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Dr. Robert Davis and Dr. Garth Davis are in the business of changing lives.  I am an example of such a life changed.

I originally went and saw Drs. Davis just checking out options to deal with my weight issues. I was single, lonely, and pretty insecure about my future. Honestly, I lived to eat. I loved ice cream, potatoes, milk shakes ... I just loved food.

My first visit was with Dr. Robert Davis, and it seemed like I waited forever to see him. His office was full and while I waited, I talked with several of his devoted patients who raved about him. I wasn't so sure I'd feel the same way, sitting there waiting. Thank God, I did! They were all right. When you're going to the best, sometimes you just have to wait your turn.

I had RNY surgery on December 26, 2002, the day after Christmas. I met Dr. Garth Davis around 4am when I was walking the halls after surgery. He said, "I met you from the inside out....." , (he assisted Dr. Robert Davis on my case). I tell you this because it was important to me to have my doctors as my primary advocates at the hospital. My surgery went perfect with no complications. I went home and started losing weight!

On the day of surgery, I weighed 264 pounds.  Today, I weigh 148 pounds! I don't live to eat anymore. Now I find I have to stop and eat so I can go live.

I met my husband after I had surgery, and we now have two children. LIfe is busy and fantastic. No more hurting walking up stairs, or getting stuck in a ride at Six Flags. Clothes always fit, I'm not afriaid of cameras, and I can play with my kids until they pass out first.

Now, all these years later, I see Drs. Davis on BIG MEDICINE,and I am so thankful to have such great doctors. I would recommed them to anyone. They are honest, they really do care, and they have a gift. Thanks!

I had my surgery in May 2009. I chose to have the gastric sleeve done after hearing Dr. Davis speak at one of his seminars. Shortly after, I made my first appointment with Dr. Garth Davis. I immediately felt comfortable with him. I just knew I could trust him and I felt a sense of peace about him doing my surgery.

I have been obese as long as I can remember. I tried all different kinds of programs to loose weight. I was desperate to do something about my health and my future. After much thought and prayer, I knew it was time to take a huge step by having surgery. I met with three different surgeons, I chose Dr. Garth Davis. My aunt who had been a nurse working for various doctors in the medical center told me she "wanted me to go see one of the Dr. Davis doctors." She knew of their reputation, the wonderful work they do, and really didn't want me to go anywhere else.

Having surgery has been the best decision I have made for myself in a very long time. I have lost 130 lbs in a year!!!  My goal for this next year of my journey is to loose 170 lbs and then begin to focus on having plastic surgery. I am having a wonderful, amazing -- yet scary -- journey seeing myself change in body, mind & soul. I can not say enough about how compassionate Dr. Davis is, and what a wonderful bedside manner Dr. Garth Davis has. I am doing activities I have never been able to do ... I am able to mow my own lawn, I am able to clean my own home. My energy levels have grown by leaps & bounds. I must say if I had to make the decision to have surgery again, I would do it in a New York minute!

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My name is Belinda and I, like a ton of people, have struggled with my weight. It's a sad cliché. Among so many of us, we put family first and get very comfortable in our lives. We manage to forget the most important person, ourselves, and for this we pay the price in our health and physical appearance. I’m no different. I struggled after giving birth, gaining over 80 pounds. Not only was the weight creeping up, but also along with the weight gain came the insecurities and feelings of shame and low self-worth.

Slowly but surely, my health became the biggest issue. I’m only 4' 11" in height, so packing on the weight really showed and I could feel every single pound on my knees and the heels of my feet. Needless to say, I was in the doctor’s office frequently with all types of aches and pains and was told over and over again about my weight. I knew what I had to do, but doing it was not that easy. Like everyone else, I failed at all the diets and regained what I would lose.

When I heard about the LAP-BAND, I thought, "This is one more gimmick for people to get their hopes up high and then crushed again," so I paid no mind to it until I felt my health getting worse. I started having heart palpitations and sleeping problems. I would wake up gasping for air. I would pray that I would make it through the day and night alive. That, in and of itself, was scary. So my dilemma was either: (1) I’m going to die of a heart attack or (2) I’m going to die in my sleep, so I decided to settle for neither. I wanted to live! I did the research on all the weight loss surgeries and went to a couple of seminars to learn as much as I could about the procedures and about different surgeons. The decision was easy. I was no longer in the dark. I was on a mission to be healthy!

The way I began to see things was like Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz." I wanted to see the great Wizard, so I followed the yellow brick road and went through all the struggles and even denials to get to the "Emerald City" where I knew I would eventually get to see "the great Oz," Dr. Davis, and ask for help.

