IMPORTANT.
Always refer to your doctor for advice on any type of
surgery.
By Daniella
Lindsey.
Weight loss surgery, and this
includes Lap Band surgery, Roux-en-Y or any type of
gastric surgery, should be the very last resort in any
weight loss program and then only if you're
extremely About two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese according to data based on NHANES taken from 2001 to 2004. All adults: 133.6 million (66 percent) Women: 65 million (61.6 percent) Men: 68.3 million (70.5 percent)
Obesity isn't a very pretty word
in anyone's language but it's a fact of some peoples life and
is debilitating, embarrassing and completely soul
destroying.
Being obese or severely
overweight is a common problem around the globe and
particularly in modern, western countries with easy access to
today's unhealthy fast foods. Problems associated with obesity include diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. The total number of obesity surgical operations annually have increased from around 13,000 ten years ago to over 175,000 today. Some important benefits of surgery on obesity-related diseases are shown in the results from a study in Journal of the American Medical Association of 22,000 patients.
So bariatric surgery procedures that can assist a return to a more normal weight. Gastric bypass and gastric binding being the most
common.
Gastric Bypass surgery attaches a
small pouch, the size of an egg, to a tube of intestine that by
passes 2 feet of intestine thereby limiting the amount of food
that can be taken.
Gastric Bypass is not used in
every situation but has fewer complications although still
possesses
This surgery is performed using a
laparoscope which is a small camera on the end of the tubular
instrument allowing the surgeon to see into the abdomen through
short incisions. In Lapband Surgery, a gastric band device is placed around the upper part of the stomach. The resulting pouch (or the "new stomach") dramatically reduces the usable size of the stomach. The band has a balloon adjustment that reduces stomach size. Remember....obesity surgery is expensive.
More information is available
from The Mayo Clinic website at http://www.mayoclinic.com/ The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery have some interesting health information on display at http://www.asbs.org/. There is a article regarding longer life and reduced risk titled "Bariatric surgery reduces cancer risk in morbidly obese patients" that should be required reading for anyone heading towards obesity. There is also a list of Healthcare Professionals with CBN certification.
Some bariatric surgeons actually require that candidates for gastric bypass surgery lose 10 percent of their weight before weight loss surgery is performed.
This can be accomplished by following a traditional calorie-restricted diet or by using liquid protein diet supplements.
It's been shown that losing even 10-15 pounds before bariatric surgery can decrease the risks of complications.
Pre bariatric surgery diets typically begin 2 to 3 months before gastric bypass surgery.
A high-protein, calorie restricted diet can also be useful prior to laparoscopic surgery, as it can decrease the size of the liver, which can shorten operating time. After bariatric surgery, you may experience some abdominal discomfit but any severe abdominal pain should be referred to your doctor immediately. Another symptom is dumping syndrome caused by food moving too quickly through the stomach and intestine. There are special diets and foods that you will need to stick to for some weeks after surgery while your stomach heals. High calorie foods may increase the symptom showing up as weakness, nausea and possibly diarrhoea. If dumping does appear, check your diet for foods that are very refined or contain high calorie count. If you are experiencing any food or diet problems at all, you might want to check out the type of high protein food available from Bariatric Choice. Their foods may just solve your worries. Any surgery carries with it the risk of infection and problems such as leaking from the stomach into the abdominal cavity or intestine connection seeping can occur after gastric surgery.
Development of gallstones is
common in approximately 1/3 of
patients.
Because your food intake after
these procedures will be limited, you may not get a normal
daily requirement of vitamins and minerals so vitamin
supplements may be necessary.
Check for information on Calcium
Citrate and Vitamin D as this is more easily absorbed than
Calcium after Gastric Bypass surgery. Medical follow-ups are most important after abdominal surgery so take note of any medical advice and attend medical appointments religiously. Want more information? Then you must read this book by weight loss surgery patients JULIE JANEWAY, DR. RANDAL BAKER and KAREN SPARKS. Real life experiences, tips, and information to help you make the decision that’s right for you. Julie Janeway and KarenSparks are gastric bypass patients having had surgery in 2003 and Dr. Baker specializes in bariatric surgery and has had significant experience as a general surgeon prior to his bariatric practice.
In this fact filled book you'll
get the Real Skinny on:
The information in this page does not offer medical advice and is not to be read as such.
Always seek
professional medical advice for any obesity
problems. The article points out some interesting things about Proactol. Continue on to After Weight Loss Surgery
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overweight to the point
where you have reached obesity.
significant
risks.
What it’s like
to live, day to day as a weight loss surgery
patient.