Patient Testimonials
Northeast Baptist Bariatric Center
Toby Avalos lost 113 pounds
Toby Avalos’ doctor recommended he have bariatric surgery to deal with his weight problem, but it would take Avalos three years to make the life changing decision. Living with diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, he knew he needed to make a change, but was skeptical of weight loss surgery.
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Amalia (Marina) Gilsson lost 230 pounds
Marina Gilsson was 5’4 and seriously overweight. She was going through life ignoring the problem until a series of eye opening events that made her decide to take her life back by having bariatric surgery. The first wake up call came when Marina’s son started playing baseball.
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Catherine Carruthers lost 179 poundsCatherine Carruthers was borderline diabetic and had difficulty walking because of chronic ankle and knee pain. After trying to battle her weight problem alone, Carruthers decided that she needed help if she was going to see the results she needed.
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Claudia Silva lost 90 poundsClaudia Silva had no energy. She suffered from joint pain every morning. At only 35 years old Silva was told by her doctor that she was on track to develop diabetes. Silva had watched her mother suffer with weight-related health problems and she didn’t want that for her own 2 daughters. Scared of her constant fatigue and discomfort, Silva realized she had to do something.
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