article_snippet.sent: Sandridge was due to undergo the surgery after Sandridge weight reached 430lbs.
article_snippet.sent: Rachel Sandridge, 29, from MarylandMaryland, was due to undergo the surgery after Sandridge weight reached 430 pounds.. but durring the prep her doctor discovered Sandridge had cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge (left) before surgery and after .
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge had to lose weight to qualify for the surgery and then underwent a routine endoscopy, to examine Sandridge digestive tract to ensure her digestive tract was all healthy.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge was then told cancer had been found in Sandridge stomach.
article_snippet.sent: The cancer diagnosis was even more devastating as only two years earlier Sandridge father has died from cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge before the operation.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge is now cancer-free and has dropped Sandridge weight from about 430lbs to about 288lbs, including about 50lbs before Sandridge gastric bypass .
article_snippet.sent: The tumor was reviewed and Sandridge was told Stomach cancer had been caught at an early state and Stomach cancer had not spread through the stomach wall.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge did not need any chemotherapy or radiation and is now cancer-free.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge has dropped Sandridge 10 dress sizes and weighs about 288lbs, and has more energy than before.
article_snippet.sent: Sandridge has had to adjust Sandridge diet following the operation as gastric bypass is a major surgical procedure, which changes eating and dietary habits dramatically.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sandridge was due to undergo surgery after she weight reached