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weight-loss surgery
At work we've just started working with patients who are interested in lap banding. I posed a question on my blog today, "If you were a dietitian, would you recommend weight-loss surgery to patients?" People were really all over the board and I found it SUPER interesting. So, what do YOU think of weight-loss surgery?
Re: weight-loss surgery
I'll probably get flamed for this, but I have always wished that I could be a candidate for WLS. Unfortunately, although my weight *may* qualify me on the low end of the scale, I have no co-morbidities and am healthy otherwise. I eat healthily, I exercise, I just have a really hard time losing weight and end up losing and gaining the same 40 lbs over and over again. I think that there are people who it would be a great long term solution for (like myself) who are willing to continue an active lifestyle and consume a healthy diet. I hate seeing people who had the surgery and sit on their @sses all day eating junk food.
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Honestly? I think it is a cop out. While it take discipline to eat right and exercise, that is the right way to do it. Why would I want to spend thousands of dollars to have something inserted into my stomach or cut off a portion of my stomach b/c I can't control what I eat.
I have seen people get it and then gain it all back.What a waste.
I can make every excuse in the world to NOT eat healthy and NOT to exercise, but I don't.
Plus, I would rather have a RD suggest the right way to eat rather than suggest lap band surgery.
I think it is a good option for some people, but it can be very dangerous. My mom was nurse in a bariatric clinic for several years and it was really eye-opening to hear about how many patients had major complications and several who died.
My SIL had WLS two summers ago. She lost a ton of weight and her weight loss has helped her be able to be more active. So far she has been maintaining a reasonable diet and she has kept the weight off. After my mom's stories though, I was very nervous for her when she went in for surgery and in the following few weeks.
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It's a good option for the right candidate, someone who's tried everything, understands the complications and knows what they need to do for the rest of their life. My worry is that there are candidates that go in, say all the right things to get the surgery, then go back to what they were doing before. I've watched a lot of the TLC shows on morbid obesity (I have a fascination with it, not sure why) and so many of them either don't want to change or honestly don't know how. Surgery on your stomach won't change your brain.
My thoughts exactly. And I'll probably get flamed for it too.
As someone who has lost a significant amount of weight without surgery, I know it can be done, and I think everyone should give it an honest, strong effort before resorting to surgery.
On the other hand I think it is a fine option for those that have tried and failed at losing weight by other means, and whose health is seriously at risk.
It's also important for people to understand why they want the surgery and what they think it will accomplish. Again speaking as someone who has lost a large amount of weight, I can tell you that it doesn't change your attitude or perception of yourself overnight. Finally after years of learnign to accept my new self and going to therapy, I'm coming around. But for those who think weight loss surgery alone will make them feel better about themselves and lead a more fulfilling life, I'd caution them to really think about it some more.
If you need surgery for weight loss, you have an underlying mental condition that is making your attraction to food too great. That problem must be solved first, IMO.
I know more than one person who have had lapband/bypass and they remain overweight. They need counseling, not an MD.
And both of them had to lose 30 lb before being a candidate for surgery...if they could do that, why not go all the way?
I also think it depends on a case-by-case basis and should only be recommended once all other options have been exhausted.
Also, I think there needs to be more health, prevention and fitness education in this country (going to start a new post about this)
Having known people who've had weight loss surgery, I have come to realize it is VERY difficult process. In NO WAY a quick way out and one of the hardest things some of these people have ever done. People who hear the term "weight loss surgery" will, of course, think it's the "easy way out" or a "cop out" but...really, they are clueless to what is actually involved. I also love how people assume how such people must be unhealthy and have horrible diets and eating habits and do nothing but warm the couch all day. Some of the people I've known to have surgery were healthy people but had such difficulties in dropping weight. The surgery provided them with a tool to assist them to get healthier. Nothing wrong with that IMO and, really, with everything they had to do to come to the realization that they needed this tool to achieve their goals, well...they deserve a lot of credit in my book.
It was when my weight crossed 80 pound above the normal line. Initially I was not serious and would take obesity really as a joke. However, when I came to know I have diabetes along with overweight, this was no laughing matter. My general physician told me to control my weight and other eating habits otherwise it would lead to serious medical condition.
At this stage, I was serious to shred extra weight, but no diet or exercise program helped me. My weight was on an increasing graph. Concerned for obesity and diabetes I began to search other options for losing weight and normalizing my diabetes.
Weight loss surgeries offered in home town were good enough to meet my conditions and solve problems but it was highly expensive. Local area surgeon suggested me for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery.
Then my doctor suggested me medical tourism to countries like India or Mexico where I can get the same surgical process at low cost. So I began my search to get best treatment option which can provide me weight loss surgery according to my conditions. While surfing net I reached Laparoscopy Consultants. The site gave complete information regarding surgery process, hospitals, and the services the team are providing. I found an inquiry form and without delay sent all my details to Laparoscopy Consultants. Very next day I got a call from executive, he explained me the process and asked for medical reports. Medical opinions were provided to me with quotations for surgical process to reduce weight and also treat diabetes together.
for more details you can read here:
http://www.indialaparoscopysurgerysite.com/sleeve-Gastrectomy-in-India.php