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\"Estoy haciendo cosas que nunca pens\u00e9 que har\u00eda\", dijo. \"Ahora soy esa madre que se sube a la monta\u00f1a rusa con sus hijos. Antes era demasiado pesada para sentarme en las atracciones. Era muy embarazoso\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perder y mantenerse en 130 libras no s\u00f3lo ha permitido a Michele compartir plenamente aventuras con su marido y sus tres hijos, sino que tambi\u00e9n ha dado a esta mujer de 43 a\u00f1os la confianza necesaria para volver a cantar en p\u00fablico y progresar profesionalmente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De joven, Michele siempre quiso perder 5 kilos, pero eso parec\u00eda poca cosa en una familia que luchaba contra la obesidad. Su difunto hermano lleg\u00f3 a pesar m\u00e1s de 150 kilos antes de convertirse en uno de los primeros pacientes de cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica de Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sin embargo, tras la muerte de su madre de c\u00e1ncer de mama metast\u00e1sico en 1999 -poco despu\u00e9s de que Michele fuera coronada Miss Fall River- la comida se convirti\u00f3 en su consuelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mi madre falleci\u00f3 el d\u00eda que cumpl\u00ed 19 a\u00f1os\", dijo. \"Era mi mejor amiga y mi mayor admiradora\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ese a\u00f1o tambi\u00e9n conoci\u00f3 a su marido, David, compa\u00f1ero de estudios en el Rhode Island College, donde Michele estudi\u00f3 artes esc\u00e9nicas. Hoy, David es director de una escuela primaria en Seekonk, y Michele es subdirectora en las escuelas p\u00fablicas de Taunton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele estaba convencida de que pod\u00eda controlar su peso por s\u00ed misma hasta que se enfrent\u00f3 a la terrible experiencia de los tratamientos de fertilidad. Fue entonces cuando su peso se descontrol\u00f3. Las pastillas para adelgazar, Weight Watchers y el ejercicio intenso no le ayudaron, as\u00ed que decidi\u00f3 pasar a la acci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de dar a luz a su hijo menor hace seis a\u00f1os. Pesaba 90 kilos, med\u00eda s\u00f3lo 1,65 m y padec\u00eda apnea del sue\u00f1o y otras afecciones relacionadas con la obesidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ten\u00eda un marido cari\u00f1oso y tres hijos preciosos\", afirma. \"No ten\u00eda elecci\u00f3n. Ten\u00eda que hacer algo o pod\u00eda morir\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dra. Felicia Barreto<\/a>Michele, su m\u00e9dico de atenci\u00f3n primaria de Southcoast Health, la remiti\u00f3 a Dr. Patrick Fei<\/a>cirujano bari\u00e1trico de Southcoast Health. El hecho de que el Dr. Fei sea m\u00fasico y compositor ayud\u00f3 a Michele a conectar con \u00e9l y a sentirse c\u00f3moda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Un m\u00fasico sabe usar las manos, y \u00e9se es el m\u00e9dico que quiero que me cuide\", dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opt\u00f3 por cirug\u00eda de bypass g\u00e1strico<\/a>que crea una peque\u00f1a bolsa a partir del est\u00f3mago del paciente y la conecta con el intestino delgado, sin pasar por el resto del est\u00f3mago. Los pacientes tienden a perder un mayor porcentaje de peso y sufren menos indigesti\u00f3n en comparaci\u00f3n con otros procedimientos, explic\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una vez tomada la decisi\u00f3n, Michele inici\u00f3 un programa de tres meses de talleres y visitas con una enfermera especializada, una dietista y una psic\u00f3loga para prepararse para la operaci\u00f3n y los cambios posteriores, tanto f\u00edsicos como sociales y emocionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Me preocupaba c\u00f3mo afrontar\u00eda la vida sin ir a por helado\", dijo. \"Utilizaba la comida para mitigar el dolor emocional\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele acept\u00f3 el reto a pesar de sus temores. Durante el primer a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n, se centr\u00f3 en cambiar sus h\u00e1bitos alimentarios, haciendo un seguimiento de cada bocado que com\u00eda y llamando al Centro de p\u00e9rdida de peso Southcoast Health <\/a>cuando necesitaba apoyo psicol\u00f3gico u orientaci\u00f3n nutricional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tuve que acostumbrarme a una nueva vida\", dijo. \"Siempre le digo a la gente que el primer a\u00f1o es muy dif\u00edcil\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n, sigue visitando a la enfermera del Centro de P\u00e9rdida de Peso de Southcoast Health y al Dr. Fei una vez al a\u00f1o, pero por lo dem\u00e1s cuenta con la \"gracia salvadora\" del apoyo de su marido para seguir por el buen camino. Hace ejercicio a las 5.15 de la ma\u00f1ana. Participa en competiciones de halterofilia y otros deportes. Aunque al principio s\u00f3lo cantaba en bodas y funerales, tiene previsto volver a presentarse a audiciones y est\u00e1 pensando en formar parte de una banda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele agradece la compasi\u00f3n del Dr. Barreto, que la ha apoyado independientemente de su talla, y la habilidad y paciencia de la Dra. Fei, que le explic\u00f3 detenidamente el procedimiento y respondi\u00f3 a todas sus preguntas. La cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica no es una soluci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida, dice, pero con trabajo duro y disciplina puede ser la puerta a una vida enriquecedora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ahora tengo la confianza interior necesaria para ser la persona que realmente soy\", afirma. \"Me ha dado la capacidad de solicitar trabajos a los que nunca me habr\u00eda presentado y la confianza para hablar claro. Levanto m\u00e1s la cabeza cuando entro en una habitaci\u00f3n. Estoy feliz\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el Centro de P\u00e9rdida de Peso de Southcoast Health, visite P\u00e9rdida de Peso M\u00e9dicos MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6741,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18088","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Seekonk Mother and Educator Enjoys a Rewarding Life after Bariatric Surgery - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michele Graf, a Seekonk mother, educator and performer, says obesity limited her life before she had bariatric surgery in 2018.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/lose-weight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Seekonk Mother and Educator Enjoys a Rewarding Life after Bariatric Surgery - 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