She used to weigh 332 pounds. I had high blood pressure, I had problems with my ankles, my knees. Kathie had a type of surgery called the micro-pouch. It reduces the stomach to the size of a grape. Unlike traditional surgery, the stomach is unlikely to expand.
Patients lose about eleven pounds a month.
Doctors warn this is not the magic bullet, you still have to diet and exercise. The procedure is only recommended for people more than 100 pounds overweight. The procedure is being done right now at the University of Minnesota and St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital in Michigan. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.