{"id":1448,"date":"2019-06-25T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whyweight.com\/best-friends-kera-mikey-share-their-journey\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T19:29:21","slug":"best-friends-kera-mikey-share-their-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whyweight.com\/best-friends-kera-mikey-share-their-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Best friends Kera &amp; Mikey share their journey. Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kera\nand Mikey are best friends, and until their Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy\nprocedures last year, they both struggled with Type 2 Diabetes. At only 33\nyears old, Kera was given two years left to live. Her condition worsened with\neach day and before she met with our team, Kera was in kidney and liver\nfailure. Similarly, Mikey suffered with an insulin pump every day. Both Kera\nand Mikey spent most of their days indoors asleep or in the hospital. In 2018,\nKera and Mikey chose to change their lives forever with the help of the\nLaparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow along each week as Kera and Mikey share their journey from Type 2 Diabetes to a healthy insulin-free life. <\/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=\"yzWz0pkLNjRmYwA8Vdv9HNGsKQJ3mrLSTEVhpYHTMohXl79yewRaen5tEJaU6sFbOI4driWP1c1gvUIPO243uA2tj8qbCD6\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kera &amp; Mikey\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_ZFqgQma3Y?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>Kera and Mikey are best friends, and until their Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy procedures last year, they both struggled with Type 2 Diabetes. 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