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HEALTHY LIVING gastric sleeve
LOSING WEIGHT
FOR
Health
Grandmother loses weight so she can spend quality time with grandchildren thanks to South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss
Fstory by Kelsey Sunderman-Foster photos courtesy of Brenda Sargent
or Brenda Sargent of of those issues, I also have a bad Helena, Mississippi, back and knees, which were only
declining health just worsened by my weight. Most wasn’t an option. of all though, I
As a loving wife, wanted to lose mother and grandmother of 10 weight for my grandchildren, being able to family so that I
spend quality time with her family without the restraints of her health was becoming not only more important, but more unattainable.
At the young age of 51, she reached a peak weight of 287 pounds, which not only prohibited her from being able to play with her grandchildren but also began the downward spiral of her overall health.
“It got to the point that I absolutely needed to lose the weight for my health,” said Sargent. “I was struggling with congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation and several other heart problems. Though I have a pacemaker that helped with some
would be able to do more things with them.”
After hearing great
reviews about South
Mississippi Surgical
Weight Loss Center,
she decided to learn
more about surgical
weight loss. With the
help of the staff there,
she realized that this
was her solution and
opted to receive a gastric sleeve.
“Friends of mine who had undergone the same procedure had experienced wonderful results, and I was no different,” Sargent said. “While it wasn’t always easy, I
BEFORE AND AFTER losing
over 130 pounds.
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