Over the course of six hours Max Wagner had his stomach cut open from end to end, had most of it destroyed, and the tiny remainder sown back together in the shape of a smaller stomach, and came out the other end much healthier for it.
Max Wagner is not the healthiest person in the world, at 250 pounds at the age of 22 he is medically obese and suffers from heart and liver problems, and he is the healthiest he’s ever been.
Max is a college student from Howell, Mi, a former student of Central Michigan University he is studying Anthropology at Lansing Community College and hopes to finish his four year degree at University.
Max underwent a dangerous gastric bypass surgery when he was 19 years old. He was over 400 pounds when he had he surgery, and his health was in poor condition and still deteriorating. Overeating for so many years has damaged his liver beyond repair and if he keeps living this poorly he won’t be able to live comfortably or healthy for the rest of his life.
The rarely used surgery involved six different incisions all over his chest and stomach and involved his entire stomach being cut open and sown together after removing most of it.
The result of the surgery was a massive transformation to both his life and lifestyle. Though the operation is a significant risk and left him in bedrest for almost a month, he still made a full recovery. No results were noticeable right away, but over time he began to change.
“I have so much more energy,” said Max “I can work out for a lot longer, I’m actually able to jog now, that’s something i didn’t used to be able to do.”
Eating habits is the biggest noticeable change, going from his unhealthy habit of eating more than two meals worth of food in one sitting, and eating one meal multiple times in a day.
“I would have two lunches most days, lunch in the school cafeteria and then another one from the vending machine,” Max said, “sometimes I’d even get fast food as a snack before dinner too.”
This kind of behavior is what lead him to weighing over 400 pounds as a teenager, and having to deal with the possibility of liver or kidney failure because of his dietary habits.
Thankfully now his stomach is a fraction of its original size, and habits change because of that. When before he could eat a pizza, now he eats a slice. The positive effects of the operation are in full effect, smaller stomach means a smaller appetite and noticeable taste changes. His changes in appetite and stomach size have led to significant weight loss, losing over 100 pounds in the space of a year.
“I’m glad I went through it,” said Max “I’ll get to live much more comfortably now.”
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