Making The Journey Together For 16 Years! The ObesityHelp.com community was founded in 1998 to provide support, education, and advocacy for all individuals seeking help in the fight against obesity. This great community was built by a lot of hard work behind the scenes... but mostly, it was built by
Getting Back on Track-From One Patient to Another A lot of you are familiar with my story. I had RNY Gastric Bypass on 02/12/2008. At my highest weight I was 291 lbs. I decided to have WLS, after years of procrastination, mainly for my health and my children. I am
A Before and After Celebration: Featuring Jillian C. OH Username: JLB15 Weight loss: 105 pounds Surgery type: VSG Surgeon: Michael Potter, MD Fat, Fat, Fat, that's what I've been all my life. At 26 years old, I was sick and tired of it. I couldn't move around easy, couldn't go
A Before and After Celebration: Featuring Alyssa R. OH Username: Hammy_Grl Weight loss: 180 pounds Surgery type: Duodenal Switch Surgeon: Dr. Viveck Prachand Not only was I given a second chance at life, but I was given a brand new life! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think
After WLS Success...Kearsten's Fight Against Obesity Continues On Although always a very active child, Kearsten Weeks had been fighting obesity all of her life. Having been surrounded by family members who were also morbidly obese, she was basically given a free "all you can eat" pass. It was only when
Vicki and her daughter Veronica have always been close, but 2013 brought them even closer. Ten years after her mom had Lap-Band surgery, Veronica made the decision to have the Sleeve Gastrectomy with the same surgeon. “We had both known for awhile that I was going to eventually end up
Having weight loss surgery is not an easy decision. Undergoing it a second time is an even more challenging choice to make. Nevertheless, for some patients who gained their weight back or experienced post-op complications, it can be an ideal opportunity to re-ignite weight loss. There have been several different
When I made the decision to have weight loss surgery I was 100% sure that it was something I wanted to do. I had no doubt. I discussed my decision with my husband and he was on board. I went down the path of seeing my primary care physician, getting
We’ve all seen them. Those amazing weight loss stories on the covers of magazines or on talk shows. And there’s always a before and after photo. On the left is usually a particularly unflattering picture of a person when they were larger. On the right is the new, shiny, confident,
