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Weight Loss Success Stories and Surgery Patient Experiences
The experiences found here are from actual weight loss surgery patients. Their
lives have taken new directions, and their success stories will fill you with
hope if you are considering weight loss surgery for yourself or a loved one.
As with any surgical procedure, Bariatric surgery may present risks.
Individual patient results may vary and are not indicative of all outcomes.
Patients should consult with their doctors to discuss which type of procedure
is appropriate for them.
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| Hector |
| NO WAY!! Those were the words that came screaming from my mouth back in 1999 when my mother suggested that I look into a weight loss surgery procedure. I had just been through a divorce and was at my very heaviest. She had heard about stomach stapling and thought I should consider it. |
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| CJ |
| At my eighth grade graduation I weighed 180 lbs. and was 3 inches shorter than I am now. This would be the first of many "special occasions" that I was not able to enjoy to the fullest because I was self-conscious about my weight. |
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| Becky |
| Food was an addiction for me. I would compare myself to an Alcoholic. Food was my drug of choice. Every time something would happen, positive or negative, I would reward myself with food. |
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| Colista |
| My bariatric story starts out like a big cliche - I was turning 40 years old! I knew without question that if I didn't find an answer to my weight problem, I was going to die young and unhealthy. |
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| Kimberly |
| I couldn't bear to imagine our daughter becoming an overweight or obese child like I once was. I learned from experience how mean people can be, and I knew I had to spare her that. And I knew there was a good chance she would be obese - like me - if I didn't do something to promote healthier choices. |
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| Caroline |
| The date: December 19, 2001, the day of my gastric bypass surgery. The day my life started moving in a healthier direction because I started caring about ME. |
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| Brent |
| "I didn't want someone else raising my kids."...The reason I was so obsessed about losing weight was because my dad died of a heart attack when I was 18. I was a week out of high school, and he was only 44. I have two little kids - ages 9 and 3-1/2 - and I didn't want someone else raising them. |
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| Stephan |
| I've been big my entire life. In sixth grade, I weighed 275 pounds and wore a size 48 pants. I simply didn’t understand it; my brother would eat the same things I did, but he never gained a pound. Life seemed unfair, and my weight problem seemed hopeless—until the day I realized that I could either struggle through a profoundly unhappy existence, or decide to start living my life to the fullest. The choice was easy. |
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