Overweight since age 5, Ashley Shaw always said as a child that her preferred superpower, if given the option, would be invisibility. Today, the 26-year-old nurse at West Chester Hospital now embraces the experiences she once avoided and got this from a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy - A Powerful Tool for
Celebrating Dpannell's Before & After VSG Journey I've been slightly overweight for years but my journey began three years ago. On January 15, 2013, I fell in the shower and ruptured discs in my back. Due to my injured back, I was unable to work and became depressed which caused
Celebrating GoBlueGirl1998's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up as a larger child, but I was always athletic. I played basketball, ran track and was on the soccer team in high school. Even though I was larger I was still somewhat fit. After my senior year of high school,
Celebrating SunnyGirlMS’ Before & After VSG Journey! Like most of us, I had always been a "full bodied" person. I was always labeled as one of those ever so famous "beautiful faced" people. In my mid-twenties, I finally decided to start informing people that I didn’t view that as a
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
Weight loss surgery has been helping patients lose weight and improve their health for many years. Although the surgery and subsequent weight loss have dramatically improved the lives of many, approximately 15% of patients regain much of their preoperative weight. For patients that have experienced weight regain, there are surgical
I can’t remember a time in my life when my weight was not an issue. As early as first or second grade, I was smitten with other kids’ treats in their lunch boxes. As far back as the 1960's, and all through the 80’s, my dad was into Gorp, natural
Obesity has always been a huge part of my life – both negatively and (now) positively. As a child, obesity affected me in ways that a child never realizes until they grow up. As an adult, my weight was more than just a physical problem, but a strain on my
As a VSG (Gastric Sleeve) doctor with over 9,000 patients, I get asked lots of questions. Thousands of them! Some have to do with health, diet, food, the procedure itself, and even how others will think of them for having VSG surgery. Although I can point you in the right direction
