Having gastric sleeve surgery saved my life. Dr Patterson has watched me go from a women's plus size 28-30,- ( 4XL ) to a size 6-8 - ( S-M ) and a size 9 in Juniors. I would have never made it this far without the support from the Oregon Weight Loss Clinic. With special thanks to: - Dr. Emma Patterson herself, for always being upfront, honest and caring. - Dr. W. Ruam ( retired. ) - Dr. Bergmann, who is the kindest MNP you will ever meet, and who herself has been through

This website and the inspiring stories women have shared here have been such an inspiration for me. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, but at 5'7" and 246lbs I've finally realized diet and exercise alone isn't ever going to be enough to get me to my goals. I'm at the very beginning of this journey and need all the help I can get. This can all be so overwhelming! My primary issue with my weight has always been on the portioning of things. Regardless of how healthy

I have my placements scheduled for Friday. Only 3 more days and I am starting to feel really nervous as I have read scary reviews on Facebook groups. I am hopeful that I wont be someone who suffers the complications that can happen though what I can say so far is that I started taking the prilosec and that has cause discomfort and nausea. Also, it has caused me to have a headache since i started taking it 3 days ago. I am trying to keep my spirits high and push through this

This is the heaviest I have ever been and I have been an off and on gym rat for years. But I have a constant struggle of being an everyday gym person who tracks exercises and food. Then inevitably I always getting hurt because of and injury because even going slow trying to do anything with this much weight can cause serious injuries. Then I gain twice as much back durning my healing and it starts all over. I got to the point that I couldn't cut my own toe nails and realized

I've been reading all of your posts for the last month and thought I should introduce myself and hopefully (eventually) help others in this journey as many of you have already unknowingly helped me. Let's see....I was a very active child and teen, swimmer, ballet dancer, runner. I didn't have a weight issue until about 10 years ago, one day I woke up nearly 100 lbs heavier. My BMI is 36 and I've tried it all, I was even vegan for several years. I started out this journey with