What others take for granted.(Close-ups: A Patient's Perspective)

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 15-JUN-08

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I was 54 years old, and reviewing my retirement savings. Would I have enough to retire? Well, I figured, I weigh 346 pounds, so I'll probably die before I run out of money. That made me sit up straight. About that time, I saw a Health Politics e-mail from Mike Magee, and an article by Atul Gawande in The New Yorker, on obesity. Both said that bariatric surgery was the only effective treatment for morbid obesity. So I investigated bariatric surgeons, and found the one with the most experience. An initial seminar provided the...

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