Corporate professional experiences medication-related weight gain.
Denise’s History:
Denise Garahan, a busy wife, mother and corporate manager, required ongoing medications for a thyroid condition and also was prescribed fertility drugs. A common side-effect of both of these medications is weight-gain.
At 4’11”, her ideal weight was just over 100 pounds but after giving birth to two children, Denise’s weight edged up to just under 200 pounds. She had heard good things about Dr. Sowemimo and his bariatric surgery program at Prime Surgicare, In July 2012, she attended Dr. Seun’s New Patient Information Seminar and had a gastric sleeve (sleeve gastrectomy) on October 29, 2012 ─ the day Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey. Read more…