Weight loss surgery is not the “easy option” to shed the pounds
The new Belfast Live website has published a recent interview with one of Phoenix Irish Health’s patients. Margaret, who had her operation in Belfast under Mr Gareth Kirk a year ago, has already lost 8 stone and is still losing…
If you have watched some extreme makeover programmes on TV, you may well have seen a few patients who have had surgery to ‘repair’ their skin after significant weight loss. This may lead you to wonder if you will experience…
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…
Bariatric surgery could well be the best decision you ever make when it comes to your on-going health. It will undoubtedly also be one of the hardest because it involves major changes with your lifestyle, if it is to be…
It will have been stressed to you, at various pre-op consultations, the need to follow a special pre-operative diet for about 2 weeks (but sometimes longer) prior to weight-loss surgery. After years of following and failing at diets for bariatric…
We are very proud to announce the launch of a ground-breaking new weight loss surgery app which may represent the future of medical information distribution. The world’s first interactive, online personal weight loss surgery consultation application has been designed to…
Do you jump on the scales every morning … or even more often … and let the dial dictate your day? Go on … admit it … for thousands of others do!
Do you let those numbers determine how you are going to feel for the rest of the day … defeated and down or happy and victorious?
It can be a tough call to stay motivated when it comes to sustained weight-loss, maintenance and your fitness goals. Many coaches recommend that one of the best ways is to have a solid network of friends, family and supporters to help you accomplish your goals. But what if your family live miles away, friends aren’t available 24/7 or your loved ones aren’t as enthusiastic or supportive as you’d like them to be?
Temporary hair loss and thinning is common after many weight-loss surgery procedures. Often this is mild but sometimes it can be more severe. The medical name for this kind of hair thinning is telogen effluvium and it can occur after…
Bariatric surgery can change your life. Quite literally. Losing weight will open doors that you never before imagined going through; it will raise your self-esteem, give you new energy, and restore your health. It can also fail. And it’s very…
Last week we talked about how in the long run you may be spending as much money on diets and exercise schemes (that don’t always work) as you would on bariatric surgery (which does work). When you look at it…
We live in a culture that celebrates youth and slimness, and people who aren’t young—and aren’t slim—can often feel unnoticed. But most of us manage to work through that. We are who we are; we don’t have to conform to…
Any kind of surgery comes with possible complications, and no surgeon is perfect. With the increase in the number of weight-loss surgeries performed every year, there are growing numbers of individuals who have experienced an unsatisfactory result from their bariatric…
Primary Obesity Surgery, Endoluminal (POSE) is a relatively new weight-loss procedure that is minimally invasive ”and could change your life. Like other bariatric procedures, POSE reduces your stomach size and the hunger cravings that go along with a larger stomach,…
One of the more recent options in terms of bariatric surgery is a procedure called the sleeve gastrectomy. It’s a relatively new procedure that can be the perfect fit for certain patients. The sleeve gastrectomy is purely restrictive: it removes…
If you’re considering bariatric surgery, you need to prepare yourself. Start by asking yourself these questions and know the answers!
What does bariatrics actually mean? It’s a word that was created in 1965 and has a number of sources: bar (weight; you’ve seen it before in barometer) iatr (treatment; you’ve seen it before in pediatrics) ic (pertaining to) Bariatrics is…
Here’s what all the weight-loss gurus tell you: the secret to losing weight is simple – eat less, move more. Ah, but if you’ve been seriously overweight for a long period of time, you know that those are words easier…
We’ve talked a lot here about how to determine whether you’re a good candidate for bariatric surgery, and if you’re just beginning to think about it, then you should go back and read some of those articles. But if you’ve…
You may have wondered about whether or not you can afford bariatric surgery. After all, one of the drawbacks that you’ll be told about is the cost; it’s one of the reasons albeit a non-health-related one that bariatric surgery is…
If you are seriously overweight, then weight loss surgery might be for you. What do we mean by seriously overweight? There are a couple of ways of calculating it, but the easiest metric is this: if you are a woman…
If you are considering weight-loss surgery, you need to know the risks of the surgery but also the risks of not having weight-loss surgery, the risks associated with remaining obese.
Severe obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of over 40. It’s not just a matter of aesthetics: this condition is associated with the development of life-threatening complications that include hypertension, diabetes and coronary artery disease.
It’s just as important for you to ascertain whether bariatric surgery isn’t for you as it is to determine if it is. There are many ways that you can reach your weight-loss goals, and its essential for you to learn…
You may have been reading a great deal about gastric band surgery, and may even have begun to think that it may be exactly what you need to get your weight under control and your life back on track. Youve…
It’s easy to think of being overweight as a fact of life. Perhaps you’ve tried a lot of diets over the years. Perhaps you’ve lost weight, only to regain it and then lose it again. Perhaps you’ve finally come to…
Many people who consider bariatric surgery feel that gastric bypass surgery is too invasive a procedure, as it involves cutting or stapling the stomach itself.A less-invasive procedure is available, however, and gastric band surgery may be the answer for you!
You’ve probably been hearing and reading a lot lately about weight loss surgery. Some people claim that it works like magic, others insist that it still takes work to reach your weight loss goals. Still, the more you read, the…
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