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The 850-pound woman in Texas who decided to have gastric bypass surgery? Died last night of a massive heart attack, almost two weeks after the surgery. Turns out the risks are much greater for people whose body mass index is over 60, and hers was 137.5....
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That's just nutty.
I'd say it's probably easier to lose weight for the woman now that she's not carrying around a 94 POUND TUMOR but yeah, that wouldn't be the first question I'd ask the woman. That's an ordeal right there, never mind tackling weight loss. Although in the doctors' defense, soft tissue exams of any type are REALLY difficult to perform on someone that large. Still, that she kept coming back with symptomatology, that's just ridiculous that it took that long to get someone to hunt down the issue.
At least she kept going and insisting that something was wrong. Most people would hear the "lose weight" thing even just ONCE and not go back. Grossly overweight people KNOW that they're overweight. I know many people who hate being nagged by their doctor about their weight that they avoid the doctor at all costs.
And 60 pounds is tremendous, kudos :)