"MY WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY STORY"

I have been known on the internet as Rollinchair for sometime now, and 2 yrs ago I had the most incredible thing happen to me, and I want to share my story, I had taken Phen-Fen in 1995 and after one year and a half of taking this deadly diet drug I had 3 strokes and was in a wheelchair for 6 1/2 yrs,paralized and unable to talk, during that time I gained up to 330lbs, as you will see below, while I was in the Hospital in Tulsa,Oklahoma the Oral Roberts University Physical Therapy Unit,hoping physical therapy would help me to walk and talk,I met a man who weighed over 600lbs named Bob Walton and as I grew to know him, he told me his story he was going to have a surgery named {GASTRIC BYPASS},he told me of a singer named "Carnie Wilson"; I checked into it,and got to know CARNIE WILSON through her web site, and I then talked to my doctor and he said that I would be too high a risk, but I was willing to take that risk, Carnie was and is an inspiration to not only me but to millions of women and men that are obese, the more I read her web site the more I wanted this surgery, then the day came that the Dr.'s office called me and said I had an appointment, I cried, thanked God, Bob and Carnie Wilson for it was their spunk that made me go forward, and her words of encouragement, through her books I am mentioned in one of her books now, but that gave me the strength to go for it,so May 23, 2001 I had my surgery and I have never been sorry, God has given me my life back,as you can see by my recent picture below. I am no longer ROLLINCHAIR BUT WALKINTALL.