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Hayworth, J. D. (John D. Hayworth, Jr., 1958.07.12- ) Politician.
J.D. Hayworth is the U. S. Representative from Arizona's Fifth District. That district covers Scottsdale and parts of other East valley communities. As he neared the end of his fourth two-year term, he received a questionable honor. Washingtonian magazine announced that in a survey of congressional staffers, Hayworth was named the second "biggest windbag" and its second "funniest" member.
J.D. is no small man. Standing 6'5" tall, he could carry a lot of weight. But when he reached 300 pounds, he decided that he had to drop a few pounds. In August, 2003, he check himself into the Scottsdale Bariatric Center at the Scottsdale Healthcare-Shea campus to have a laparoscopic gastric bypass. According to the Scottsdale Bariatric Center's web site the procedure creates a small pouch at the top of the stomach just below the esophagus with surgical staples. The middle section of small intestine is then attached to the pouch. As a result, food bypasses most of the stomach and half of the small intestine, putting the patient on an unavoidable, long lasting diet. Informed consent for this procedure is not for the fainthearted. Possible side effects for the procedure include pulmonary embolism (in less than 1% of procedures), blockage at the staple site (2.5%), leakage from a staple line (1-4%), pneumonia (< 1%), infection (1% for laparoscopic incision sites), hernia (1%), bleeding, vomiting (almost everyone), and death (.5%). Less than a month after the surgery, J.D. was on his way to losing a small person. He was already down to 270.
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Lives in Scottsdale
Before J.D. turned to
politics, he was a public relations consultant, an insurance agent, a
radio news commentator, and for seven years he was the sports anchor on
channel 10 in Phoenix.
