Obesity surgery [electronic resource] : stories of altered lives / Marta Meana and Lindsey Ricciardi.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

Taking the leap: deciding on surgery -- Responding to the kindness of strangers: now you don't see me, now you do -- Changing the dynamics in your inner circle: your change becomes everybody else's -- Deconstructing the self: who was I and who am I becoming? -- Facing the music of self: when weight is no longer the reason -- Greater than the weight of our parts: making sense of it all -- Through thick and thin: planning for success -- Concluding note: neither weight nor weight loss.