Gastric Bypass Surgery Information

I was watching an old rerun of Oprah just then and I had to pass it since I was getting so mad.
They were talking about giving the operation to children and the parents were saying that there kids need it, and they were talking to the kids about how it changed them and they were saying how they couldn’t keep two cheeseburgers with fries down anymore, they could only eat one with fries.
I swear to you I SCREAMED at my television.
It seemed so ridiculous to me that a parent would put there child through an invasive surgery to stop them from over eating rather then controlling what they ate.
I am slightly prejudiced on this because I am vegan but a healthy well balanced vegan lifestyle cuts out all saturated fats and trans fats out of your diet as well as processed sugars.
Eating a diet of fresh fruit, veg, grains, nuts, and seeds seems so much less drastic then surgery.
Even when asked about their eating habits now they were saying they just bought lower calorie foods.
So, that sounds just like a whole lot of processed foods rather then the fresh stuff.
Gosh, one of the kids put on 50 pounds in a month! How is that possible, yet they are advocating that the surgery helped them and that they tried all these diets…
It wasn’t diabetes since they were checked for all that, these kids just over ate all the wrong foods.
Am I the only one who thinks that this represents a serious problem in Western culture (I’m in Australia but I KNOW this is a problem in most Western countries)??
THANKS
I KNOW you can be overweight eating vegan, I said CAN be.
There is HEAPS of vegan junk food out there that’s why I noted the good ones.

It’s the mothers fault we have overweight children.
If they get off their butts and do some home cooking instead
of feeding the kids McDonalds we wouldnt have kids in this shape.

Shut the TV off get rid of the video games, and for God’s sake
let the kids go to the park and play and burn calories.

I had gastric bypass surgery in 2005. I had abdominoplasty but I still need more surgery. My insurance wont cover it and I was wondering is there a company or foundation established for Bypass patients to apply for grant money to have safe surgery? I lost 170 lbs. and as you can imagine the sagging skin to prove it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

I work at a plastic surgery center that mainly concentrates on post-bypass body contouring. Unfortunately, I don’t know of any group that helps with the cost of surgery, besides a breast reduction or abdominoplasty, which most insurances will cover, all the rest of the surgeries we do end up being paid for by the patient. There are a lot of companies that offer low-interest loans for elective medical procedures, but thats about it…sorry I couldn’t help more!

would it be acceptable to perform gastro bypass surgery on infants while we circumcise them? Since we are already doing that, why not fix 2 issues at once right?
the surgery would be to prevent FUTURE obesity. of course infants aren’t fat

LOL thats funny.
you ARE just kidding…right?

Can anyone who has Tricare AND had gastric bypass surgery tell me how long it took to get the authorization to get the surgery. I have already gotten the referral to see the surgeon, I have done all my lab work now I’m just waiting for Tricare to review and approve the surgery.
I know how the authorization process works I am a Pharmacy Technician, but I am looking for someone who has had experience with this. Thanks!

I have Tricare Prime (Active Duty Dependant). I have my RNY Gastric Bypass done on October 22nd, 2007. It took me 2 weeks between the time I saw saw my PCM for a referral and the time I saw a surgeon it then took 2 more weeks after seeing the surgeon for my surgery. So a total of 4 weeks start to finish. Of course, this was at an actual MTF not through civilians.I had no co-morbidities. I was 120 pounds over weight. It’s been 7 months and I’ve lost 100 pounds!

Hello everyone before I ask this question I ask you to please not tell me your opinion on the surgery if you do not agree with either one..that is not what I am asking, I am simply asking this question to people who have struggled with health problems from weight and are in support of my decision to follow through with bariatric surgery.
I am 228lbs and 5 ‘1 , I am diabetic, anemic, have high blood pressure, cholosteral, have severe sleep apnea, and severe GERD with a hernia. I am trying to decide which surgery to do and my surgeon is leaning towards gastric bypass…any experiences, or stories and advice I would greatly appreciate.

I’ve met a lot of people who have had the LAP-BAND and quite a few people who have had gastric bypass.

Bypass is a much more drastic surgery, and I’ve heard a lot of complaints about complications from dumping syndrome to hair loss and bone weakness. Your body just doesn’t absorb important nutrients because the food moves through you faster. To avoid these problems you have to take a pretty hefty dose of vitamins. The good news, though is that you lose the weight very fast. The bad news is that your stomach can stretch back out over time, and you can regain the weight after several years.

