Tag Archives: Bariatric

At 293 pounds, Stormie Fish couldn’t carry her toddler from the parking lot at Northmoreland Park in Allegheny Township into the 2019 Labor Day festival. “By the time we got to the top, I was hyperventilating,” said Fish, 26, of Vandergrift. “I fell to the ground and sobbed. “How would I protect my child if I couldn’t take care of …

When his doctor prescribed the first blood pressure medication, Kevin Goode knew his weight probably contributed to it. He was 465 pounds, but he thought his high blood pressure wasn’t “too serious.” Still, it remained high, and his doctor prescribed him a second drug to try to lower it. Soon after, he learned he had sleep apnea and his A1C …