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As a child, I was very active and was able to maintain a normal weight.  That changed once I reached my teenage years and did not participate as heavily in sports.  By high school I was bigger then the rest of the girls.  I was painfully aware of my size and often felt fat and ugly.

As an adult, I tried pretty much everything to lose weight: Weight Watchers - Jenny Craig, Slimfast, cabbage soup diet, PhenFen and a host of other diets.  I was very successful at losing weight on both Weight Watchers (twice in fact) and Jenny Craig.  Losing weight wasn't the problem - keeping the weight off was!

Dr. Srikanth performed my surgery at St. Francis Hospital.  I had my surgery one day and went home the next.  I was working from home within a week and back to work shortly thereafter.  

I began losing weight immediately. It was as if the weight just melted off.  Prior to surgery, I was wearing a size 22/24.  By September 2003, I was down to a size 14.  I remember thinking "the average American woman wears a size 14 and that's what I wear."  It was the first time in my life I was happy to be average!

By the summer of 2004, I was at my goal weight - in fact, I dropped down to 122 pounds, which was a bit too small for me, and had to gain a few pounds back.  

After maintaining my weight loss for more than four years, exercising daily - including yoga - and not being able to tighten up the skin on my stomach, I decided to have Dr. Srikanth perform a tummy tuck.  I had my tummy tuck in April 2007.  This surgery was also done at St. Francis and was done by Dr. Srikanth - I wouldn't trust anyone else!  

Since the surgery my life has changed dramatically.  One of the first work changes I noticed was being asked to do media interviews.  I have been on network television shows in both Spokane and Seattle.  I had media training years ago, when I was heavy, but was never asked to do television until after my weight loss surgery.  I have also been on internal television programs and videos.  And, I have been promoted - twice!

The changes in my personal life are just as dramatic.  Prior to my surgery, I was not dating even though I was single.  I began dating about nine months after my surgery - when I hit size 14. Now, I am well below the average size of an American woman - I wear a size 4 or 6 depending on the cut.

I know none of this would have happened without my surgery.  I thank Dr. Srikanth for the wonderful life I lead!