Does weight loss surgery hurt?
Bariatric surgery is major surgery and, to varying degrees, it is normal to experience a range of symptoms. These include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, sleeplessness, surgical pain, weakness, light-headedness, gas pain and emotional ups and downs in the early days and…
The short answer is: you don’t, not completely. Any kind of surgery is serious and needs to be taken seriously, and that generally means having support in making the decision to move forward with it. If you are morbidly or…
So you’ve made the decision to have bariatric surgery. Congratulations: that’s the first step toward a healthy future! But you may still be undecided about which surgery is the right one for you. It’s an important question, and ultimately you…
They’re called both gastric balloons and intragastric balloons, but no matter what the name is, it’s a weight-loss option well worth considering. If you’re not set on bariatric surgery, there are other ways you can choose to help you lose…
Many people assume that once they’ve decided to undertake serious weight-loss measures, such as the insertion of an intragastric balloon, thinking about diet and nutrition and exercise will all be a thing of the past. I’ll have the procedure, they…
So you’ve decided that you need to make a major change in your life. Perhaps your obesity is beyond your control (it was for most of us!) but you’re uncertain about the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery. There is…
A gastric balloon (sometimes called an intragastric balloon) is a reversible, non-surgical weight-loss procedure that can be helpful to severely obese patients wanting to jump-start weight loss, or for those who do not have quite the BMI required for weight-loss…
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