Celebrating Stacey's Journey Before & After RNY! The first time I realized that I was “fat” was at age 7 when I was in 2nd grade. I remember weighing myself on the bathroom scale at home and it said I weighed 72 pounds. I had no concept of weight or
Celebrating Charles' Before & After VSG Journey! When I was 40 years old, the scale read 470 pounds. Starting when I was 20, my weight had continually climbed higher each year. My family had concerns and they often talked to me about my weight. I ignored their concerns because I was
Celebrating Eric's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up in a poor family by a single mom, and we went without food and many other things such as electricity, heat, and phone for long periods of time. When I grew up, I vowed I would not be hungry when
Celebrating Tonya's Before & After RNY Journey! My weight had been an issue as far back as I can recall. I crossed the line into morbid obesity when I became an adult. I’m 5’3” and my highest known weight was 236 pounds, so that was quite a bit for my
Celebrating Glen's Journey Before & After SIPS I had been obese for about 18 years. I started gaining weight after my divorce in 1996. It didn't take long for me to gain from 205 up to 260 pounds in just three years. After my divorce, I became lazy and stopped
Celebrating jbuckn34's Before & After RNY Journey! It's hard to remember the 6-month waiting period that I had to go through for my insurance company to approve my surgery and get my surgery date. Reflecting on my Before & After RNY, it all seems like a lifetime ago. Before &
Celebrating Nancy's Gastric Sleeve Journey! I’m over the moon happy with the Gastric Sleeve surgery performed by Dr. Roslin from the Lenox Hill Bariatric Practice this past summer. Surgery Type: VSG Date of Surgery: 7/6/15 Weight Loss Total: 70 pounds Surgeon: Dr. Mitchell Roslin I came to the practice in
Celebrating phuffman007's RNY Journey! My highest weight was 365 pounds. Knowing that I couldn't keep this going, I spent over a year of researching and made the decision to have RNY Gastric Bypass. On May 20th, 2014, my life changed. I haven't felt this good in my entire life. I
Celebrating Darlene's Journey Before & After RNY! I made the decision to have RNY Gastric Bypass in the summer of 2005. I recall an occasion when my father who was dying of lung cancer, looked up at me in his frail state whispered: “Please don’t fall on me”. I took notice
Celebrating Maryann's Journey Before and After RNY! I have struggled with weight my entire life. I've lost weight over the years, but have always gained it back, plus more. I'd considered surgery but thought that I could do it myself. I hoped somehow, someday that I'd find that elusive thing that
