Empowered by Bariatric Surgery, Patient Hopes to Inspire Others
For Naiesha Brooks, 44, knee pain and missing her children’s activities were finally too much to bear.
She had always been an active person, enjoying dancing and exercising, especially boxing. During one strenuous boxing workout she tore the meniscus in her knee, the C-shaped piece of tough cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between your shinbone and thighbone. It’s a common knee injury and easily repaired, but Naiesha put off getting the surgery for years.
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