Are you prepared for significant lifestyle changes?
You should expect preoperative counseling before undergoing obesity surgery. This counseling will help you better understand that weight loss surgery is only one part of a multidisciplinary approach to weight loss. In no way should gastric bypass surgery be viewed as just a "quick fix". Rather, gastric bypass surgery patients will be required to make lifelong changes to their diet and exercise habits to ensure a lasting result after weight loss surgery. Your eating patterns and practices will change drastically after gastric bypass surgery. Extreme attention to diet is required, and nutritional supplements are necessary. You will have to eat numerous small portions of food throughout the day rather than large meals.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Considering Obesity Surgery in Brazil? Question 4.
Are your expectations realistic?
Almost all obessity surgery procedures have resulted in consistent short-term weight loss. Unfortunately there is no perfect operation. The remarkable drive for the obese patient to regain weight cannot be eliminated in all patients. Furthermore, the history of weight loss surgery repeats itself with procedures that seemed initially to be very promising and safe in theory, but which were later found to be failures.
As such, newer procedures should always be viewed with caution. The RYGBP have withstood appropriate scrutiny through well documented results. The Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass outnumbers all other procedures and results. Weight loss of 65 to 80% of excess body weight (the amount by which actual body weight exceeds actuarial ideal body weight) is typical of most large series of Gastric Bypass operations reported.
Most people who undergo other bariatric surgery can expect to lose two-thirds to three-fourths of their excess weight. However, up to 25% of those bariatric surgeries are not successful. Patients can be regaining weight by slowly ingesting high-calorie foods or even eating quantities significant enough to stretch the stomach pouch after gastric bypass. Another aspect of extreme weight loss is the problem of excess skin or unattractive fat pockets and the possible need for plastic surgical procedures to correct these problems.
Almost all obessity surgery procedures have resulted in consistent short-term weight loss. Unfortunately there is no perfect operation. The remarkable drive for the obese patient to regain weight cannot be eliminated in all patients. Furthermore, the history of weight loss surgery repeats itself with procedures that seemed initially to be very promising and safe in theory, but which were later found to be failures.
As such, newer procedures should always be viewed with caution. The RYGBP have withstood appropriate scrutiny through well documented results. The Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass outnumbers all other procedures and results. Weight loss of 65 to 80% of excess body weight (the amount by which actual body weight exceeds actuarial ideal body weight) is typical of most large series of Gastric Bypass operations reported.
Most people who undergo other bariatric surgery can expect to lose two-thirds to three-fourths of their excess weight. However, up to 25% of those bariatric surgeries are not successful. Patients can be regaining weight by slowly ingesting high-calorie foods or even eating quantities significant enough to stretch the stomach pouch after gastric bypass. Another aspect of extreme weight loss is the problem of excess skin or unattractive fat pockets and the possible need for plastic surgical procedures to correct these problems.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Considering Obesity Surgery in Brazil? Question 3
Do you have a serious medical condition?
Any major surgery involves the potential for complications - adverse events which increase risk, hospital stay, and mortality. Some complications are common to all abdominal operations, while some are specific to bariatric surgery. A person who chooses to undergo bariatric surgery should know about these risks. Some people with serious heart or lung conditions may not be a good candidate for surgery. You can read a lot more about possible complications here
Any major surgery involves the potential for complications - adverse events which increase risk, hospital stay, and mortality. Some complications are common to all abdominal operations, while some are specific to bariatric surgery. A person who chooses to undergo bariatric surgery should know about these risks. Some people with serious heart or lung conditions may not be a good candidate for surgery. You can read a lot more about possible complications here
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Considering Obesity Surgery in Brazil? Question 2.
Did you try other weight loss programs?
Did you try other weight loss programs, such diets and exercise, without success? Have you tried such methods repeatedly? Bariatric surgery is considered a last-resort solution for people who are unable to lose weight by any other means. You should have made serious and prolonged attempts to lose weight by other means under appropriate medical supervision.
Did you try other weight loss programs, such diets and exercise, without success? Have you tried such methods repeatedly? Bariatric surgery is considered a last-resort solution for people who are unable to lose weight by any other means. You should have made serious and prolonged attempts to lose weight by other means under appropriate medical supervision.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Considering Obesity Surgery in Brazil? Question 1
How much weight do you need to lose?
First you need to ask yourself how much weight you need to lose. You must have enough excess body weight to qualify for obesity surgery. Weight loss of 65 to 80% of excess body weight (the amount by which actual body weight exceeds ideal body weight) is a typical result of Gastric Bypass Surgery (GBS). You need to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). Use BMI tables to see where you are now and where you like to be. How to calculate your BMI and BMI tables can be found at the Affordable Obesity Surgery in Brazil website. Obesity surgery can be considered if your BMI is 35 or above.
First you need to ask yourself how much weight you need to lose. You must have enough excess body weight to qualify for obesity surgery. Weight loss of 65 to 80% of excess body weight (the amount by which actual body weight exceeds ideal body weight) is a typical result of Gastric Bypass Surgery (GBS). You need to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). Use BMI tables to see where you are now and where you like to be. How to calculate your BMI and BMI tables can be found at the Affordable Obesity Surgery in Brazil website. Obesity surgery can be considered if your BMI is 35 or above.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Considering Obesity Surgery in Brazil? Questions to ask!
Obesity surgery refers to surgery performed on the stomach and/or intestines to decrease the amount of food that can be consumed and absorbed, as a result, to help a obese person to lose weight.
Gastric bypass is a permanent reduction in the size of the stomach in which a small pouch is created from the proximal portion of the stomach and attached to the intestine in a location that bypasses about 2 feet of normal intestine.
To help you decide if gastric bypass obesity surgery might be of benefit for you we will help with some daily questions.
Question 1 will be posted tomorrow.
Gastric bypass is a permanent reduction in the size of the stomach in which a small pouch is created from the proximal portion of the stomach and attached to the intestine in a location that bypasses about 2 feet of normal intestine.
To help you decide if gastric bypass obesity surgery might be of benefit for you we will help with some daily questions.
Question 1 will be posted tomorrow.
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