Weight Loss Success Stories
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Patient Spotlight: Rachel Skinner
July 31, 2025I’m not just existing anymore—I’m thriving. And let me tell you, that feels real good.
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Patient Spotlight: James Strunk
July 01, 2025Every pound lost has brought me closer to freedom, freedom to move, to breathe, to live without constant pain and exhaustion.
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Patient Spotlight: Lindsay McCormick
June 06, 2025There came a point when I just knew—something had to change.
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Patient Spotlight: Lisa Hurt
April 03, 2025I called the office and started the process. It has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.
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Patient Spotlight: Hilary Gaunce
March 07, 2025My only regret about having surgery is that I didn’t do it sooner.
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Patient Spotlight: Jessica McGinnis
February 11, 2025Taking that first step is always the hardest, but each new step becomes easier.
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Patient Spotlight: Karen Lawson
January 28, 2025After the suggestion by my PCP that I consider weight loss surgery, I began the process at the age of 53.
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Patient Spotlight: Brittany Brown
October 04, 2024It’s so hard to write a success story when success means so many different things to different people.
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Patient Spotlight: Tricia Wise
September 04, 2024From the very beginning of this journey it wasn’t about getting to a certain weight, or fitting into a certain size. For me this journey was about my health, my mobility and living.
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Patient Spotlight: Cherie and Zantonia Jones
June 13, 2024My youngest daughter decided to have weight loss surgery. I was very afraid that she would not be successful or have complications during the surgery. I try my best not to project my fears onto my adult children, so I decided to tag along with her to the orientation so I could meet the doctor that would perform her surgery, so he understood I expected him to take excellent care of my baby.
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Patient Spotlight: Tara Custard
October 20, 2023Tara was always busy with family. As a school resource coordinator, she spent her days helping other families with academics, and at home, she took care of her four children. Juggling work and home life could be tiring – Tara had developed a thyroid disease during her first pregnancy, and as the years passed, she found she had less and less energy to keep up with…
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Patient Spotlight: Tracy Coburn
October 20, 2023Tracy had struggled with her weight for a long time. She had worked for the Ashland health department for 38 years, and she could see her own health declining – each time she visited her doctor, she was prescribed new medications for her weight, her diabetes, and her blood pressure. She and her husband were beginning to worry. “I thought, I’m not going…
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Patient Spotlight: Tarah Gaines
October 20, 2023Tarah is a mother of two and a medical records analyst. She always worked hard to care for her health, but ever since the birth of her son in 2021, she often felt too tired to keep up with her kids. The diets and exercises she tried didn’t seem to last. When a friend described the procedures offered at the Kentucky Bariatric Institute, the supportive staff, and…
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Patient Spotlight: Neysa Cordial
October 20, 2023Neysa lived an active life. As an elementary advisor for Save the Children, she traveled around the country, teaching other teachers. Her 14-year-old son was a budding athlete, and Neysa wanted to join him on walks and on hikes. At the same time, Neysa had put on weight over many years and was finding it harder to stay active and mobile. Neysa had contemplated weight loss…
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Patient Spotlight: Reisha Caudill
October 20, 2023Reisha had been a nurse practitioner for 12 years, and she was disciplined, motivated and hard-working. Whatever Reisha wanted to accomplish, she took seriously – and that included her health. She ate well. She went to the gym. But ever since an auto accident in 2017, Reisha had struggled to lose weight. In January 2021, Reisha finally reached out to Dr.…
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Patient Spotlight: Caleb Zehnder
October 20, 2023When Caleb turned 30, he knew he had to make a change. He had moved to Kentucky 3 years ago, and he loved exploring everything the state had to offer – the travel, the horses, the local bourbon. But he felt that some of his bad habits were slowing him down. Caleb wanted to accomplish a lot in his personal and professional life, and he wanted to stay fit and healthy…
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Patient Spotlight: Madison Mooney
October 20, 2023Madison had always kept herself healthy through sports. In college, she had been a triathlete and a softball player, but during graduate school, her studies took up all her time. Now that she was starting her first job as a therapist, Madison promised herself she would make time for athletics again.Then the pandemic hit, and Madison’s outgoing, active lifestyle was…
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Patient Spotlight: Sarah Dabney
October 20, 2023I’ve struggled with obesity my entire life. I was always the “fat” friend, the “fat” sister, the “you’re so pretty…for a plus-size girl”. Over the years, I tried so many diets- Weight Watchers, Atkins, Keto, South Beach, you name it and would also incorporate some exercise. I’ve lost 25lbs and gained back 50,…
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Patient Spotlight: Lashanda Denham
October 20, 2023Lashanda Denham’s weight loss journey began in Spring of 2020. She contemplated weight loss surgery for a while, but she was still apprehensive about the impacts of recovery on her ability to be a business woman and a mother. She ultimately decided it was better for her family to pick up a little slack while she recovered from surgery versus living without her if…
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Patient Spotlight: Sophia Rene Alatorre Sanchez
October 20, 2023Sophia grew up leading an active life and played basketball during her youth. While she was always in the obese category, she had a healthy body composition. Her weight loss journey really began in 2015 after life picked up the pace for her; with two jobs, college, marriage and family life came a drastic weight gain over about seven months. When…
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