Gastric Bypass Surgery Information

i got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in december. since then ive been on metformin but i havent been able to take the full dosage as the nausea and vomiting was prevalent all day everyday and ive got to work. the doctor says because of the pcos i need to be on metformin but i explained to him yesterday that the side effects are that bad that im frequently skipping doses when ive got to work or go out. since i was diagnosed ive lost 2 stone in whieght but my blood sugars have continued to rise. when i talked this over with the doctor yesterday he was like we need to up the dose but not much chance of me doing that when i constantly feel sick on it. so then he was like would you consider a gastric band. i dont understand why he wants me to have surgery when i am losing whieght. does a gastric band improve sugar levels?

I’m shocked that he suggested gastric bypass surgery so quickly.

Do some research on the internet. There has been a few studies that show patients who have Type II diabetes who have the lap band surgery see their blood sugar level reduced almost immediately. The basic premise is that Type II diabetes is brought on by weight gain or obesity. This surgery addresses the obesity issue.

Do a internet search on "Type 2 diabetes and lap band surgery". You’ll find tons of articles.

Good luck.

For anyone who has had Lap Band surgery, advice on how you quit drinking with meals. Was it very difficult to follow the rules?

I had Gastric Bypass surgery about a year ago. I’ve lost 140 pounds and only have 40 more to go. I’ve had zero complications.

I never stopped drinking while eating. I mean, you can’t "chug" liquids, but my surgeon told me it was okay to SIP no more than one oz of fluid with a meal, so I have always done that. I like spicier foods and I found that I just couldn’t get through a meal without a little liquid to quench the fire on my tongue…lol… I usually drink milk with my meals to get in the extra protien, one ounce only. My surgeon said it was fine and I’ve had no issues because of it.

I suggest that you consult your health insurance company. That would be the best way to sort out this answer.

Hi, I am a surgeon and I will be operating on a patient tomorrow who has liver disease. Can anyone tell me whether or not gastric bypass surgery would actually help the disease? If not, which disease should I perform? Thanks.

Yes, according to the Wikipedia entry on "Gastric bypass surgery", the surgery does help liver disease. Good luck on your operation!

surgery. How was you weight loss? Did you lose weight right away? Did your abdomen hurt afterwards? Did it take a while after surgery to begin to lose weight?

I had Gastric Bypass surgery in Oct 2007. I’ve lost 155 pounds and only need to lose 10 more to get to my goal weight.
I sarted losing weight immediately. Of course, there are plateau’s n the weight loss. you will go weeks or months without losing a pound but you still have to stick to the diet and excercise your butt off (literally).
Yes, your abdomen will be tender. it is surgery after all. It’s not too bad. The largest incision in on your left ide and that one hurts the most. They wil send you home with some nice painkillers although i never took anythings tronger than tylenol once I got home I was on a Morphine drip at the hospital. It will be uncomfortable to lie down flat on your back or side for about 2-3 weeks. I slept popped up and that wasn’t too bad.

Gastric Bypass is not a miracle cure. you have to have willpower after the surgery. it is incredibly easy to stretch the pouch out and you’ll be back to where you started. I know several epople that have had the surgery and gained back every pound they fought hard to lose because they started eating crap again and stopped excercising.

If you have any mroe questions you cane-mail me at evanrudysmommy@yahoo.com

I had my gastric bypass surgery through Forerunners Healthcare Consultants in India I don’t regret it at all I had a baby since then and I’m still able to take the weight off so far i am very happy. The key is to use a reputable surgeon. You want to be carefully screened beforehand to make sure you are a good candidate. Since my surgery I can walk without getting tired, I can play with my son; I can walk down the street with my head held high. I feel pretty for the fist time in years. I was given another shot at life. The surgery is a tool and how well that tool works is up to you!!

I would do it again in a heartbeat. I would recommend to every one who is suffering from the same problems as I did before but I would urge anyone who is interested to seek the best surgeon possible and make the decision based on the surgeon’s recommendations and your own personal goals!! Make sure the reasons for the surgery are the right one. The surgery isn’t for someone who just "wants to be skinny". Do it for your health, for your life, for family. FOR YOU.

You can checkout their website.

http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com

Hope this helps.

