For anyone struggling with extreme weight-gain, shortness of breath can trigger a sometimes frighteningly oppressive feeling. As weight increases, fat tissue tends to accumulate around the neck and abdomen, placing greater pressure on the lungs, which makes it harder to breathe. Routine movement from one room to another, or preparing food at the kitchen counter - coupled with constant joint pain - can turn the easiest of daily tasks into a painfully unbearable chore. Often these out-of-breath experiences require the obese person to sit and “catch their breath” - further robbing them of any benefits from even minimal exercise or movement.

With over twenty years of weight loss surgery experience, The Adkins Center team fully understands that the daily challenges of obesity result in physical struggles that leave patients feeling uncomfortably out-of-breath. Countless unsuccessful attempts at dieting, and the everyday stress of having to overcome even the basic tasks of life - from getting dressed to brushing the family pet - prevent an obese person from comfortably living an active life.

As Dr. Adkins explains, “weight loss surgery is a proven, powerful tool that can result in a total transformation of the patient’s life - physically and mentally.”