Finding A New You, The Real You
at the Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Center


Meet Jackie, Receptionist of the Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Center

"When you're heavy, people stare at you," Jackie says. But then Jackie lost 130 pounds!

"I was so unhappy with myself," she says before her surgery. Her weight kept her from enjoying activities with her three children, now ages 7, 5, and 4. She was out of breath and tired all the time. Self-conscious, she rarely spoke up. People stared at her in restaurants. "They would look at me like, 'Why are you eating?'"

Now, "People talk to me more. I even see a difference with my relatives." Her surgery has helped her avoid the diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea that usually come with obesity.

And Jackie is super friendly! She'll help you when you call for an appointment!



Meet Stacey

Stacey was given a new lease on life with the help of a procedure at the Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Clinic. "Now I exercise more, have more energy and eat healthier." Before surgery, "I couldn't walk and talk at the same time." She was always out of breath. And, she was worried. In her family, people died young, in their 50s and 60s. Stacey already was on medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. But following her surgery, she went from a size 24 to a size 8! "I was given a chance to improve my life."





Meet Kathy

Good-bye Seatbelt Extender, Hello Life Extender
Kathy has undergone a dramatic weight loss. In fact, when she lost 192 pounds, she went from a size 32 to a size 8!

Before, when Kathy traveled, she had to use the seatbelt extender. Suffering from diabetes, she never had any energy. Obesity ran in her family, and Kathy feels the 30 years she spent at her sedentary job contributed to her weight gain.

She began to research gastric bypass after a referral from her physician and found Dr. Rodriguez. She knew "this is the man." "He's fun," says Kathy. "He always tells me he's proud of me. He cares about his patients, but he doesn't mince words. If you mess up, he will tell you."

At her heaviest, walking to the mailbox made her tired, and she had to sit down. Now, she power walks five miles every day.
 
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