I’m in nursing school and we just learned what is considered a liquid diet. You can drink the following: broth, bouillon, coffee, tea, carbonated beverages, clear fruit juices, jello, Popsicles, smooth textured dairy products, custards, vegetable juice, pureed veggies, fruit juices. That’s everything that was on the list my professor gave us. There may be more. Good luck!

New Hampshire is facing a public health crisis. Over the past decade our overweight and obesity rates have rise to rival tobacco use as one of the most significant public health problems in the state. Here in the Granite State, more than 59% of adults are overweight or obese — and the cost to our taxpayers for dealing with obesity-related illnesses adds up to a staggering $300 million per year. It kills us by the thousands, and may lead to other life-threatening illnesses called co-morbidities, such as sleep apnea, diabetes, cancer, and heart conditions in those left alive.

We have to face up to the threat obesity poses to our state.

Fighting the Fat

Obesity is the condition of being significantly above one’s healthy weight.  Healthy weight is calculated in terms of individual body mass index (BMI), which is determined by a formula that compares a person’s weight to height ratio. Those with a BMI of at least 25 are considered overweight; those with a BMI of 30 or above are considered obese.

The only way to change one’s BMI is by losing excess weight, and the only way to lose weight is to reduce the body’s caloric intake below its daily caloric needs. When this happens, the body begins to draw upon stored energy – fat – and down comes the weight. But losing excess weight can be a struggle. Many people try diets, exercise regimes, or weight-loss pills to lose weight, and some actually do drop a few sizes. But, many more do serious damage to their health in the process.

What’s more, losing weight is only part of the battle. Obesity is a disease. To effectively treat this disease, weight loss must come from a total realignment of the patient’s relationship to food.  A medically-supervised program of diet and exercise is the ideal way to accomplish this. For someone who has been severely or morbidly obese for more than five years, however, weight loss surgery is often the only viable option.

The Surgical Option

Surgical weight loss – also known as bariatric surgery — has been proven to help those who are obese to reach their ideal weight and lessen their chances of developing weight-related health problems in the future. Bariatric procedures are intended to manage obesity by limiting the amount of food – and thus calories – that a person can consume. These procedures are performed under general anesthesia, in most cases laparoscopically. Each type of weight loss surgery procedure, such as Lap-Band or gastric bypass surgery, involves different risks and benefits.

Although research has proven that weight loss surgery is effective in the treatment of obesity, it is no magic cure. Patients who refuse to alter their unhealthy lifestyles will almost certainly gain back weight lost over time, which is why ongoing support and medical supervision is essential. The risks and possible outcomes of these procedures should always be discussed in advance with the patient’s physician before any decision is made.

Choosing Health

Obesity is a threat to New Hampshire. But we can beat obesity in the Granite State – if we each adopt comprehensive changes in diet and lifestyle as part of a total health-improvement program.

Craig B. Thompson
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/weight-loss-surgery-in-new-hampshire-683798.html

For many people, the option of choosing weight-loss surgery is very attractive — specially if they have a lot of weight to lose. A lot of people who take this route choose it because they have tried on many occasions to lose their excess weight by lots of different means. Some of which include diet, medication, and exercise. However, while weight-loss surgery can appear to be an attractive proposition, it can carry its own problems as well.

Any type of surgery involves risks. That includes the risks from both the procedure itself and the effects of anesthetic used. Ironically a person may be considered so overweight that the surgeon is reluctant to perform any type of surgery – they pose a high risk of dying on the operating table. This is the case if the person has health related issues such as high blood pressure or heart disease that can escalate quickly into an emergency.

There are also risks after the operation. Unfortunately, the danger is not past once the surgery is complete.

It is important that anyone who is considering weight-loss surgery perform due diligence and look at their options carefully. They should also choose their surgeon very carefully and thoroughly research them. A good surgeon can be found by word of mouth, but the prospective patient should do their homework anyway.

When it comes to choosing the actual type of surgery to be used, there are a couple of different surgical procedures. These include laparoscopic surgery – where the incisions made are very small (and carry less risk of side effects), or procedures such as a gastric bypass – which involves a much bigger wound.

