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January 2021

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CityViewNC.com | 41 Dr. Classen said both the Roux- en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery and sleeve gastrectomy are effective in helping patients lose weight and lead healthier lifestyles. "I can do surgery and put your diabetes in remission," he said. "A lot of people who've had diabetes leave the hospital off their diabetes medicine." Eligible patients are those with a body mass index, or BMI, of between 35-40. Healthy BMIs fall between 19-25. Patients will undergo screenings for underlying health issues and must make lifestyle changes following surgery. "We're going to make you lose weight," Dr. Classen said. "But it is still up to you to make good food choices and get on an exercise program that works." A native of Buffalo, New York, Santillan had battled weight issues much of her life. Her father had been a stickler for making sure his large family avoided junk foods and sugar. When she le home for the Columbus College of Art & Design in Ohio, she was excited to enjoy all the forbidden sweets she wanted. "When I went to college, I went crazy," she said. "It was like, Lucky Charms for breakfast. Instead of the freshman 15, I gained the freshman 30." Santillan lost almost 100 pounds following a procedure known as sleeve gastrectomy, in which the stomach is reduced to about 15 percent of its normal size. After years of trying a variety of diets, exercise and even medication, Santillan found her solution in Cape Fear Valley Health's bariatric surgery program. PHOTO BY JAMIE SMITH Editor's Note: Photographer Jamie Smith died March 31 , 2020. She was 40 and was a wife, mother and artist, as well as a photographer.

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