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  • Toni Carelock

    “It wasn’t to change the outside. It was to make me well on the inside.” My weight was the one thing in my life I thought I could always control. If I wanted to lose weight I’d lose it. If I didn’t I wouldn’t. But one day I couldn’t lose it anymore. My health grew worse. I developed diabetes, high-blood pressure and other health conditions prematurely. On top of that, I didn’t

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  • Tommy Clement

    “I did it more for the health benefits. Not being a type II diabetic anymore has been amazing.” My struggle goes back to being a young kid. I had a period where I kind of grew out of it. But in my early 40s, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes that steadily grew worse until I was unable to control it. I tried diet and exercise, every fad diet you can think of, but nothing

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  • Mary "Mike" Hatcher

    “After bariatric surgery, your life will be just beginning!” In 2001, I elected to have gastric band surgery in Houston because I was extremely overweight. My mobility was challenged. Aches and pains were part of daily life for me. Food was a very important thing in my life, but exercise was not. After gastric banding I lost an extreme amount of weight. I was dehydrated and

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  • Tammy Michael

    “I highly recommend it (the gastric sleeve procedure). It is definitely the way to go. No doubt.” I never really had a weight problem, but as I got older I developed a health condition that contributed to some weight gain. The real problem started after I had serious car accident. Following the wreck I had several major surgeries which left me feeling terribly bloated and

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  • Tatianna Curtis

    CHI St. Joseph Health EMS and AirMed 12 Save Teen in Cardiac Arrest Tatianna “Tia” Curtis was telling her mother about her day at work one evening, when she suddenly closed her eyes, and her body began to fall against the wall. “She was out – just gone,” said Candi, Tia’s mother. “I didn’t know if she was having a seizure. It was completely out of the blue.”

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  • Sherry Wise

    “The difference has been remarkable.” I’ve been heavyset my whole life. I have thyroid trouble, and I’ve had rheumatoid arthritis since I was 21 years old. Before my surgery, I had joint pain all day, every day. It hurt to walk or move. I still functioned, but it was painful. Meanwhile, I tried every new diet under the sun to try and lose weight. I went to Weight Watchers,

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