After undergoing weight-loss surgery, patients are usually uncomfortable and in some degree of pain for several weeks while their wound heals. Also, for those first few weeks, they are only able to tolerate a liquid diet which is made up of vitamins, supplements, and other nutrients.

Normal food can only be added to the diet in small measures and has to be given carefully to avoid upsetting the patient’s digestive system – which is now very delicate. If not introduced carefully, then the person is liable to start vomiting or passing very loose stools.

One condition which some weight-loss surgery patients may be prone to is called “dumping”. This happens when food travels too quickly to the large intestine from the stomach. They then experience nausea, dizziness, loose stools, and some abdominal cramping. Unfortunately, dumping is quite common after weight-loss surgery. Especially if they have undergone a gastric bypass.

Eventually the stomach adapts to its new shape and, except for some minor problems, the person is able to adapt to their new style of eating. It is important, however, that those people who have undergone this type of surgery are aware of other side effects of their weight-loss surgery such as heartburn, indigestion, vomiting, stomach ulcers and dehydration. Weight-loss surgery has many consequences. Some of them are good and some of them are bad. It is important to consider all of them prior to deciding if surgery is the right thing for you.

Barbara Brown
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/weightloss-surgery-91588.html

The three most popular types of weight loss surgery generally performed in the United States are gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery. Each has its own unique advantages and disadvantages. For some patients, the scale and efficacy of full-on gastric bypass is the best option; for others, the low impact and easy reversibility of gastric banding – or Lap-Band® – surgery makes it the procedure of choice. And, for a surprising number of patients, a sleeve gastrectomy – a.k.a., the gastric sleeve procedure – is the way to go.

Gastric sleeve surgery involves using surgical staples to divide the patient’s stomach into two vertical sections, then removing one section consisting of 85% – 90% of the stomach. The remaining stomach section is shaped something like a tube or a sleeve, hence the name “gastric sleeve”. This sleeve has only 10% – 15% of the holding capacity of the whole stomach, which drastically reduces the amount of food that the patient can consume at a sitting. And with reduced food intake comes reduced weight.

The advantages of gastric sleeve surgery are manifold. The greatest of these is safety: the likelihood of complications from the less-complicated gastric sleeve procedure is lower than that of gastric bypass surgery, which is more complex surgical operation.

Gastric sleeve’s second big advantage is its convenience: the patient doesn’t have to schedule frequent follow-up office visits, as is the case with patients who undergo Lap-Band surgery and need to see their doctor several times in the first year to have the band adjusted.

“The gastric sleeve procedure doesn’t require as much active follow-up participation on the part of patients,” notes Dr. Jason Harrison, who does weight loss surgery in Arlington, Texas, adding that patients can get back to normal life that much faster.

Thirdly, gastric sleeve patients experience fewer restrictions on the types of food that they can eat. The possibility of overeating is itself greatly lessened as well, since the part of the stomach which produces hormones responsible for stimulating hunger is removed from the digestive system during a gastric sleeve operation. Although the procedure reduces the size of the stomach and the amount of food that can be eaten, the stomach otherwise functions normally. And, since the pylorus (the “valve” that allows only measured amounts of food to pass from the stomach into the bowel) is retained during gastric sleeve surgery, the problem of “dumping” experienced by many gastric bypass patients is essentially nonexistent.

Are there disadvantages to gastric sleeve surgery? Yes. First, the procedure is not reversible; once the stomach is cut, it is impossible to “uncut” it. Recovery time is also longer with gastric sleeve surgery than with a gastric band, and the procedure can be followed by serious complications requiring additional surgery. Finally, no form of surgery is foolproof, and the gastric sleeve procedure is no exception. As with all forms of weight loss surgery, the patient must want success and work for success in order for the operation to succeed as a treatment for obesity.

Gastric sleeve surgery is the best option for many patients, but only as a part of a total lifestyle change. A common-sense program of diet and exercise, along with daily vitamin supplements and yearly routine check-ups are vital if the surgery is to succeed. If you’re considering weight loss surgery as a treatment for obesity, you owe it to yourself to discuss the option of the sleeve gastrectomy with your personal physician or bariatric specialist.

Louis Meyer
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/gastric-sleeve-a-perfect-fit-723273.html