Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Testimonial

WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.380 Dr. Cribbins 00:00:07.405 --> 00:00:11.480 was my surgeon, and I had the VSG surgery. 00:00:11.505 --> 00:00:15.200 I had that; it was probably about 22 months ago, exactly. 00:00:15.225 --> 00:00:17.020 I'm coming up on my two years. 00:00:17.045 --> 00:00:22.420 When I saw Dr. Cribbins for the first time, I was about 315 pounds. 00:00:22.445 --> 00:00:24.840 Recovery was... 00:00:25.360 --> 00:00:28.840 The first couple of weeks was very slow. 00:00:28.865 --> 00:00:30.280 It wasn't painful. 00:00:30.305 --> 00:00:33.535 I assumed that it would be painful. 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.680 Probably about a month after the surgery, I started noticing my energy levels 00:00:36.705 --> 00:00:39.800 increasing, my confidence was rising. 00:00:39.825 --> 00:00:43.840 I was able to come off of some of my sleeping medicine as well. 00:00:43.865 --> 00:00:44.780 I'm sleeping better. 00:00:44.805 --> 00:00:48.495 The office is not like a normal doctor's office. 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.540 You don't come in and get treated like a patient. 00:00:50.565 --> 00:00:52.820 Here, you get treated like you're family. 00:00:52.845 --> 00:00:56.520 Anybody who comes to me and says, "I'm thinking about having the surgery," 00:00:56.545 --> 00:00:59.340 I assume that they're ready to go. 00:00:59.365 --> 00:01:03.880 So I usually give them advice and say, "Go to Dr. Cribbins." They're 00:01:03.905 --> 00:01:08.050 here to support you. It's not a shameful surgery. 00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:10.620 I feel like some people feel like that. 00:01:10.645 --> 00:01:14.255 It's probably more important to have the surgery for your health 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.040 than to worry about other people thinking that you're cheating the 00:01:17.065 --> 00:01:18.840 system to lose weight.