(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For Candace Clark, bariatric surgery meant the difference between struggling with weight issues, including medical problems triggered by obesity, and enjoying renewed health and energy.
“I felt like I was slowly dying,” says Candace Clark, a 54-year-old Barron, Wisconsin, resident who had dealt with weight issues for years. “I was tired of feeling the way I felt. I was sick a lot. I didn’t want to be heavy and overweight any longer.”
Candace tried various weight-loss programs and diet products over the years, including fasting, eating every other day and starving herself.
“Sometimes I lost a little bit of weight, but it would come back,” she says. “It didn’t last.”
Besides the physical effects of her weight, Candace says there were emotional frustrations. When she needed a dress for her daughter’s wedding, for example, it was a challenge to find one that fit.
“I actually cried,” she says. “I had to drive a long way to find a dress.” Read the rest of Candace’s story.
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This article originally appeared on the Sharing Mayo Clinic blog.