Francis Fighting His Morbid Obesity with Gastric Bypass Surgery

That is Francis, above. Francis describes himself as morbidly obese. Doctors gave Francis a bad prognosis, due to his obesity, with an extremely shortened lifespan, not expecting him to make it to 30 years old.

Francis was somewhere over 500 pounds when he decided he had to do something to reduce his size.

Francis tried to exercise more. That was too stressful.

So, despite the 1 in 100 mortality rate, Francis decided to opt out for gastric bypass surgery. The surgery was a success. Within a month Francis was recovered from the surgery and his size was shrinking.

In the below National Geographic video below you meet Francis, who happens to be a very articulate guy. You see the strain that his obesity causes Francis.

And you see Francis in the operating room getting gastric bypass surgery...