Bariatric Patient Stories

Bariatric surgery patient, Rob Ostrom, used to be too tired to enjoy fun activities with his children. Now his kids are the ones who are tired from keeping up with his newfound energy. Rob is grateful to get a second chance at being the kind of dad he wanted to be.

Stephanie Woolf chose to have bariatric surgery to improve her health, get off her diabetes medications and become more active. Today, she is off three of her medications and enjoys playing with her kids!

“I can do so much now that I could not do before surgery, it's incredible. I have gone skydiving several times to celebrate, and I've always wanted to ride a motorcycle, but never thought I'd be able to do that. I'm on my second bike now!" - Jessie Smith