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David D. Kim, M.D., F.A.C.S.
35 Veranda Lane Ste 100
Colleyville,Texas 76034
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Phone: (817) 717-7447
FAX: (817) 581-6127
Dr. Kim performs surgery at Forest park medical center, and other hospitals in the Dallas -Ft. Worth area
Advanced Bariatric Center of Dallas
11990 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75243
Phone: (214) 614-7036
BMI Calculator
What does your BMI mean?
- BMI 18-24
- = Normal Weight
- BMI 25-29
- = Overweight
- BMI 30-34
- = Moderate Obesity
- BMI 35-39
- = Severe Obesity
- BMI > 40
- = Morbid Obesity
BMI, or body mass index, is a system of measurement that helps a patient figure out how overweight he or she is. A BMI of 20 to 25 is considered normal. 25 to 30 is considered overweight. 30.1 to 34.9 is considered obese. You are a candidate for weight loss surgery if your BMI is 40 or greater or if you have a BMI between 35 and 39.9 along with a serious health problem.
"I thought I was a pretty happy fat person. Hiding behind my jokes and laughter, I did not know how much my weight controlled my life. I never knew what true happiness was until I had my surgery. Some people don't like to tell people when they have had weight loss surgery but I tell everyone because I feel everyone deserves to be this happy!"
- Melissa F.
Life changed forever on September 27, 2006
Gastric Sleeve Patient Testimonial Dallas Ft Worth Texas
By admin on January 16, 2009 at 3:57 pm
MR. JOSÉ AGUILAR: My name is José Aguilar and I’ve been overweight for the last seven or eight years. One of the reasons my I wanted to go ahead and proceed with the surgery instead of dieting was because I almost had a stroke on January 1st of 2007. I like to travel a lot, and in 2006 I was in China, I almost passed out and because of my overweight, so that was not a life, so I decided to do something about my weight, to go ahead and proceed with gastric sleeve resection, and so far I’m very pleased with the results. I have lost about 111 pounds and I don’t regret it. The only regret that I have is not doing anything about my weight in the last eight years. I could have been somewhere right now if I had done this eight years ago. And I was walking back to work two weeks after surgery, and I was flying exactly on the same day I went back to work. So I didn’t have any complications, the recovery was really fast. Overall the surgery exceeded my expectations.
The most significant change in my life has been my health improvement. Prior to surgery I was pre-diabetic; I had a lot of comorbidities that were making my life very unpleasant. Well, after surgery most of those things were gone, including hypertension, headaches, migraine. I don’t have any pre-diabetic condition.
Another thing that changed my life drastically was my love life. I was obese most of my, well, the last eight, nine years, and I never dated during that time. I never went out with friends. I was deprived from society, and the surgery brought a lot of benefit, not only health, but economic wise. Now I’m saving a lot of money on food because I don’t buy groceries anymore, I just pay for a meal at the restaurant and I eat, like, for two full days out of it.