{"id":1377,"date":"2019-08-26T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whyweight.com\/kera-mikey-not-for-cosmetic-reasons\/"},"modified":"2019-08-26T10:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:00:51","slug":"kera-mikey-not-for-cosmetic-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whyweight.com\/kera-mikey-not-for-cosmetic-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Kera &amp; Mikey &#8211; Not for cosmetic reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many times, bariatric surgery is viewed as a cosmetic procedure. However, more often than not, patients choose bariatric surgery for health reasons. Co-morbidities like Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and hypertension regularly coincide with obesity. Living with one or more of these co-morbidities should not be mandatory. Bariatric surgery can help, if not completely resolve, a patient\u2019s co-morbidities. Kera and Mikey chose bariatric surgery for health reasons. They never desired to have a better body. They simply want to wake up every morning next to their husbands and watch their children grow up. It\u2019s that simple. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"mz3Xl56MQNeWc9pxgF0TlqrOHvw2YUodnusiIqBJiG91DJeIpjU7NLjwkQyBLvf\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kera &amp; Mikey - Not for cosmetic reasons\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/naaNM-Dz1mo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many times, bariatric surgery is viewed as a cosmetic procedure. However, more often than not, patients choose bariatric surgery for health reasons. Co-morbidities like Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and hypertension regularly coincide with obesity. Living with one or more of these co-morbidities should not be mandatory. 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