] Gastric bypass surgery

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Has anyone out there had gastric bypass surgery?
> Answer on or off list as you feel appropriate.

I just saw this in my "local news" RSS feed:

(from http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5094682)

	(3/05/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - A woman who came to Houston for a risky
	gastric bypass surgery has passed away.

	Renee Williams, 28 weighed 841 pounds at the time of her surgery
	last month. She had lost 67 pounds in less than two weeks after the
	surgery.  Over the weekend, she suffered a deadly heart attack.

That IS a very extreme case, though.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas