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Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

Depression and Yo Yo Diet all my life. I was on everything you can name. I took all the pills and shakes they make.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

Missing out on so much Life. Getting tired after doing the simple things. I couldnt walk in the mall without sitting down.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

Now walking around in mall and not getting wore out so fast.

How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

My cousin talked to me about Al Roker and I was not interested at first.

Describe your experience with getting insurance approval for surgery. What advice, if any, do you have for other people in this stage?

Stay to course. It trook me 4 years to get approved. It was hard but you can do it if you really want this!
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