Why I Decided to Have WLS Growing up, I was always overweight. I don't remember a time in my life when I wasn’t always the “fat one.” It was so hard to watch my two siblings and cousins play sports and enjoy “normal” childhood activities. I wanted to do those
Patients undergoing weight loss surgery are usually on one or more medications, and the medication absorption after WLS may change. There are several factors that will affect the absorption of your medications after weight loss surgery. The two main determinants of absorption depend on the medication and the procedure you
Why I Decided to Have WLS I can remember being one of the bigger girls in fifth grade, probably 10-15 pounds more than most of the girls in my class. Being one of the bigger girls continued with the gap getting wider through my adult years. A few months post-pregnancy
Why I Decided to Have WLS My struggles with my weight began when I was about eight years old. That’s when I started gaining weight and found out I had Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Hyperplasia. Since then, my life has been a roller coaster of weight issues. I was put on
Why I Decided to Have WLS My sister is 11 months older than I am, and she was always in shape without having to exercise. I got tired of hearing, "Angilee has a pretty face, but she is so big." It affected my self-esteem. I tried the Atkins Diet, Phentermine
Why I Decided to Have WLS As far as I can remember, I was always a skinny little kid, but after a few surgeries and life itself, my weight started creeping up. After I retired from the Navy in 2012, my weight dramatically changed as I gained over 100 pounds
Why I Decided to Have WLS I had a rough start in life involving my weight. I was born with damage done to the right side of my face. This injury caused me to suck very little at one time and required feeding almost on an hourly basis for several
Why I Decided to Have WLS Let me start with an oh-so-common story. I was about 7 years old when I started getting heavy. Everything that was fun and with family was about food; theme parks, holiday, picnics, beach days, and parties. The first time, first of many, I joined
My office received a call in the spring of 2018 from a woman who was desperate for help. Tearfully, she relayed to my office that she had an open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 15 years ago with my father when he was in practice. She said she was calling my
Why I Decided to Have WLS My journey started when I was 14 years old and was put down a lot because of my weight. It put me into a tailspin of diets, bulimia, anorexia, depression, and yo-yo dieting for 46 years. I pretty much stopped living and experiencing life.
