Gary Coleman, Weight Management Patient

Summa Health's Weight Management Institute provided life-saving care, leading to successful weight loss surgery and improved health.

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Gary Coleman - "I've struggled with my weight my whole life. I got so bad medically that I was on so much insulin, I couldn't breathe, couldn't walk. I was falling apart. My cardiologist told me about Summa Health's Weight Management Institute.

It basically saved my life. The minute I met Dr. Zografakis, I felt so relieved, like I was in the right place where I really needed to be. He said I would be a great candidate for the weight loss surgery. I got such great care through the whole thing. It was the psychologist, the endocrinologist, the nutrition, the dieticians. There was just, it's just a whole team. You just become one of the family.

It's been a year since my surgery now. I'm down 143 pounds. My medications have reduced, I'm totally off insulin. Life now is unbelievable. I can do anything I want now. Yeah, I've got Gigi and Ginger. They're my two little pups, and at least I can keep up with them now. I couldn't before, but I can now."