“Since gastric bypass (11 years ago!) my whole life has changed physically and especially, emotionally. I have an entirely different outlook on life. When I look at the extremely few pics taken of me when I was obese, I don’t recognize myself from back then.

I go out and meet people and instead of being painfully shy, which is what I became when I was obese, my natural outgoing personality came back and I have fun and I feel attractive, and I enjoy life. I wear sexy clothes now and more importantly, I feel sexy. Physically I don’t ache all over, especially my feet, and standing up isn’t a chore like it used to be.

I paid for the surgery myself by taking out a loan. As I often tell Dr. Oliak, we buy cars more expensive than this surgery and they depreciate when you drive off the lot. My body is my permanent car and as I lost the weight my “car” got healthier and appreciated in value. Ha!”