article_snippet: When my doctor who told me I would have to get down to 387lb (27st) went in they found out that my liver was three times the size my liver should have been. '
article_snippet: my surgery took more than nine hours instead of the two it normally takes, because they had to work around my liver. '
article_snippet: If I hadn't had it when I did, I would have been dead in two years because I would have needed a liver transplant
article_snippet: and I would have never qualified to even be considered to be put on the list, much less be in any situation to get a new liver. '