I never thought that I would be here, where I am now. I never thought that I would ever have control of my life. From early on everything I did was always in vain. I could never be the best, I was always the odd one out, always the biggest...and I had no control over it. Its like mother nature had given all the kids recess except me. I wasn't allowed.

A year ago I would never had imagined being approved for and getting the surgery. I knew about it, I had read a lot about it the previous...

Gary Curtis