{"product_id":"2940152625882","title":"Gutting It Out: Bariatric Surgery Beyond the Numbers; From a Man's Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eI had kicked around the idea of having Bariatric Surgery for over a decade. Lap Band, Gastric Bypass, and Gastric Sleeve; I had considered all of them but I just could not bring myself to go under the knife. I was functional and I was getting by and I did not want to waste my family’s time and money by doing something I should be able to do myself. I felt this way until that one day. After that day, how I had been living was going to end. The weight was coming off. I saw that it was not having the surgery that would harm my family, it was my obesity that would.\u003cbr\u003eThank-you for reading this description and I would greatly appreciate your leaving feedback on how the book read should you decide to read it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Bates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180304974064,"sku":"2940152625882","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152625882_p0.jpg?v=1764024577","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152625882","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}