(İZMİR-ÖZEL) ‘Obesity’ surgery intention, ‘marriage’ destiny – The obese couple met in the hospital corridors, doctors became the marriage witnesses – “We met in the hospital corridor, we got our numbers and now we are getting married” – “We have the same problems, the same pain we suffer from weight” – Doctors who performed the surgery: – “First we performed the surgery and then we witnessed the wedding” İZMİR (İHA) – The young couple, who met after the bariatric surgery performed by the same team at the same hospital in İzmir, ended their story that started in the hospital corridor with marriage. Shoe seller Can Özdemir (27) living in İzmir had been struggling with obesity for years with a weight of 186 kilograms. Just like Gizem Karadağ, a kindergarten teacher living in Germany. 25-year-old Gizem Karadağ also wanted to get rid of obesity, which she was based on at 127 kilograms. While the young woman was on her way to a private hospital in Turkey from Germany, the young man went to the same hospital in Karşıyaka district to lose his weight. Destiny brought the two couples together first in sleeve gastrectomy surgery and then at the wedding table. After the operation performed by the same team in the same hospital, the young couple shared their fate and ended their story that started in the hospital corridor with marriage. Can Özdemir, the doctors who performed the surgery on the marriage witness, lost 100 kilograms and Gizem Karadağ lost 55 kilograms. As soon as the young couple achieved the weight they wanted, they said “yes” to each other forever at the wedding table. The witnesses of the young couple were the doctors who performed the sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Stating that their story started in the hospital corridor, Can Özdemir said, “We both had sleeve gastrectomy surgery. We both operated on the same teammates, on separate teachers. Our story started in the hospital corridors, the beginning is there. In our conversation, I told you what kind of difficulties you might have before and after. It would have been very difficult without this surgery. Germany is 3 thousand 300 kilometers, I am in Karşıyaka, Turkey. Glad we had such an operation. We wouldn’t have met if we hadn’t had this surgery,” he said. “We met at the hospital, we got our numbers and now we are getting married” Explaining that they are experiencing psychological difficulties in struggling with obesity and that they suffer the same pain as her husband at this point, Özdemir said, “We have the same problems, the same pain we suffer because of weight. The exclusion of people is the same. Our psychology is the same, those who find it strange outside are the same. Only people who had this surgery and were overweight could understand each other. You become introverted, you don’t talk outside. You don’t go to weddings, invitations, when people from the outside invite you to a place. You are being made fun of for being overweight. We are glad that we had this surgery. Our advice to those who are considering becoming one, do not be late even for a week. We had a betrothal phase and after a year and a half we decided to get married. Now we are getting married,” he said. Gizem Karadağ, who stated that she was very happy, said, “We met in the corridors of the hospital and then we talked. Then we got our numbers and we’re in this situation. We are getting married now,” he said. “First we performed the surgery and then we witnessed the wedding” The wedding witnesses of the young couple who got married in Karşıyaka Wedding Office were the doctors who performed the sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Specialist Assoc. Cemal Kara said, “First we performed the surgery, then we witnessed the wedding. It is a very good feeling for us, they are reconnecting to life, they are starting a home, we are very happy.” Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Specialist Türker Karabuğa MD said, “It was a great pleasure for us to perform the operation and reach a healthy weight. But witnessing at this wedding made us happy. Seeing them like this made us even more happy. I wish them a lifetime of happiness,” he said.