by rmap nurse | Dec 20, 2016 | INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
Dear Sharon, You are about to embark on one of the most important decisions of your life. You will be happier than you have been in your entire life. Life will not be easy the first year. This operation is a tool and you will be the final person to implement these...
by rmap nurse | Dec 19, 2016 | INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
Erin, I am so excited for you and all the amazing adventures of this journey is going to take you on. But first I want to warn you this will be the HARDEST thing you will ever do mentally and emotionally. There truly is nothing I can say to prepare you for it,...
by rmap nurse | Dec 19, 2016 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
Dear Me, I hated you. There…I said it…I know it sounds harsh, but it’s true. For the last two years since my gastric bypass surgery I looked at “before” pictures and I hated you. How did you let yourself get that far? You were fat, ugly, lazy – those are the labels...
by rmap nurse | Dec 15, 2016 | DUODENAL SWITCH (DS), INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
In January 2015 I made a decision that changed and quite possibly saved my life. I attended an informational class for the 2nd time in as many years. But things were different this time. I wasn’t going to keep weight loss surgery and all that it encompassed a...
by rmap nurse | Nov 10, 2016 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
I had been overweight nearly my entire life. In fact, other than through pictures of me when I was a young boy, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t overweight. Although I didn’t suffer from any major health problems, I knew I was not in control of my life and I knew...
by rmap nurse | Nov 10, 2016 | GASTRIC BYPASS, INSPIRATION, PATIENT STORIES
Until I met Dr. Sherman Smith and the Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians (RMAP) team, I could divide my life into three phases. Fat and getting fatter, in the process of losing fat, and trying to keep from getting fat again. I was the biggest baby in the nursery, an...