On March 28, 2008 I got my very own LAP-BAND System, and thanks to the help of Dr. Davis and his staff at The Davis Clinic, I have lost over 60 pounds! My medical issues started melting away along with the pounds. My knees and feet no longer hurt. I do not wake up gasping for air.

My story is kind of like that of Dorothy ... I knew I had it in me all along ... I just needed the right people and the right tools to get my where I needed to go. Today, I am happy and healthy! The best advise I can give someone is to do the research not only on the types of weight loss surgery, but the surgeon and their program as well. I’m very fortunate to have a found a great surgeon in Dr. Davis, and he has an awesome staff.

After

My story is similar to so many others that have struggled with their weight all their life. I tried every diet on the list and some of them were just crazy- low carb diets, the grapefruit diet, nutrisystems, weight watchers, south beach, and the list goes on and on. I could lose the weight, especially when I was younger, but would ultimately gain all of it and more back. The cycle became just a part of my everyday life. I’d gain weight and wear the large sizes clothes in my closet and then drop a few pounds, then gain them back and start all over. In my mid 30’s I realized that it wasn’t as easy to “crash diet” anymore and the amount of weight that I lost on each diet wave was getting to be less and less.
 

At my highest weight and lowest self esteem level I weighed over 210 lbs. At 5’2” that was a debilitating amount of weight to carry. I researched Lap Band and Gastric Bypass surgery for a couple of years and dreamed of having it done.  Then I stumbled onto Big Medicine on the Discovery Health channel. I watched it (in reruns, I believe) religiously. My husband was very opposed to me having the surgery. He had struggled with his weight for a few years since he had turned 40 and didn’t really understand why we couldn’t just “go on a diet” and solve the problem. I was determined to win him over and change my life and ultimately his life too, because this surgery affects the whole family, not just the person having the surgery.
 

I attended The Davis Clinic seminar in July 2008 and started the process of completing the steps to schedule my surgery. I had my consultation with Dr. Garth Davis and was approved medically for surgery; he recommended the Gastric Sleeve surgery for me based on my BMI and my weight loss goals. I didn’t meet my insurance company’s criteria for coverage but was determined to go forward with my plans for surgery, and Dr. Davis’s office gave me information on financing companies. I knew that I had to make this investment in my health and my future, or it was just a matter of time before I developed many of the health conditions that plague people that are morbidly obese.
 

On October 28, 2008, I had Gastric Sleeve surgery. I went into the hospital at over 210 lbs wearing a size 18+.  I was nervous but excited. This past week, I went to see Dr. Garth for my 1 year follow up. I was a little late getting the appointment scheduled. I am at my goal weight of 140 lbs and am wearing a size 4/6 and my BMI is around 25. I am also happy to share with you that my husband has lost 40+ lbs himself.
 

In the past, our social lives and entertainment revolved around food. We’ve changed our lifestyles and the food choices we make and have incorporated exercise into our lives. In the past, after a month or so on some super-restrictive diet, I’d fall off the diet wagon and regain all the weight I’d lost and more. Now after my surgery, if I start to lose focus on eating properly, I have a strong tool to help me stay in control and get back on track.
 

I think the most important thing I’ve learned and that I tell myself every morning when I get on the scale is that this is a tool and that my weight is still my responsibility. But, for the first time in my life, I believe I have the right tool to do the job! My recommendation to anyone considering bariatric surgery is: do your research, listen to your doctor, attend the support group meetings and don’t give up.  This surgery is life changing and it is so worth it!
 

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"You know it's working when your panties fall down!"

We must have set some kind of record! There are five of us that have already had surgery by one of the Drs. Davis, and another that is scheduled for surgery 09/22. In addition, two more friends are on the roster for orientation for September! That’s eight of us just from one office! WOW! And we all look and feel fabulous!

In contrast, there are also two other co-workers here that have had surgeries from different doctors and the results are not the same.

For me personally, surgery was 04/08/2009, and I walked out of the hospital diabetes free! I've not had one pill since that day, and I've not had one sick day from work either. I had uncontrollable diabetes, problems with my eyes, urinary incontinence, and I was tired and feel asleep without notice.

I suffered a stroke on 11/14/2008 while sitting at my desk at work. It was after that I decided my heath was too important to jeopordize. I needed a “do-over" ... an opportunity to take good care of my body and put myself first. It’s been four months and I’m already down 60 pounds!