Gastric bands (the LAP-BAND System or REALIZE Band Solution) do not involve cutting or stapling of your digestive tract, so there is lower risk of complications. It requires regular follow-up, especially in the first year to get the band to the right fit, so be sure you get a surgeon who really focuses on after-care or one who has a team that specializes in adjustments (commonly called fills). With a band you have to be ready to use it as a tool, so it requires work and some level of dedication not required with bypass.

The best thing about the band, and its biggest advantave over bypass, in my opion is its adjustability and reversability.

If you have a serious problem, the band can be removed much easier than your guts can be restored to pre-bypass routes. And if you are struggling with weight years after the surgery, with the band you can go to your surgeon or fill center and get back on track with adjustments and guidance. If you start putting weight back on with bypass, the next step may be a revision surgery.

Or would I need to go back abroad to get it adjusted as needed?

you normally have to go back to the surgeon who did the operation

I’m an 18 year old male who has been overweight and then obese since around 8 years old. I’ve tried countless diets and diet supplements, all ending with me losing some weight, but eventually bouncing back.

The past few years I have considered gastric bypass surgery or lap band (a less serious form) but I am not sure. Everyone knows me as the "big guy" including myself and I just feel like I will be nobody without my "big" persona I carry.

On the other page there is the risks of heart problems, diabetes, and my asthma complications. I am on the fence with whether to decide the surgery or just be me and take the risks of the complications in the future.

Being the big man I am has its advantages as far as strength and other things, while losing weight would mean less health problems and being able to become more attractive.

What should I do in your opinions?

Weight loss surgery-like gastric bypass have become very common and very safe now. There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges Obesity surgery for foreigners in India. They are called the Fly2india4health Consultants. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories. I have also read that they arrange financing for international patients, as all surgery is not covered by insurance or by the stinking NHS.

They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. The cost savings are incredible. As a doctor I personally believe that your surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of Healthcare available here is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

My cousin got her Obesity surgery done there and she is more than very happy with the results. She is all praise for Fly2india4health Consultants. She paid just 20% of the cost what she was quoted in USA and it was like a wonderful vacation for her. Hope this helps

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India offers cutting edge obesity surgery to excess weight gain. Indian Health care industry is undergoing phenomenal expansion. The combination of high quality services and low cost facilities is attracting thousands of international patients every year. This is hardly surprising considering the cost of obesity surgeries in India is 10 -15 times lower than anywhere else in the world. When compared to other popular countries, India has the advantage of hospital facilities, experienced doctors and cost. Compared to Thailand, India on average is 50% cheaper.

What is Weight-Loss Surgery?

Weight-loss surgery alters the body’s digestive process by limiting the amount of food the stomach can hold and/or by limiting the absorption of nutrients. The most common procedures are restrictive, malabsorptive or a combination of both procedures. Restrictive procedures reduce the amount of food the stomach can hold, but don’t interfere with the body’s normal digestion of food and nutrients. Malabsorptive procedures bypass most of the small intestine so that fewer calories and nutrients are absorbed. Combined procedures restrict food intake as well as the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs.

Who Is a Candidate for Weight Loss Surgery?

Doctor is patient’s best resource for finding out more about whether weight-loss surgery is right for patient. Usually, the history of a patient’s health and objective measures of weight are used to determine whether surgery is an option.

In general, candidates for weight-loss surgery meet all of the following criteria:

·A body mass index (BMI) of more than 40, or roughly 100 pounds (lb) or more, is considered seriously overweight for men; a BMI of more than 35, or 80 lb or more is considered seriously overweight for women, plus a history of associated medical disorders, such as diabetes, cardiopulmonary disease and obesity-induced musculoskeletal problems

·Aged at least 18 years, though some younger people may also be candidates

·A history of unsuccessful attempts at no surgical weight-loss treatments

A person who undergoes weight-loss surgery needs to make a lifelong commitment to a new lifestyle, including a new nutrition and exercise regimen, otherwise weight-loss surgery will probably not be effective.

What is involved in Preparing for the Weight Loss Surgery?

First, a rigorous medical and psychological screening process, performed by a team of doctors, will determine if patient are a candidate. This process helps to identify the aspects of patient’s health that will improve following surgery, as well as the aspects that may increase the risks associated with surgery. Patient will also want to come to a complete understanding of the significant, lifelong, lifestyle changes patient must commit to, including diet, exercise, limiting alcoholic intake and smoking cessation, if necessary.

