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\"Estou a fazer coisas que nunca pensei fazer\", disse ela. \"Agora sou aquela m\u00e3e que anda na montanha-russa com os filhos. Antes, eu era demasiado pesada para me sentar nas montanhas-russas. Era muito embara\u00e7oso\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perder e manter os 130 quilos n\u00e3o s\u00f3 permitiu a Michele partilhar plenamente as aventuras com o marido e os tr\u00eas filhos, como tamb\u00e9m deu \u00e0 mulher de 43 anos a confian\u00e7a necess\u00e1ria para voltar a cantar em p\u00fablico e progredir profissionalmente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quando era jovem, Michele sempre quis perder 15 quilos, mas isso parecia pouco numa fam\u00edlia que lutava contra a obesidade. O seu falecido irm\u00e3o chegou a pesar mais de 500 libras antes de se tornar um dos primeiros pacientes de cirurgia bari\u00e1trica em Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No entanto, depois de a sua m\u00e3e ter morrido de cancro da mama metast\u00e1tico em 1999 - pouco depois de Michele ter sido coroada Miss Fall River - a comida tornou-se o seu conforto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A minha m\u00e3e faleceu no meu 19.\u00ba anivers\u00e1rio\", disse ela. \"Ela era a minha melhor amiga e a minha maior f\u00e3.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nesse ano, conheceu tamb\u00e9m o seu marido, David, um colega do Rhode Island College, onde Michele estudou artes teatrais. Atualmente, David \u00e9 diretor de uma escola prim\u00e1ria em Seekonk e Michele \u00e9 diretora adjunta nas escolas p\u00fablicas de Taunton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele estava convencida de que conseguia controlar o seu peso sozinha at\u00e9 enfrentar a prova\u00e7\u00e3o dos tratamentos de fertilidade. Foi nessa altura que o seu peso ficou fora de controlo. Os comprimidos de dieta, os Vigilantes do Peso e o exerc\u00edcio f\u00edsico intenso n\u00e3o ajudaram, pelo que decidiu tomar medidas depois de ter dado \u00e0 luz o seu filho mais novo, h\u00e1 seis anos. Ela pesava 310 libras, tinha apenas um metro e oitenta de altura e sofria de apneia do sono e outras doen\u00e7as relacionadas com a obesidade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tinha um marido amoroso e tr\u00eas filhos lindos\", disse ela. \"N\u00e3o tinha escolha. Tinha de fazer alguma coisa ou podia morrer.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dra. Felicia Barreto<\/a>, o m\u00e9dico de cuidados prim\u00e1rios de Michele na Southcoast Health, encaminhou-a para Dr. Patrick Fei<\/a>um cirurgi\u00e3o bari\u00e1trico da Southcoast Health. O facto de o Dr. Fei ser m\u00fasico e compositor ajudou Michele a estabelecer uma liga\u00e7\u00e3o com ele e a p\u00f4-la \u00e0 vontade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Um m\u00fasico sabe usar as m\u00e3os e \u00e9 esse o m\u00e9dico que eu quero a cuidar de mim\", disse ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ela optou por cirurgia de bypass g\u00e1strico<\/a>que cria uma pequena bolsa a partir do est\u00f4mago do doente e a liga ao intestino delgado, contornando o resto do est\u00f4mago. Os doentes tendem a perder uma maior percentagem de peso e a sofrer menos indigest\u00e3o em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com outros procedimentos, explicou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assim que tomou a decis\u00e3o, Michele iniciou um programa de tr\u00eas meses de workshops e visitas com um enfermeiro, um nutricionista e um psic\u00f3logo para se preparar para a cirurgia e para as mudan\u00e7as p\u00f3s-procedimento - f\u00edsicas, sociais e emocionais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Preocupava-me como iria aguentar a vida sem ir comer um gelado\", disse ela. \"Eu usava a comida para amortecer a dor emocional.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele aceitou o desafio, apesar dos seus receios. No primeiro ano ap\u00f3s a cirurgia, concentrou-se em mudar os seus h\u00e1bitos alimentares, registando cada bocado que comia e ligando para o Centro de Perda de Peso da Sa\u00fade de Southcoast <\/a>quando precisava de apoio psicol\u00f3gico ou de orienta\u00e7\u00e3o nutricional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tive de me habituar a uma nova vida\", afirma. \"Digo sempre \u00e0s pessoas que o primeiro ano \u00e9 muito dif\u00edcil.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinco anos ap\u00f3s a cirurgia, continua a consultar a enfermeira do Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center e consulta o Dr. Fei anualmente, mas, para al\u00e9m disso, conta com a \"gra\u00e7a salvadora\" do apoio do marido para a manter no bom caminho. Faz exerc\u00edcio \u00e0s 5:15 da manh\u00e3. Participa em competi\u00e7\u00f5es de halterofilismo e outras competi\u00e7\u00f5es desportivas. Embora inicialmente cantasse apenas em casamentos e funerais, planeia recome\u00e7ar a fazer audi\u00e7\u00f5es e est\u00e1 a considerar juntar-se a uma banda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele est\u00e1 grata pela compaix\u00e3o do Dr. Barreto, que a apoiou independentemente do seu tamanho, e pela compet\u00eancia e paci\u00eancia do Dr. Fei, que lhe explicou cuidadosamente o procedimento e respondeu a todas as suas perguntas. A cirurgia bari\u00e1trica n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma solu\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida, diz ela, mas com trabalho \u00e1rduo e disciplina pode ser uma porta para uma vida ricamente gratificante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Agora tenho a auto-confian\u00e7a interior para ser a pessoa que realmente sou\", disse ela. \"Deu-me a capacidade de me candidatar a empregos a que nunca me teria candidatado e a confian\u00e7a para falar. Levanto mais a cabe\u00e7a quando entro numa sala. Sinto-me feliz!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center, visite M\u00e9dicos de perda de peso 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\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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