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Women's Division 9, First Place

"Without my TOPS chapter, I never would have realized I had a life worth saving.”

“My mom first brought me to TOPS when I was 13. I learned how to watch my weight, but I wasn’t serious and dropped out. As an adult, I suffered from a blood clot in my leg and I rejoined TOPS. I was trying hard to lose weight when my mother and sister both died from kidney failure because of diabetes. It was the wake up call I needed. My doctor and I decided together that gastric bypass was the right option. It saved my life. Without my TOPS chapter and my husband, I never would have realized I had a life worth saving. Throughout my ups and downs, my surgery, my recovery and always constantly there for me, my TOPS family has never let me down.”