There’s a story in the Monterey Herald about a man who turned to bariatric surgery (specifically, a gastric bypass) to lose weight for health reasons. Largely as a result of his weight, the man suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes.
I thought I would share this article because it goes into a lot of detail about his reasons for choosing bariatric surgery, details about insurance coverage, etc. It’s very informative and would be good reading for anyone considering weight-loss surgery.
An excerpt:
At 32, Potts already had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes — due largely to his 300-pound weight. So the Keller, Texas, man decided two years ago that his survival depended on shedding the extra fat. His solution: gastric bypass surgery that enabled him to lose 100 pounds in six months.