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Before deciding upon a weight loss surgery (WLS), be sure you discuss all options, side effects, potential risks, outcomes, and surgical records with your doctor. Do your research. Investigate and ask questions. Speak with your loved ones and primary care physician. And remember that any weight loss surgery will require a healthful diet and exercise program afterward to maintain good health, gain muscle, tone, trim, and keep the weight off.
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| Gastric Bypass Surgery |
Gastric bypass surgery has been utilized for years to help morbidly obese patients (100 pounds or more over optimum weight) achieve significant, permanent weight loss. It is considered the benchmark in weight reduction surgery.
The operation involves the reduction of the size of the stomach. The upper stomach is divided from the lower stomach. The small intestine is detached from the lower stomach and reattached to the new, smaller stomach.
This procedure allows the body to absorb food and nutrients as it did prior to the procedure. The difference after the surgery is the amount of food capable of being consumed. The reduction in stomach size allows the patient to feel full sooner and be satisfied with substantially less food.
Gastric bypass surgery provides long-term control of obesity for most people. Most patients experience weight loss of 80-100% of their excess pre-surgery weight. The maintenance of the weight loss is contingent, however, upon adherence to a reasonable diet and exercise program.
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Read through the stories we have received from women and men who had bypass surgeries:
- Read the story of SH, a man who survived bypass surgery and its resulting complications
- Read the story of PS, a woman who survived bypass surgery and its resulting complications
- Read the story of EC, a recipient of weight loss surgery, and its life-saving effects
- Read the story of B.J., a woman who survived vertical banded gastroplasty and its resulting complications
- Read the story of Q.C, a woman who had gastric bypass surgery in 1980 and has learned many lessons, but mostly moderation
- Read the story of RV, a man who survived bypass surgery and its resulting complications
- Read the story of L.L. a woman who suffered some of the most severe complications from bypass surgery
- Read the story of BL, a survivor of weight loss surgery, its complications, and its reversal.
- Read the story of B.B. a woman for whom gastric bypass has worked well, but it's not the "easy way out" people think it is
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