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A Collaborative Transplant and Weight Loss Surgery at RWJUH

I feel like a new different person.
When Gina Bergstrom woke in February 2019 feeling unable to breathe fully or walk more than a few feet, she knew her kidneys ...
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Cirugía Bariátrica en RWJUH Somerset

Conozca la historia de una paciente que logró perder peso y mejorar su salud gracias a la cirugía bariátrica realizada en Robert ...
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Weight Loss Challenge: Accepted - Kathleen's Story

“The difference is amazing...I just feel good.”
With determination and an expert bariatric surgery team, a woman transforms her life. When Kathleen Curran, 54, decided to ...
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Putting Health First: A Weight Loss Journey

“I tried to lose weight many times, but nothing worked. If I lost five pounds, I gained back 10 or 15."
Marilyn Gonzalez, 42, always knew her long hours as a security officer were contributing to her obesity. Then, one weekend in ...
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Getting Off the Weight Cycle

“I would probably be dieting all the way into my 60s and be truly miserable as health condition after health condition started to mount. Now I take nothing but a single allergy pill each day, and I couldn’t be happier.”
Richard Episcopo is the first to admit that he was never a skinny person. He struggled with his weight all through his school ...
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Dynamic Duo: Mother and Daughter Bariatric Surgery Success

“I just wish I would have done this surgery 15 years earlier, but I don’t look back. It’s a journey, not a race.”
Kaitlyn Stiefel, an operating room nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset , used to end her workdays ...
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Wife's Nudge Leads Man to Weight Loss and a New Life

"When my oldest daughter gives me a hug, she likes to tell me how she can wrap her arms around all the way and make her hands touch."
If not for his wife, Ken Lutin might still be tipping the scales at 371 pounds. Now 153 pounds lighter after surgery at the ...
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A Tale of Two Weight Loss Surgeries

"The weight came off quickly ... people can't get over the change"
About 10 years ago, Chris Zieniewicz, 59, was struggling with severe back pain. The former forklift operator from South River ...
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An Astounding Recovery

“Dr. Jaronczyk checked on me the entire time. I would give him the Surgeon of the Year Award.”
Virginia Cullen, 62, a receptionist at a doctor’s office, wanted to lose weight, so she had gastric bypass surgery in 2006. ...
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