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Obesity Discussion · 02-16-07, 05:17 PM

SPORTS WIRE: Weis testimony: Afraid I'd 'drop dead' from obesity

February 15, 2007

Despite the potential risks, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis decided to have gastric-bypass surgery because he was afraid he would one day ''drop dead'' if he didn't lose weight.
Weis, who suffered life-threatening complications and nearly died after the June 2002 surgery, testified Wednesday in his medical malpractice case against two surgeons that he has struggled with his weight all his life.
''I've probably been on every diet known to mankind,'' he said in response to questions from his lawyer, Michael Mone, in Suffolk (Mass.) Superior Court.
Weis, whose father died of a heart attack at 56, said he worried he wouldn't be able to see his two children grow up or reach his goal of becoming a head coach.
''The foremost concern was that I was going to drop dead,'' Weis said when his lawyer asked about his motivation for the surgery.
Weis claims in his suit that Massachusetts General Hospital physicians Charles Ferguson and Richard Hodin acted negligently by failing to recognize life-threatening internal bleeding and infection two days after the surgery. Defense lawyers have said the doctors cared for Weis properly and that he experienced one of the known complications of the surgery.

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