Testimonials

Bernardo

SADIS Gastric Bypass

127 Kg

73 Kg

Name:

Bernardo

Age:

39 years

Occupation:

Computer

Height:

1.68 cm

Previous weight:

127 Kg

Current weight:

73 Kg

Date of intervention:

20-08-2010

What worried me most about my obesity was not the physical problems I had, but the ones that were going to come. My mother, and in general all that part of the family, have died young because of complications derived or aggravated by obesity: diabetes, coronary diseases. I realized I was following the same path. I went for periodic medical check-ups, fearing that at any moment the complications would begin…

As for emotional problems, it is also true that obesity has caused me many problems, many insecurities throughout my life … but especially in adolescence and youth. I am now almost 40 years old and the obesity I had mattered to me less in that aspect than when I was young. However, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t care. Many times I more or less consciously avoided meeting people

I hadn’t seen in a while because I knew they were going to think (even if they didn’t say anything) that I had put on a lot of weight since we hadn’t seen each other.

Before my surgery I had tried other things, mainly diets… but it was totally useless and frustrating. I was one of those who lost 15 kg and then gained 20. I realized that as the years went by I was getting fatter and fatter…

My health problem was the main reason for my surgery. Now I realize, now that I’m thin having lost 53 kg, that I wasn’t really comfortable with myself… what happens is that when you’ve been fat all your life, you get used to everything.

I remember a phrase that Dr. Ferrer said to me when we met on the first visit that caught my attention. He said, “You’re fat, but it’s not your fault.” Generally, with the endocrinologists I had contact with (many), the message they send you is “You’re fat because you’re an irresponsible bum and you’re going to die tomorrow”. Faced with the fear of the operation, he told me: “Look, for this operation we are going to do a lot of tests, you are going to prepare… it would be much more dangerous that one day they would have to operate on you in the emergency department due to a complication derived from your obesity…”.
Anyway… I thought about it a lot, but in the end I’m glad I’ve decided

I enjoy the food in the sense that the operation has not prevented me from eating everything. I don’t feel bad about food in general. However, I try to eat in a balanced way, exercise and lead a healthy life in general (I also quit smoking!!!).
Before, I had a lot of modesty buying food and eating in public… I had the impression that people were going to think things “Allah… look how this is getting…” or things like that…. That’s all changed.

I realize I’m a much more self-confident person. I feel more comfortable being with people in general and that makes me behave in a more relaxed way, more like I really am and it’s very nice to see that people like me the way I am. I do a lot of sport (well… much more than I would have imagined doing) and I find myself physically quite strong, able to start projects such as signing up for scuba diving courses, parachute jumping and all those crazy things…

In general, each person is a world and neither am I a person to give advice. In my case, I thought about it a lot because I thought that operations were for more desperate cases than mine and because I was actually afraid.
The thing that most encouraged me to take the step was precisely to talk to other people who had gone through the same thing as me.

I don’t know… I suppose I could understand a person who was more or less in that situation and help him with my experience…