My favorite day was the day I was walking along and my panties fell down! Luckily, I was wearing pants. I kept feeling something around my lower hips so I went to the bathroom and discovered that my panties had fallen down! They were WAY too big! I laughed until I cried. Then I knew my weight loss surgery was working, and I it would never let the weight come back.

So now, when people ask how I feel about my experience, I just tell them, "You’ll know it’s working when your panties fall down!”

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I avoided cameras. No, I didn't like my picture taken. Actually, I didn't like the way I looked in pictures. I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without sounding like a 90 year old, huffing and puffing. I was on so many medicines that it filled up a page. I had sleep apnea, beginning stages of diabetes, high cholesterol, acid reflux and the list goes on.

At the time, I was working and several people from the office had lap band surgery and tried to talk me into having it. I finally got connected to The Davis Clinic and went to the first class.

After hearing Dr. Garth Davis talk about the pros and cons of each, I knew I had to have weight loss surgery, and after talking with Dr. Robert Davis, we decided I really needed the gastric bypass. It was several months before everything was cleared for me to have the surgery. Even my husband was saying that it was too dangerous and he didn't want me to have it because of that.

I went to the hospital smiling and joking. I can't say it was an easy surgery because, for me, it wasn't. But after three weeks, the pain went away, along with the fat and I couldn't have been happier. Now, my husband is estatic about the way I look. It's almost a year later and to date, I have lost 99 pounds and feel like I will lose one or two more pounds. I am now in a size 8 and can walk and jog a little. I laugh and am a very happy person.

Thanks to Dr. Robert Davis, my marriage is better than it has been in 30 years, I feel better than I've felt in 20-something years, and I look forward to being active.

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I began this journey weighing 252 pounds and wearing size 22 jeans. I was being treated for high blood pressure, I had aches and pains in my feet, knees and sometimes my back, and I was so unhappy with myself, so ashamed of my size. I called my insurance company to find out if they covered gastric bypass surgery. Not only did they cover the gastric bypass surgery, they gave me a few names of doctors they recommended and both Robert Davis and Garth Davis were on the list.

I went to Dr. Robert Davis's seminar and the process began. I remember after his seminar I was so excited! I knew this was for me, and I could not wait for my first appointment with him. I had to go through the steps that my insurance company required, including meeting with the dietitian for three months (which I have to say I thought was silly because I had gone to dietitians before, as well as tried every kind of diet you can imagine!). Little did I know how helpful these meetings with the dietitian would be, as she taught me many things that were extremely important after the surgery, as well as to help make sure my journey would be successful.

I could not wait for the surgery to be done. I was never afraid, I never had any worries. I had 100 percent faith in Dr. Robert Davis. I knew he knew what he was doing, and Ihe had been preparing me for surgery without complications. I went into surgery with a smile on my face and woke up in recovery the same way. I never thought I would lose the amount of weight I did in the time frame that I did.

I remember I used to hate going to the doctor's office, as I did not want to get on the scale. After my surgery, I could not wait to go to the doctor's office and get on the scale. It felt great to hear them compliment me for the amount of weight I had lost.

I now weigh 135 pounds and I wear size 4 jeans. I no longer take medication for high blood pressure and I do not have the aches and pains any more. I feel good about myself; I am no longer ashamed of my size. I am proud of myself!

I am so blessed to have met Dr. Robert Davis. I believe both Robert and Garth are the most caring doctors I have ever met.  They care about their patients, they understand what it means to be heavy, as well as how important it is to help us be a success story. I consider these to doctors to be angels! I recommend this surgery to anyone, as it has changed my entire life in such a positive way!

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I felt hopeless. I had tried so many diets! I had lost hundreds of pounds, only to gain them all back. I had sleep apnea, and I had to sleep with a breathing machine at night. I had uncontrollable diabetes, and was on 11 prescription medications. I couldn't do anything without laboring to breathe. I had a beautiful grandson that I couldn't play with because I was simply too fat!!

Then one day, I decided I had to do something.

Gastric bypass seemed drastic, but I was in a drastic situation. My husband told me to call Dr. Robert Davis and see if he did gastric bypass surgeries. He had removed my husband's gallbladder a couple of years before. Lo and behold, he did do them. At that time -- this was in 2005 -- he had done over 300 of them, and Dr. Davis was someone we trusted.

He cared. I soon felt at ease with the whole thought of having weight loss surgery.

He totally prepares you for it, and while it hasn't been an easy journey, it's a journey that has added years to my life.

My diabetes is now dormant. Instead of 11 prescription medications, I am only on two now. I can walk and climb stairs without panting. I can roll in the floor AND get back up with my grandbabies. I have added years to my life and I thank God for helping me find Dr. Davis. He was a miracle in my life.

