Success Stories

For a substantial number of our patients, bariatric surgery provides a chance for a more comfortable life. As you lose weight, your health improves, along with your energy.

The following stories are of ordinary people who have undergone Adjustable Gastric Banding surgery at the Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center. Their stories are truly compelling with lessons to be learned. These are stories of people with courage and perseverance who challenged themselves to improve the quality of their lives after years of being overweight.

Denise

Before: 218 lbs After: 146.8 lbs

Most people who really know me, know I have been diabetic for five years. I was also diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol during a visit to my gynecologist for a routine annual exam...

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Laura's Before and After

Laura

Before: 265 lbs  After: 155 lbs

Controlling my weight was a never ending battle. I tried many diets over the years, but always yo-yoed from depriving myself and then inevitably gained the weight back plus more.

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Angela

Before: 353 lbs After: 257 lbs

I have been overweight for as long as I have known what overweight was. I was the fat kid at school and the teenager being told “but you have a pretty face.”

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Michelle's Before and After Photo

Michelle

Before: 300 lbs After: 230 lbs

As a child, my life was not pleasant. Actually, it was very difficult. When I became an adult, my solution for dealing with things was eating.

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Shellia's Before and After Photo

Shellia

Before: 256 lbs After: 205 lbs

My name is Shellia Reed and I am a 35 year old African American single mother. At 256 pounds and a height of 5’4”, I feared for my health.

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Jennifer's Before and After Photo

Jennifer

Before: 238 lbs After: 147 lbs

I have been overweight since I was about seven years old and grew up on a perpetual diet. My mother would put me on every fad diet that she would learn about.

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Sylvia's Before and After Photo

Sylvia

Before: 274.8 lbs After: 192 lbs

My husband decided to have LAP-BAND to lose weight and better manage his diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol.

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Christine's Before and After

Christine

Before: 214 lbs After: 135 lbs

My name is Christine Dogosh Shotts. I am 57 years young. Yes, young! Since I have lost the weight, I feel so much younger than before. I have more energy and feel like I could take on the world.

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Teresa

Teresa

Before: 254 lbs After: 154 lbs

I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. At age 4, I weighed 65 pounds. At age 14, my parents took me to see a doctor for weight loss pills.

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Jessica

Jessica

Before: 236 lbs After: 130 lbs

I am a weight loss success. In August 2004, I was 236 pounds and, at 5’5” and 25 years old, I could no longer say that I “carried the weight well.” In fact, I was miserable.

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