My doctors told me that my health outlook was grim. Determined to safeguard my future, I chose weight loss surgery to deal with this lifelong, life-threatening weight problem. Sixteen months later and 155 pounds lighter, I'm healthier and happier than I've ever been. I'm active, optimistic about my career, recently married, and I've never felt better about my life. In laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, the stomach is made smaller, requiring less food to feel full.
Patients are usually up and about shortly after surgery and discharged home within a few days.
And because the incisions are minimal, recovery is generally rapid with a minimum of discomfort. But if you have suffered like I have, with the pain, humiliation, prejudice, and despair of morbid obesity, you owe it to yourself to investigate this life-saving option. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best. But take it from me, obesity does not have to be a life sentence.