I lost a total of 148 lbs and I lost that in the first eight months after surgery. I just celebrated my fourth year since surgery, and I have kept it all off. I still struggle with eating, but I am happier, healthier, and thinner!

Before surgery: 282 lbs.
Current weight: 136 lbs.

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My weight loss story is one of mind over matter. "If you don't mind, then it don’t matter."

For many years, that was my mantra. I weighed around 400 pounds and, around the year 1990, I lost over 100 pounds through exercise and improved eating habits. I even started refereeing basketball for several years.

In 1996, I encountered several very stressful situations in my life. I developed a blood clot in my leg in January and was hospitalized for several days. My father lost his battle with lung cancer in March, and my wife passed away in November. No excuses, just some history. At that time, I weighed around 270 pounds.

My weight increased slowly at first, and then finally, I was back up to 400 pounds. My primary care physician suggested I consider bariatric surgery and gave me Dr. Garth Davis's card. She stressed over and over that I would have to have my mental attitude right for the surgery to succeed.

I had the surgery in March of 2008. I now weigh 210 pounds! I went from a 54" waist to a 38" waist; from a 4X shirt to an XL! My Type 2 diabetes was cured instantly and I no longer take cholesterol or blood pressure medications. Dr. Davis did an excellent job with the surgery and support through the process, and my primary care physician was absolutely correct about the mental aspect of this journey. It is a life-changing process and I had to be willing and able to change with it. I haven't had any sweets in over 18 months. I miss that to this day, but it is an essential part of the process. The other part of the process is my mental attitude about myself. It took me a long time to realize that I didn't have the same body that I had before and people no longer stare at me because I am huge. For a good while, I still thought of myself as the big person, even after I had lost almost 200 pounds.

Bariatric surgery is a tool for the person that wants to build a new life. Dr. Davis and The Davis Clinic staff will provide you with the opportunity to use that tool for your benefit.

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I’ll never forget Dr. Garth Davis say to me during my pre-op visit, "Eventually, you’ll be able to eat something sweet -- now and then -- but most likely, you won’t even want it." And I remember saying, "But you don’t know me. Once I eat a bite of pie, I eat the whole pie!" And I remember thinking to myself ... I also eat the whole gallon of ice cream or the entire pan of bread pudding or the whole bag of cookies or the big bag of peanut M&M’s! My decision to have gastric bypass surgery didn’t come via a revelation or an "ah-ha moment."

Over several years, I watched my now-deceased Daddy -- who I adored -- develop heart disease, type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer, and liver cancer. As his health declined, I also watched him have no choice but to sell his share of his beloved company and give up doing the work that he loved best. Even though I was headed down the same path, it took me several years to get to a place where I was so "sick and tired of being sick and tired." Finally, I was ready to try ANYTHING.

By luck, I clicked the remote and landed on an episode of BIG MEDICINE. I feel lucky that the ANYTHING that I found was BIG MEDICINE, Dr. Garth Davis, and The Davis Clinic on the TV. Deciding to look into gastric bypass surgery was just the beginning. I attended the information meeting, read everything that I could get my hands on, asked probing questions of acquaintances that had both successful and unsuccessful gastric bypass surgery outcomes, etc. I was under no illusion that my gastric bypass would be the panacea for all my woes, but I did think that it would be a permanent “tool” that would help teach me to listen to my body in a way that other diets had failed.

By the day of my surgery, I was both physically and emotionally ready to be compliant and was determined to make my new “tool” work!

And it did work and it continues to work. I had a successful career, a good marriage and a happy life before my gastric bypass surgery, but my new stomach has been the underpinnings for making my life better in so many ways. Loosing over 100 pounds has made me feel good, and feeling good has amplified everything!

My sleep apnea is gone, so I sleep through the night without interruption. I step out of the shower, dry off and get dressed without being soaked with perspiration before getting out the door. My asthma is gone, so I can walk my dogs without panting. I no longer have to wait for an elevator; instead, I take the stairs to my 2nd floor office without being out of breath. The inflammation and pain in my joints caused by the rheumatoid arthritis that I have lived with for over 20 years is finally manageable and quiet. I have pep in my step, I have a brighter and bigger smile, I wear my cowboy hat and western clothes with pizzazz, and I “strut my stuff” in great looking high heels that make me stand up straight and feel confident, lean and tall. Finally, I am the ME that I longed to be and I am loving life!

November 20, 2007 weight: 254 lbs
May 14, 2009 weight: 143 lbs

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