Life After WLS – Duodenal Switch Update
It feels like just yesterday I was embarking on my WLS (weight loss surgery) journey. However, it wasn’t yesterday; it was 2019 which means I began the journey almost 3 years ago! The decision to have Duodenal Switch came…
Weight Loss Surgery – Not Thrilled How I Should Be
I know that I’ve been very transparent with my weight loss surgery journey; even the less celebratory parts. Or what most view as less celebratory, like regaining during Covid. However, I promised myself to be transparent thru this process…
Health Chronicles: VSG Journey Update
Many of you know that I am on my journey to weight loss surgery; specifically VSG (vertical sleeve gastrectomy). I’ve been sharing on my social media what my progress has been since I began. Today I’m sharing my latest…
Therapy Before WLS: Why It’s Important
Therapy is one of those things that people either believe is great or believe it has no purpose. If you have ever read my blog, then you know I advocate heavily for therapy. As a person who has battled…
My Truth: Life with Arthritis
I remember being a kid and hearing my mom and Nana sitting in the kitchen discussing my grandmother’s hands and all the pain she was having. How she couldn’t grip things like she once could, the disfiguring of her…
When WLS Becomes Necessary – How I Arrived at My Decision
I’m a pretty candid person when it comes to my mental and physical health. So many people on this planet exist in spaces of uncertainty and unhappiness because of the isolating feeling of insecurity. Whenever I share my personal…
Her Story: Ladi Amber
Name: Ladi Amber (Amber Middlebrooks) Age: 27 Type of procedure: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass What prompted you to make the decision to go for wls? All my life I was overweight. I always hated the way I look, I was always the…
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