Kristin before and after weight loss surgery and lower body lift.* * Introductio * *
Kristin Szilagyi waited with me in my hospital room on August 27, 2003. She was with me up until the moment the nurses brought the gurney that would deliver me into my new life. And Kristin was there on the other side, giving support to me and other patients throughout our weight loss surgery journeys.
克里斯汀是减肥外科医生的第一个病人。那叫一个壮观的病人她。克莉丝汀的减肥堪称典范。这就像看丑小鸭变成天鹅。她成了一个典范减肥手术。我会看到她的照片比真人更大的闪存由我在广告牌，因为我之前的精彩预告压低收费公路，并在电影影院的大屏幕上。
我怀疑克里斯汀一直是一个美丽的人在里面。她的减肥手术后，克里斯汀成为美国美内部和外部。
Intervie: Kristin, you had gastric bypass surgery in 2002. After that, you ran the surgeon's live and online support groups. What is it that inspired you to want to help patients?
A: In 2001 there were hardly any surgeons in NJ that were performing weight loss surgery. The surgeon who was in my health insurance plan had 1.5 year waiting list for surgery. He also had a monthly support group. So, I FORCED myself to the first 2 meetings because I thought a meeting? Like AA? I don't have a problem! I'm not an addict! I don't even like being seen in public! However, if I was going to alter my body I needed to talk to other people that went through this. I went every month. I can't begin tell you the education, love and support this group of people showed to me, it was remarkable. So I joined their support group team. It was my way of tricking me to go every month. I didn't need them they would need me! If they needed me to do something I had to be there. It was the BEST decision I ever made. I had never went to a support group meeting ever! Boy did I learn a lot!! Now I know better, I needed them, they didn't need me. I wanted to give back and let me tell you I could not do enough. I have the honor to relay the stories of my life so that they too can have a hope for a changed life; a life not marked with suffering and humiliation, but one that is bright with dreams that become realities, a life that is free from the imprisonment that having an obese body brings. For that, I am grateful, for without my own suffering, I could never truly understand the internal strife of my peers. We all have the power to make the changes that we want to be; sometimes we need to help each other along that journey.
Q: Please help our readers to understand what led you to become obese and how you came to decide to undergo weight loss surgery (WLS).
答：我是不超重的孩子。我开始长胖我高中的最后一年。经过10年，我已经导致自己变得肥胖现在我知道了。这是一个很难不已。谁真正想成为肥胖？更别说让自己变得病态肥胖。哦，但理由也我一直有！我最大的人是我在沙龙每周工作6天，吃了早饭，午餐和晚餐。没有时间吃。我会在5分钟内嗤之以鼻下来的食物。 On the weekends I was too tired to cook, so let's order out or go out. Then I had kids".baby weight. Then I owned my own salon, it was too much to handle. I was borderline diabetic. I was depressed. Then there were marital problems. I'd lose twenty or thirty pounds then put it right back on plus another forty. I felt like a prisoner in my own body. I had no energy and had to take a handful of pills just to make it through the day. I even tried prescription weight loss drugs for a period of time. The list goes on and on. I decided that after being on every diet and programs out there, wasting my money on shams and fads. I had had it with myself; I was frustrated, discouraged and severely depressed. When you're that overweight, you feel like a failure. You feel embarrassed and self-conscious. I felt like there was nothing I could do, and that I was just going to be overweight for the rest of my life. I heard about gastric bypass surgery from a client who knew someone who had the surgery. In the beginning I thought the idea was absolutely crazy. I started doing research and finally made the appointment for a consultation.
Continue to第2部分of this interview.** Living life well-fed,**** MBore shareposts fromMyBariatricLife上HealthCentral** ** FollowMyBariatricLife on Twitter**** Connect withMyBariatricLife on StumbleUpon**** View myGrains Make Me Fat! recipe cards on Pinterest**