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Surgeon: Dr. Gary Anthone, Los Angeles, CA
Surgery date: March 3, 1999
Pre-op weight: 420lb.

 
Left: Fall 1993, at around 400lb., where I stayed for the next 5½ years (except for the time I lost 70lb. on phen-fen in ‘96/’97 and regained it.)
Right: December 1998, 4 months before surgery, 420lb. (I have very few pictures at this weight -- I only have this one because I was helping my nephew with a school project and wanted to document it for a scrapbook.)

 
Left: March 22, 1999: 2½ weeks post-op 399lb. (-19lb.)
Right: April 19, 1999: Six weeks post-op 385lb. (-33lb.)

 
Left: June 5, 1999: 3 months post-op 360lb. (-58lb.)
Right: August 25, 1999: 6 months post-op 327lb. (-90lb.)

 
Above: December 11, 1999: 9 months post-op 298lb. (-120lb.)
Right: March 3, 2000: One year post-op 293lb. (-125lb.)

 
Left: March 4, 2000: One year post-op 293lb. (-125lb.). Wearing a shirt that Duffy sent me!
Above, right: (from left) Duffy, Randers, Laura E. Lunch in Los Angeles, March 3, 2000.

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