Waching daily Mar 31 2017

THEIR VEHICLES.

ALL ANSWERS WE ARE SEARCHING

FOR AS WE WATCH WHAT IS

HAPPENING.

SNOW HAVE HEARD OF GASTRIC

BYPASS.

NOW BALLOON THAT YOU SWALLOW

COULD HELP YOU LOOSE THOSE

POUNDS.

IT'S A NEW PROCEDURE.

IT PROMISES RESULTS OF COURSE

WITHOUT HAVING TO GO UNDER THE

KNIFE.

Reporter:

I FEEL LIKE I CAN DEFEAT

THE WORLD.

Reporter: BEFORE SHE DOES

THAT MEGAN JOHNSON WANTS TO GET

BACK TO HER PREBABY WEIGHT.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN.

THEY ARE YOUNG.

I WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THEM.

Reporter: IT TWO LITTLE ONES

AT HOME SHE HAS LITTLE DOWN

TIME.

TO KICK START HER WEIGHT LOSS

SHE IS TURNING TO A NEW BILL.

HIM IS THE SIZE OF THE PILL.

Reporter: INSIDE THE LARGE C

APS UL SECTION A BALLOON.

THE A LESS INVASIVE OPTION FOR

WEIGHT LOSS.

THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE

BALLOON.

I'M NERVOUS.

I WON'T LIE.

Reporter: WE WERE THERE AS

SHE SWALLOWED THE FIRST ONE.

THERE IT IS.

Reporter: ONCE INSIDE HER

STOMACH THEY FILL WITH IT GAS

THROUGH A TUBE.

THREE BALLOON ALSO EVENTUALLY

TAKE UP SPACE IN HER STOMACH.

THE IDEA TO HELP PUT DOWN HER

APPEAR TIME.

THEY FEEL FULL.

Reporter: THE DOCTOR WARNED

SUCCESS REQUIRES A COMMITMENT

FROM THE PATIENT TO EAT WELL

AND EXERCISE.

IT'S NOT A MAGIC WAND AND

THEY DON'T PUT IN AND THEY ARE

MAGICLY SKIN A I WEEK LATERR.

DOCTORS REMOVE ALL THREE

BALLOONS SIX MONTHS LATER.

DURING THE YEAR LONG PROGRAM A

TEAM WORK WAS PATIENTS TO

CREATE A DIET AND EXERCISE

PLAN.

MY LIFE I STRUGGLED WEIGHT.

Reporter: PEOPLE WHO TOOK

PART IN A CLINICAL TEST LOST 15

POUNDS.

SOME HAVE SEEN EVEN BIGGER

RESULTS.

VERY LIKE NINE MORE POUNDS

TO LOOSE UNTIL I CAN GET THAT

HUNDRED POUND MARK.

Reporter: RIGHT NOW THE

PROCEDURE IS NOT COVERED BY

INSURANCE.

IT COSTS ABOUT 6500 TO $7,500

WHICH INCLUDES PLACEMENT AND

REMOVAL OF THE BALLOONS AND

COUNSELS.

PAIN AND NAUSEA ARE COMMON SIDE

EFFECTS.

IMMATERIAL DONE.

ALL RIGHT.

Reporter: JOHNSON SAID WITH

HELP FROM THE BALLOON, EATING

RIGHT AND WORKING OUT WON'T BE

SUCH A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW.

IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

I WANT TO BE THE BEST ME.

Reporter: CBS11 NEWS.

THIS IS NOT AN OPTION FOR

PATIENT WHO ARE MO ORBIDLY OVER

WEIGHT OR HAVE HAD PREVIOUS

WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY.

A WOMAN WHO IS 5'5'' WHO WEIGHS