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Patient: Ted Childs Jr.Age: 39Banded: April 11th 2007 (one day before my 39th birthday!)Initial Weight: 365 Current Weight: 210
 I started looking at Weight Loss surgery right after the birth of my first child in October of 2006. I had tried the standard routine of working out more and eating less but nothing seemed to work. No matter how hard I tried my appetite would never go away. I felt at the mercy of my roaring appetite and I did not have any tools needed to wrest control from my stomach. During the Holiday season I saw a commercial on TV for the Lap-band. I immediately was intrigued and went to my computer to check out www.lapband.com and discovered there was a highly qualified surgeon, Dr. Earl Fox, practicing near my home in Seattle. I signed up for the next seminar on December 7th 2006 and started my lap-band journey. My only regret is I wish I would have done the surgery 5 years earlier. The lap-band has saved my life and now I look forward to living life well for many more years.
I now know my children will grow up with a healthy and active Dad and my wife will have a husband who is capable of helping raise our children together for a very long time. Without this surgery my family risked going on without me sooner than I would like to admit. I was morbidly obese and it was only a matter of time before I died because of the weight but not before experiencing a very dramatic decline in my quality of life.
Now I am training for my first marathon (yes there are plans for more) and I relish running around the yard with my toddler as he begins to walk. Life is so much better and it would not be possible without my lap-band. The staff of the Greater Columbia Bariatric Surgeons has excelled at helping me understand the complexities of this decision and have provided me with the tools to make my journey successful. Call them today so that you too can start the journey. You only have your life to gain.
My motto now is: start making choices and stop making compromises.
Ted Childs
November 9th, 2007
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Patient: Deb HawkinsBanded: January 22, 2008Initial Weight: 234Current Weight: 177
 For several years I was in denial reguarding my weight problem. I did lots of fad diets, they would work to a certain point, I would loose the weight, and then get board and gain all the weight and plus some back. My weight was starting to take a tole on my job, home life, and especially my body. Last year my husband saw a late night show talking about the lap band and its sucess. At that time we went to a seminar here in Tri Cities WA and that is where we met Dr Fox. We were very impressed. I started working with a dietian and getting the ball rolling for surgery July of 2007. Finally made the decision and proceeded with the lap band procedure January 22, 2008. I was 234 ten days prior. It has been 5 1/2 months, have gone from size 24 to a size 12/14 and weigh 177. I feel Wonderful. Not one regret. Dr. Fox helped me change my life for the better!!!
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Patient: Kristy G.Banded: September 27, 2006Initial Weight: 210Current Weight: 118
Being Over weight my whole life was really taking its toll on me. being teased as a child, having low self esteem as a teen to having depression as an adult. being 5′1″ and weighing almost 210 pounds it was too much for my body to handle and it showed it with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and 3 times a week at the chiropractors, not to mention the negitivity I had and the fatigue I felt every day making it hard to get up off the couch and spend time with my family. it almost resulted in a divorce and losing my relationship with my daughter. I finally accepted the fact that all the fad diets in the world were not going to do it, I needed help, I couldn’t do it alone. I was banded Sept.27, 2006. Seven months later I was at goal, 92 pounds gone and in a size 2! so many of my problems were centered around how I felt about my self. they all seemed to melt away with each pound I lost. I have found the new me, hiding under all those layers of fat. and believe me the new me is so much funner! I feel 20 years younger! I have rekindled my relationships to those whom matter most in my life. I have just celebrated my 10 year wedding anniversary and I may just make it as Worlds Best Mom this year!
- Kristy G.
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