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Diamond woman cast in weight-loss commercial
JOLIET - A recent surgical patient at Silver Cross Hospital was cast in a new commercial promoting the Realiz Adjustable Gastric Band, made by Ethicon.
The Realize Adjustable Gastric Band is a device that is surgically implanted around the stomach to help people with morbid obesity lose weight and improve or resolve obesity-related health conditions.
The band was FDA approved in October 2007.
Miranda Blazekovich, 32, of Diamond, had been overweight for 10 to 12 years.
“I could not get the weight off. My dad died when he was 55 of a heart attack; I take after him, and I didn't want to die at 55. I have two young kids,” said Blazekovich.
Dr. Christopher Joyce and Dr. Brian Lahmann, both specializing in Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surg
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