The procedures of Weight Loss Surgery:

There are two main types of weight loss surgery also known as obesity surgery. These are gastric banding and gastric bypass.

Gastric Band Surgery:

Gastric banding, sometimes known as ‘lap banding’ is a highly effective weight loss surgery procedure to help overweight people achieve substantial and long-term weight loss. The operation limits how much food patient can eat. An inflatable band is placed around the stomach to divide it into two parts. This creates a smaller pouch at the top, which takes less food to make patient feel full. The food then passes slowly through the opening left by the band into the lower part of patients stomach and continues on as normal. The gastric band can be inflated with saline solution to reduce the size of the opening into the lower part of the stomach. This will restrict the amount of food patient can eat further, and make patient feel fuller for longer. The band is inserted laparoscopically, through four or five small incisions. This is sometimes referred to as keyhole surgery. Adjustments to the gastric band are made by injecting fluid through a very small tube, which has a special button-like reservoir just under patients skin. It can be inflated and deflated in this way, until the right level of restriction is established. It usually takes two adjustments to find the right level of restriction, but additional adjustments may be required. These will be carried out at hospital, and the first one is usually six weeks after surgery.

Gastric Bypass Surgery:

A gastric bypass is also a highly effective weight loss surgery procedure. It helps very overweight patients to achieve substantial and permanent weight loss. It does this by restricting the amount patient can eat, and by reducing the amount of calories absorbed from the food that patient do eat. The operation creates a small stomach pouch in the same way as the gastric band. But instead of the food passing into the stomach through the band, it bypasses the stomach and much of the intestine through a small intestine that has been rerouted and grafted onto the small stomach pouch. The procedure can be carried out laparoscopically, by keyhole surgery, through five or six small incisions. It can also be carried out as an open operation with one vertical incision in the abdomen.

Recovery Time after Weight Loss Surgery:

Recovery time and surgical complications vary with the type of weight-loss surgery. Adjustable gastric banding is associated with the shortest recovery time, with hospitalization after surgery usually lasting less than 24 hours. With the combination procedures, patient should expect to be in the hospital for three to five days, or two to three days with the laparoscopic procedure. With all of these procedures, patient will need a new nutrition plan after surgery. Patient will not be allowed to eat anything for two to three days following surgery. Then patient will follow a specific dietary progression for about 12 weeks. This dietary progression begins with only liquids and ends with regular, solid food.

Travel to India For Weight Loss Surgery:

In today’s times in India, medical technology has found answers to almost all physiological and obesity problems and Weight loss surgery is one of them. The Indian healthcare sector has been growing at a very fast pace in the past few years. The windfall began ever since the developed world discovered that it could get quality service for less than half the price. Price advantage is a major selling point. The slogan, thus is, “First World treatment’ at Third World prices”. The cost differential across the board is huge: only a tenth and sometimes even a sixteenth of the cost in the West. Weight loss related surgeries in western countries cost three to four times as much as in India. However, it is not only the cost advantage that keeps the sector ticking. It has a high success rate and a growing credibility. India has a lot of hospitals offering world-class treatments in nearly every medical sector from cardiology to cosmetic. In addition to the increasingly top class medical care, a big draw for foreign patients is also the very minimal or hardly any waitlist as is common in European or American hospitals.

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Lap band surgery, approved by the FDA in 2001, is the safest, least invasive type of bariatric bypass surgery for weight-loss patients. Unlike the gastric bypass, the lap band surgery does not involve any stomach stapling or cutting. It can help you achieve steady, healthy and safer weight loss with quick recovery.

Any surgery has a degree of risk and should not be taken lightly. However, Lap band surgery is the safest of all weight loss surgery with lowest complications. When you weigh the risk involved with surgery against the risks associated with obesity, you will find the surgery to be far less risky.

Lap band surgeons have certain criteria to determine whether one can be considered for the surgery or not. For example-emotional unstable people can’t be considered for lap band surgery. In order to be considered one must completely understand the risks and benefits of lap band procedure and have a willingness to follow the dietary restrictions required for long-term success.

