HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS PATRICIA I AM A 26 F IN THE KENTUCKIANA AREA. I WEIGHED 327 BEFORE SURGERY AND I AM @ 307 NOW... THIS IS OF COURSE 14 DAYS LATER AFTER THE PRE DIET AND STUFF. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAD A MISFORTUNE HAPPEN DURING MY PROCEDURE. MY SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS AND FINISHED BUT WHILE THEY WERE CLOSING ME UP I WENT INTO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE AMT OF ANESTHESIA I RECEIVED OR AN ACTUAL UNDERLINE HEART CONDITION. I WAS PADDLED 7 TIMES AND COMPRESSED FOR 20 MINS BEFORE COMING OUT OF IT. I WAS THEN PUT ON A VENTILATOR AND IN ICU FOR 6 DAYS. I AM A MIRACLE BECAUSE I CAME OFF OF MY VENT 6 HOURS AFTER HAVENT IT PUT IN. I WOULD NOT GIVE UP. I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I WOULD SUGGEST DR LUSCO OR DR JOHN OLSOFKA TO ANY PERSON WHO IS SUFFERING FROM OBESITY. WELL BACK TO ME WHICH U ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. I HAD A HEART CATH DONE BY ONE OF THE BEST CARDIOLOGISTS IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY DR. UMMAT. HE SAID THAT I HAD THE HEART OF A NEW BORN BABY!!! I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW HAPPY I WAS TO HEAR THOSE WORDS. SO THE ? IS STILL @ HAND.. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS HEALTHY 26 YEAR OLD GIRL ON THAT SURGERY TABLE??? ONLY GOD KNOWS.. BUT I CAN SAY THIS ... HE SAVED ME..... AND SO DID THAT SURGERY TEAM @ CARITAS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT MY CARE OR HAVE MORE IN DEPTH QUESTIONS... PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME itzcawdkarma@insightbb.com OR YOU CAN JUST ADD ME TO YAHOO -cr8zy4jj . Thank you and I WISH YOU ALL THE MOST SUCCESS.

This sounds like quite an experience for such a young person! I'm really glad you made it through okay and had good docs that could handle the situation. this is one reason why it's so important to be in a facility that can handle something like this.

So glad you are better and at home!! Great loss so far, keep it up!

Wow, thank God you had a competent surgeon and hospital. Hope you continue to regain your health. Best of luck!

I'm from the Louisville southern Indiana area and would like to find some banded friends for moral support in restarting my journey and loosing my weight