If you are considering bariatric surgery, at some point you will ask yourself which of the surgeries you should choose. Although there are a lot of different options, for most patients this choice most often boils down to either the Vertical Sleeve (VSG) or Gastric Bypass (RNY). The Lap-Band and
Why I Decided to Have WLS My unhealthy relationship with food and my weight struggles began when I was in elementary school. My parents divorced when I was 5 years old and back in the 60's divorce really was an oddity. My mother, younger sister and I moved back to
Why I Decided to Have WLS As a Hispanic family, food was all around. I also grew up poor, so whenever we did have food, my family never liked to see it go to waste, so we ate it. “Poor food” wasn’t exactly healthy food for me and my family,
Why I Decided To Have WLS I've have been overweight all of my life but I never let it get in my way. I was always very athletic, and I never let it hinder me. In 1990, I gave birth to my greatest gift, my son. Even though I was
Why I Decided to Have WLS From the time I can remember, food has been a focal point of my life. I love food, adore it actually, but I had an unhealthy relationship with it. It served so many purposes: a comfort when I was sad or lonely, a high
Even as a kid, I looked forward to the Independence holiday. I grew up with a very patriotic flag-loving mother, so we celebrated it in a big way. Our festivities had food (lots of it), fun, and fireworks. Little did I know that my love of Independence Day would grow
Why I Decided to Have WLS I was overweight and shy my whole life, even when I was in high school and on the dance team, dancing my butt off six days a week, I was still considered chubby and had a hard time making friends. I was also diagnosed
You've heard the old saying, “time flies”. As I look back at myself pre-WLS, my weight was over 240 pounds and my general health was rapidly declining. Fast forward to today, the time as a WLS post-op has flown by. I made the decision that enough is enough and began
Obesity is a serious disease affecting millions of people worldwide and the percentages continue to increase. This is significant since obesity is associated with other medical problems that negatively impact patients’ quality-of-life and risk of death (heart disease, for example). Given this trend, obesity treatment has been likewise increasing. I
Why I Decided to Have WLS After having difficulty conceiving our last child, my doctor explained the possibility that I had Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, P.C.O.S. However, once we were able to successfully get pregnant and deliver our son, I thought I had been misdiagnosed. After losing all my baby weight,
