by rmap nurse | Feb 8, 2017 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
I am six months post-op; 80 pounds down with 12 pounds to 125!!! I am incredibly thankful for my friend who pushed me to find somebody in Utah to perform WLS on me due to a year-and-a-half before I had went in for weight loss surgery locally. I was in the...
by rmap nurse | Feb 3, 2017 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
My name is Amy Martinez. I married my sweetheart and am a mother of six children, with four grandchildren. We are all very close and my family means everything to me. I have been overweight off and on for 25 years. I have tried to lose weight many times, in many ways....
by rmap nurse | Jan 24, 2017 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
I am 39. At 36, I had Gastric Bypass surgery. It was a difficult, easy decision. I know that doesn’t make sense, but let me explain. When I was in high school and then college, I let my weight limit my life. Once I read an article about weight loss surgery. At the...
by rmap nurse | Jan 17, 2017 | DUODENAL SWITCH (DS), INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
One year ago today, I was barely walking with the assistance of a can and walker… I was 50 looking at a double knee replacement. I had high blood pressure, I was exhausted, had sleep apnea and so much more. I had my orthopedic doctor ask me if I had ever...
by rmap nurse | Jan 11, 2017 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
I have struggled with weight all of my life. A constant yo-yo, up and down since I was 10 years old. In 2015, at 49 years of age, I tipped the scales at nearly 300 pounds, and I knew it was time to do something. I had diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol...
by rmap nurse | Dec 20, 2016 | INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
What would I tell my pre- weight loss surgery self? Simply put, I would tell myself, “It is worth it!” To Michelle a month before surgery, You are about to embark on a great, wonderful, life changing, hard, challenging and empowering journey. You are worth it. You are...
