Amy
Swedish Weight Loss Patient
Before Amy decided to have weight loss surgery, she’d already lost on her own – and then gained back – 100 pounds, three times. “I’d given up,” she says. “I decided I would just be fat.” So it wasn’t, technically, her weight that led her to surgery. What she hadn’t given up on was being able to move and be active. Amy suffered a hip injury that led to chronic pain, with a rapid loss of mobility and depression. “It was scary for me, to be on that precipice,” Amy says. “I realized I’d have to make changes or spend the rest of my life sitting. My health would deteriorate. My world would get smaller. I was at rock bottom, and I really needed help.”
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Tony
Swedish Weight Loss Patient
Tony Mobley will soon reach his one-year weight-loss-surgery anniversary. Tony says when he reflects on life before and after, the only thing he’d change is that he wishes he’d have done it sooner. The 56-year-old Seattle resident, IT professional and musician has had a long battle with his weight. He had a Lap‑Band® surgery in 2010 and successfully lost 71 pounds, but due to a restriction in his esophagus a few years later, he had to have the band removed. Tony’s doctor advised him to take some time to heal, then consider surgery again.
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