KWCH - Kansas News and Weather - Dan Blanchat: Featured Success Story For The Month
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I work for the Kansas Department of Transportation and farm with my family near Danville, Kansas.
I've been overweight for most of my life and I was not enjoying life. It was very hard for me to get around. My weight was 508 pounds. I was close to losing my job as my co-workers had to help me at work almost everyday. I have a family history of obesity that goes back a long way. I had good health but I suffered from sleep apnea. My boss told me I needed to take care of my weight problem or I would lose my job.
I was told about Solutions for Life from some friends about two years ago and I forgot about it. Last September I got to asking about it and at the end of October, I started to talk to the folks at Solutions for Life. My first class was November 14th and I thought this is not going to work! I had to drive 120 miles round trip! As time went on they taught me all about losing weight and the pounds started to come off. At the end of my HMR weight loss classes I had lost 174 pounds.
They talked to me about gastric bypass surgery. I told myself that I can do this but I had to get down to 350 pounds before they could help me more, so I told myself I just had to do it. I work at the family farm so I knew I should have surgery done by the middle of April as the Kansas wheat harvest was going to start the first of June.
The surgery was April 17rh, 2006. I had always hated being around hospitals and doctors but this felt "right." The support group I go to every week helps me a lot. Since I had surgery two years ago, I've lost another 117 pounds. So I've taken off a total of 291 pounds!
Life for me is so much better now. I'm always out search for more fun. I'd like to thank all the people at Solutions for Life and Via Christi Regional Medical Center for all the help they have done for me.
