Gastric Bypass Surgery

Welcome to our web page, I started this site after a very good friend of mine started to look for information on this rather private but emotive topic. A lot of the information was junk and frankly misleading, so i started pulling some information together and this site is the result. I will be starting a blog soon but in the meantime please E-mail me at the address at the bottom of this page on the menu bar if you have any comments on the site.

We live in a society that worships youth and thinness. In centuries past, the larger woman was the object of envy and the thin woman looked sickly. Now the opposite is true. Although most women and men too are overweight, the stigma of obesity simply won't go away. We have made some strides as we now have Plus Size models who present themselves as very beautiful women who are larger than the stick thin models we normally see. This obsession with thin bodies has made scores of women feel worthless and ugly. The diet business is raking in the money even though we know that diets generally don't work in the long run. What is the person to do who is obese, not healthy, and miserable to do? Many people, men and women alike, have decided to stop the diet rollercoaster and take drastic action, gastric bypass surgery. This procedure seems to be the only way out of obesity and shame.

My experiences of looking for information with a very close friend on this topic, led to me producing this page and web site.

Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure performed on very obese persons for the purpose of weight loss. With gastric bypass surgery, a patient can lose 50 to 90 percent of their unhealthy extra weight in about one year. There are three different types of gastric bypass surgery: Laparoscopic, Roux-en-Y and silicone band. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let's take a look at what each procedure involves:

Laparoscopic Procedure: This type of gastric bypass surgery involves inserting a small camera into the abdomen so that the surgeon can easily view the inside of the abdomen during the procedure. Like all types of gastric bypass, the stomach will be sewed into a pouch that makes it smaller. Doing this restricts the amount of food that can be comfortably consumed, which leads to reduced calorie intake and eventual weight loss.

Roux-en-Y: This type of gastric bypass surgery involves the top of your stomach being stapled. This stapling creates a pouch which is connected to the intestine. The results from this procedure are the same as they would be for the laparoscopic procedure described above.

Silicone Band Procedure: The silicone band procedure is similar to the other two procedures because the stomach is made smaller via the creation of a pouch. Except instead of staples, this procedure involves using a silicone band.

The type of gastric bypass surgery a person ends up having usually depends on the preferences of their surgeons. After thoroughly examining and evaluating you, your surgeon will decide which form of gastric bypass surgery is best for you. Be prepared for lots of consultations and tests prior to your surgery.

Gastric bypass is a costly procedure, but sometimes is covered by insurance. If you're not sure whether or not your insurance plan covers gastric bypass, talk to your insurance plan administrator. They can tell you whether or not the surgery is covered on your policy. Often, you'll pay part of the costs and your insurance company will pay the rest.

Gastric bypass surgery can be an effective way for the very overweight to shed unhealthy extra pounds. However, like all surgical procedures, there are risks involved. Make sure you've discussed gastric bypass surgery at length with your doctor and understand all the pros and cons of this procedure before committing.

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Pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery (News-Medical-Net)
Severely obese patients who underwent two different gastric bypass techniques had lost up to 31 per cent of their Body Mass Index (BMI) after four years, with no deaths reported among the 50 study subjects, according to the November issue of the British Journal of Surgery...

Al Roker Sucks At Wii Sports
Didn't Al have gastric bypass surgery not too long ago? What happened? He's dwarfing that giant HDTV and, to add insult to chubbiness, getting his ass kicked by a girl EUR¦..

Tummy Tuck Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
For many people suffering from the effects of being overweight, gastric bypass surgery provides the solution they have been looking for. By interrupting the digestive process or restricting food intake EUR¦..

Study Highlights Pros and Cons of Gastric Bypass Surgery for . - Today's SurgiCenter

Study Highlights Pros and Cons of Gastric Bypass Surgery for .
Today's SurgiCenter, AZ - 8 hours ago
Severely obese patients who underwent two different gastric bypass techniques had lost up to 31 percent of their Body Mass Index (BMI) after four years, .

Nicole shows off a fuller figure
Nicole Richie has denied claims she had gastric bypass surgery to lose weight and has now had the operation reversed EUR¦..

Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery - News-Medical.net

Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery
News-Medical.net, Australia - 1 hour ago
More than 50000 women a year ages 18 to 45 undergo bariatric surgery procedures that include gastric bypass surgery, vertical-banded gastroplasty, .

Opera singer Rhoslyn Jones finds her true voice - Georgia Straight

Opera singer Rhoslyn Jones finds her true voice
Georgia Straight, Canada - 11 hours ago
(In 2004, the American soprano Deborah Voigt famously underwent gastric bypass surgery after she was cut from a production of Ariadne at Covent Garden when .

Gastric band treatment at Goa in India helped an uninsured . - PRLog.Org (press release)

Gastric band treatment at Goa in India helped an uninsured .
PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - 13 hours ago
Unlike gastric bypass, it does not disturb the vital process of the digestive process or reduce calorie absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, .

Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery (News-Medical-Net)
Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure - complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby - than pregnant women who are obese, according to new findings from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that are published in the ...

Nicole Richie Denies Gastric Bypass
Nicole Richie Denies Gastric Bypass EUR¦..

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Giving Tree benefit
Baxter Bulletin, AR - 13 hours ago
The Twin Lakes Gastric Bypass Support Group meeting is 6 pm Monday at Baxter Regional Medical Center Ortman Room, near the cafeteria. .