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LeeAnn's Story
In third grade I started in a new school. I can still remember how cruel the other children were. I was called names like "Fatso, Slim, Hippo". In eighth grade I wore a size 20. High School was very miserable. I was the outcast.
I was never chosen to be on any teams. I never was invited to parties or asked to a dance or even out for a coke after school. Kids just don't accept "Fat People". I will never forget the day I fell on a wet slippery floor. Everyone walked around me laughing rather than offering to help me up. Even as a morbidly obese adult, you are not accepted by society. People let doors hit you in the face, people stare and make comments as you walk away.
Besides the way I was treated by people my health was very poor. I was on oxygen several times. I had asthma and quite often ended up with pneumonia. I had problems with depression, back, leg and ankle pain. I could hardly get up and move.
I have dieted all my life. I tried Weight Watcher, diet pills, starvation diets, and fad diets. I even had shots to lose weight. I would loose a few pounds, but put back on double the weight I lost. You finally just give up hope.
For over twenty years I have wanted to have a gastric bypass to lose weight however, I never had the opportunity. A friend of mine suggested I see her physician, Dr Christina Richards. I made my appointment with Dr. Christina Richards, and my life totally changed - I found hope and the start of a wonderful new life.
My Gastric Bypass was September 13, 2005. I reached my goal weight before September 13, 2006. I have lost 135 pounds and am hoping to lose about 25 more. I feel great. People open doors for me, people I have worked with over the last 24 years treat me totally different. My kids and grandkids are proud and very supportive of me. I have been doing things with them that I have never done. I ride bikes, have been on rides at amusement parks, swim, dance and have even tried roller skating.
I would recommend a Gastric Bypass to any morbidly obese person, with the Surgical Weight Loss Center of Utah team. They are so supportive and really want you to succeed, they will be there from the beginning and forever.
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