Following surgery, patients may experience mild discomfort, which is generally relieved by painkiller medicines. The patient can be back to work in about 3 weeks. Most patients feel fatigue and weakness for 1-2 week, but it disappears gradually. The patient will also notice huge changes in their eating habits. They will feel full or satisfied after eating a small amount of food. It is also recommended that once the patient feels full, it is better to stop eating, as overeating can cause nausea.

The Lap band system limits food intake. If you feel sick in regular basis, it may mean you are not chewing your food properly. It could also mean that you are not following the diet rules well. Eating after lap band surgery means taking small bites and eating very slowly.  Another reason may be lies in the placement of the band. For this , you have to contact your doctor. Vomiting should be avoided as much as possible. It can cause the small stomach pouch to stretch and it can lead to slippage of part of stomach through the band.

There will be a certain amount of restrictions on the patient’s diet and physical activity. Dried foods, nuts and seeds should be avoided after surgery. Walking is a great exercise to start with after surgery, and slowly after few weeks, a patient can do other kinds of exercises- aerobics, running cycling etc. as well.

It is vital to have Lap band surgery performed by a very highly experienced team. The more experience, the better the outcomes. Surgeons also should be well-trained because if the surgeon is not well-trained, he can commit mistake while conducting Lap band surgery, which might be fatal for the patient.

Alma Orozco
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Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery in medical terminology, refers to a group of gastrointestinal surgical procedures carried out on patients suffering from chronic morbid obesity (i.e., at least 100 lbs overweight, or a body mass index, BMI, of 40 or greater, for more than 5 years). It is used to facilitate weight loss and avoid the risk to life-threatening diseases associated with morbid obesity, such as type II diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, degenerative arthritis, etc.

Weight loss surgery is normally resorted to as a last measure when an all other conventional weight loss methods, such as diet control, exercise and weight loss medications, have failed in treating the person for morbid obesity. It may be pointed out that weight loss surgery is distinct from liposuction in that the latter is more of a cosmetic procedure rather than a medical procedure.

What does weight loss surgery involve?
According to The American Society for Bariatric Surgery, there are basically two approaches to weight loss surgery:

1. Restrictive procedures, which help reduce the capacity for food intake in a single meal but do not interfere with the normal absorption (digestion) of food.

2. Malabsorptive procedures, which help reduce absorption of calories from food by altering the process of digestion.

Restrictive procedures are mainly of two types:
1. Lap band surgery, which involves placing laproscopically a silicone gastric band around the top of the stomach in order to create a very small stomach pouch. As a result, the person starts feeling full with just a small portion of food. Food will then slowly empty from the smaller pouch into the lower part of the stomach and into the rest of the digestive tract.

2. Gastric bypass surgery, which involves stapling of the smaller, upper part of the stomach to separate it from the rest of the stomach and rerouting the small intestine to connect it to the smaller stomach pouch.

Lap band surgery is a relatively simple and less risky procedure compared to gastric bypass surgery. It requires just 1 to 3 days of hospital stay as opposed to 5 to 8 days in the latter case. Moreover, there is no malabsorption of vitamins and minerals after lap band surgery, which is not always the case with gastric bypass surgery. However, the expected weight loss over a period of 18 months is lesser (50 to 60% of the excess weight) compared to gastric bypass surgery (70 to75%). Both the procedures are reversible, but lap band surgery is much more easily reversible.

There is a third type of restrictive procedure too, called sleeve gastrectomy, that is less commonly used. In this the surgeon removes approximately 60% of the stomach laparoscopically so that the stomach takes the shape of a tube or “sleeve”.

Malabsorptive procedures are rarely used these days due to the problems of malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies caused by them.

Any risks?
In addition to general risks associated with any kind of major surgery, weight loss surgery can pose its own complications. Discomforting symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, hernia, gallstones and nutritional deficiencies can crop up after weight loss surgery.

Is it for you?
Though the ultimate answer to the question whether you qualify as a candidate for weight loss surgery or not rests entirely with your bariatric surgeon, here are some pointers that can help you in your decision-making process. If you have been more than 100 lbs overweight for more than 5 years, if your body has failed to respond to the conventional weight loss methods, and if you are not suffering from any major disorder that makes surgery difficult, you can seriously consider weight loss surgery as a feasible option. Consult your doctor for detailed information in order to weigh the risks against benefits of weight loss surgery.

Finally, remember that even if you keep realistic goals in mind, the real success of weight loss surgery is strongly dependent on your making long-term changes in your diet and lifestyle.

Kelvin Ho
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