Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - North Mississippi - (Page 4)

Winning the Weight War Bariatric surgery helps patients shed the pounds Former athlete Lance Grissom is in great shape again, thanks to bariatric surgery. O nly a few years ago, 41-year-old Lance Grissom of Baldwyn had trouble simply keeping up with his kids. Now, he’s running circles around them. Grissom was always a big guy. After high school, he played football for two years at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba and two years at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn. When his college days were over, he continued to eat like a football player but did not exercise. The weight soon caught up with him, despite taking diet pills and trying multiple fad diets. He might lose 40 to 50 pounds, but after each success, he found himself feeling deprived and would return to his old habits—and weight. By his late 30s, Grissom weighed 432 pounds and was being treated for high blood pressure and irregular heart rhythm. He suffered from back problems and other aches and pains, and getting around was a real chore. He considered weight loss surgery for several years, but when his wife became pregnant with their daughter, he knew the time had come. “I was afraid I wouldn’t see our little girl grow up,” he says. He attended a free seminar by Terry Pinson, M.D., a general and bariatric surgeon who serves as medical director for North Mississippi Medical Center’s Bariatric Center in Tupelo. Pinson performs three types of bariatric (weight loss) procedures— laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass, laparoscopic 4 Vim & Vigor • FALL 2 012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - North Mississippi

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - North Mississippi
Contents
Opening Thoughts
Winning the Weight War
Ladies First
30 Days to Better Sleep
I Can's Ask My Doctor That!
He Said, She Said
Hold On to Your Health
Still a Screening Star
Your Joints: An Owner’s Manual
Weighing Your Options
No Greater Gift
Weather Alert
Virtual Health
Special Report
Catch the Spirit

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - North Mississippi