Nearly 17 years after gastric bypass surgery changed her life, Rosemary Tuetken knows that the journey to better health is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s an apt metaphor, as training for a half-marathon was one of the first athletic…
A lifelong Springfield resident, 64-year-old Jeff Krushall has had reason to pass through the city of Taylorville “maybe a couple of times, but that was a long time ago,” he said. When his care team at Memorial Medical Center in…
Obesity can impact many facets of a person’s life – their physical health, their mental health and even their sexuality. “Prior to weight loss, our patients often tell us they don’t feel comfortable with intimacy,” said Memorial Bariatric Services Medical…
A few short years ago, Shirley Phillips-Black felt her weight was holding her back. “I couldn’t do anything,” Shirley recalled. Injuries to her knees made it difficult to do even simple tasks, like walking through a grocery store, and anxiety…
For many people who struggle with obesity, dieting and exercise alone are not enough to lose and maintain substantial weight loss to improve their health. For some, bariatric surgery, in addition to lifestyle changes, may be the holistic approach to…
This is the second installment of our Bariatric Journey series. Here, we highlight the process before surgery from the patient’s perspective. Click here to read the first installment, the decision making process for surgery. Watch for our final installment, life…