Success Stories
Allison
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 82 lbs
Many of us have a mental yardstick against which we measure ourselves, weight-wise. Some recall their high-school-graduation weight; others, their military service or football weight. For Trumbull resident Allison, it was her wedding weight. “One hundred five pounds,” she says with a little sigh. At 5’3” she was a slender bride. “Even after that, I was pretty much normal size,” she adds. “But the years went by and then … well, I wasn’t.” Read more about this succes story!
Andre
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 90lbs
After 10 years in the Navy serving on a submarine, 32-year-old Andre says he was ready for civilian life and his job in the machinist department of the Electric Boat Company in Groton, where he lives. He was good at his job, but the large amount of weight he had put on slowed him down in ways that impacted his relationship with co-workers. Read more about this success story!
Barbara
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 160lbs
Gastric bypass for weight loss was not new to Barbara (Barb) when she first met with Dr. Ehrlich and his staff two years ago. A difficult pregnancy 10 years earlier had added to her weight problem when she was put on complete bed-rest for several months. “No exercise, so I just ate,” she says. Read more about this succes story!
Becky & Lori
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Becky lost 75 lbs and Lori lost 100 lbs
Forget sibling rivalry — Becky and Lori are proof-positive that a sister can be the best friend a girl could have. Raised in a family that bustled with kids (8 of them!), the two learned early on that success feels best when shared. So once Becky decided to take the challenge of doing something about her obesity and had her Lap Band put in by bariatric surgeon Dr. Tim Ehrlich, she made it her business to keep her sister Lori in the ‘loop’ on her weight-shedding progress. Read more about this succes story!
Cynthia
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 105 lbs
Certain similarities in their life stories are shared by many weight-loss-surgery patients: A body weight within normal range in youth; pounds put on during young adulthood with the arrival of babies or the development of a busy career; a physical exam that reveals high blood pressure and/or the beginnings of diabetes 2. Read more about this succes story!
Ed
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 105lbs
“At one point, I weighed 525 lbs,” recalls 51-year-old Ed, a man with a truly compelling life story. “I needed to lose so much, it seemed hopeless.” He hesitates, thinking back on the many years he struggled to diet off those pounds. “Laurie, my wife, remembers me weighing more like 550. But I was still getting out to work on my boat.” Read more about this succes story!
Jennifer
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 150lbs
It could be said that to find her ‘real’ self, Jennifer had to lose part of herself. That describes, at least in part, her journey to the person she is today. “I lost about as much as I now weigh,” she explains. “But I also met Dr. Ehrlich and his staff, and became part of their wonderful organization as an insurance coordinator and patient advocate.” It’s very clear that Jennifer loves her job. Read more about this succes story!
Karen
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 175 lbs
Karen is a woman with a great sense of humor, but talk to her for a while and it hits you: This is a no-nonsense lady who really understands what matters. Sure, you know it from the 175 lbs Karen managed to shed (in less than 16 months!) after her gastric bypass. But once you hear about the other losses she endured through those months, you get the true measure of her strong character. Read more about this succes story!
Kathy & Tony
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Kathy lost 100 lbs and Tony lost 85 lbs
“I hadn’t considered weight-loss surgery for myself when Kathy started talking about wanting a Lap Band,” says Tony, a 41-year-old salesman from Naugatuck, Conn. Tony’s busy life since losing 85 lbs now includes running 5K charity marathons. But it was Kathy, his wife, who convinced him to “just come along as my moral support” at the bariatric surgery seminar being conducted by Dr. Timothy Ehrlich. That was back in January of 2008. Read more about this succes story!
Lisa
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 110lbs
“I was a five-year skeptic after I first heard about weight-loss surgery,” says Milford, Conn., resident Lisa. A New England transplant from a small farm town in Washington State, she’d heard about two women back home who had gone to Mexico for operations that did not have good outcomes. Read more about this succes story!
Melanie
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 90lbs
What ultimately motivates one person to pursue weight-loss surgery will often differ from what motivates another. But in the end there has to be a willingness to adopt a new lifestyle, says Ehrlich Bariatrics patient Melanie. Melanie has lost more than 80 lbs since receiving her Lap Band in September of 2008. Read more about this succes story!
Motisha
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 70 lbs
Motisha had a long journey from her early adulthood, when she was a very trim size 4, to several years and 80 lbs later. In 2007, at age 35, she realized that not only had her dress size greatly expanded — her health was in serious trouble, too. Read more about this succes story!
Nancy
Gastric Bypass with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 91 lbs
With a husband, two children, one 125-lb yellow lab, some great friends and a part-time insurance-agent job, Nancy has always had a full life. But such ‘fullness’ can leave little time to take care of that subtle weight gain that mounts up, year to year. Then, sooner or later, reality hits: What used to be a minor 10- or 15-pound annoyance becomes a dangerously high number with nothing subtle about it. Read more about this succes story!
Steve
LAP-BAND Surgery with Dr. Ehrlich in Connecticut
Lost 110 lbs
Seymour resident Steve loves his job as vice principal at Harborside Middle School in Milford, Conn., where, as at any middle school, there are always challenges. But one challenge he didn’t anticipate arose during a team meeting when — sizable guy that he was at the time — he sat down and snapped off the back of the chair. Read more about this succes story!
