Before & After RNY with Jackie S. Before & After RNY with Jackie S. - Why I Decided to Have WLS It’s July 2015 and I’m sitting in my orthopedic doctor's office fingers crossed hoping I can get a date for the first of my two knee replacements, after a
Learn How To Stop Sugar Cravings and the Cycle of Sugar The desire to stop sugar cravings is common with bariatric surgery patients and anyone health-minded. In my experience, initially, after surgery, most of my patients report that the taste of sugar is unappealing. Even the protein shakes that they
What to Know About Iron Deficiency Whole Blood To best understand what iron deficiency anemia is and how it affects us, it is important to start out by learning some basics about blood. There are 4 different parts that make up “whole blood”: Plasma (55%) – This gives blood its
Weight Loss Medications and WLS The growing epidemic of obesity in the United States has grown to over 40% of our adult population. For patients with moderate to severe obesity (body mass index greater than 35), bariatric or weight loss surgery remains the most effective means to lose weight. Despite the
Issues After WLS If you’ve had WLS I would like to congratulate you on taking a huge step in getting your life back! If you are considering WLS then I would encourage you to get all the facts and proceed with a well-thought-out plan, you will not regret taking this
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You’ve worked hard over a period of time eating healthier and exercising more, and you’ve lost some of your excess pounds (hurray!). Then, like a serpent waiting in the background, your resolve is challenged with one temptation after another including junk food. First, your grandmother’s cookies taunt you from the
In most weight-loss surgery stories, increased mobility is one of the star benefits. But perhaps the most important life-changing “side effect” of bariatric surgery is its ability to improve or even cure type 2 diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes. The
The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health From a young age, we associate certain foods with specific feelings. We’re all aware of the positive and negative emotions typically linked with certain foods. However, the connection between food, and physical and mental health goes much deeper than most of us realize.
Duodenal Switch Post-Op: One-Year Before we get into this Duodenal Switch Post-Op article, let's take this opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of physical distancing, wearing a face mask if personal spaces are limited or when required, and frequent hand washing. Isolation should be considered if there has been
