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Weight Loss Surgery Resolves Diabetes - but for how long?

2 days ago on melting mama
More news on glucose and bariatric surgery from the recent ASMBS meeting.From the ASMBS-As many as 90% of patients had improved glucose control following bariatric surgery, investigators told attendees at the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Although many patients maintained…

This is how to get me motivated, slightly.

3 days ago on melting mama
Apparently this is late 2002, noting the leech, I think we're on Martha's Vineyard, and yes Bob is horrified by his shirt.

Weight Loss Surgery and it's effect on men's sex lives.

4 weeks ago on melting mama
If this isn't motivating....Source:  Nicholson Clinic BlogMen who lose weight following gastric bypass surgery may have more satisfying sex lives than overweight or obese peers who do not have the surgery, according to the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &…

Duodenal Switch Surgery Better Against Type 2 Diabetes Than Gastric Bypass

3 weeks ago on melting mama
University of Chicago researchers say that a duodenal switch is more effective at controlling obesity-related conditions like diabetes.Source:  Diabetes Health  6/2009...In gastric bypass surgery, surgeons create a small pouch that is separated from the rest of the stomach. Food bypasses the…

People with private health insurance lose more weight after having WLS than those covered by the Medicare

1 month ago on melting mama
Those of us with private health insurance tend to lose more weight after having weight loss surgery than those with Medicare in the US.  Medicare is a Health Insurance Program for people age 65 or older, some disabled people under age 65.Why?  My theory is that the follow-up might…

ACOG Issues Guidelines on Managing Obesity in Pregnancy, Pregnancy AFTER Bariatric Surgery Guidelines

2 weeks ago on melting mama
Finally, a little more guidance about pregnancy after weight loss surgery.Source:  Medscape from ACOGThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a practice bulletin to summarize the risks for obesity in pregnancy and outcomes of pregnancy after bariatric surgery…

How many calories should a gastric bypass post-op being eating daily?

2 weeks ago on melting mama
This is a question I see in the searches all. the. time.  I would assume that everyone that has weight loss surgery goes through a thorough program that educates you in the post-operative eating plan.  Some programs give you binder -- a book -- a website to fall back on.  It surprises me how…

Meet the President of the ASMBS - Dr. Scott Shikora

1 week ago on melting mama
Thanks for this clip, Bariatric TV! PS. Dr. Shikora met with me pre-op. We had gastric bypass surgery at his bariatric practice at NEMC.

Asking YOU for input, right NOW.

1 week ago on melting mama
Do you have a pressing question you might like to see answered during the WLS Channel's coverage of the ASMBS? ASK AWAY. They are filming right now at the ASMBS in Texas.

Fix My Stoma! I Want A Stoma fix! Stomaphyx!

2 weeks ago on melting mama
Welcome Stoma-Searchers.  Apparently we ALL watched The Doctors this afternoon - where they reran the episode about the post weight loss surgery revision procedure called the Stomaphyx.  Everybody wants to tighten and refresh their gastric bypasses, eh?  Here's my original post on that…

Complications and Costs for Obesity Surgery Declining

1 month ago on melting mama
I especially love that dumping is described as vomiting and involuntary defection, but overall it's good news. I wonder if the complications and costs have dropped further since this was studied in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!…

Post Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery Diet Plans

1 month ago on melting mama
Doctors and nutritionists may vary in terms of what kind of diet plan to follow AFTER your weight loss surgery procedure, but most have the same basic idea.  Follow your particular instructions of course, but here are some plans from other Bariatric Surgeons and nutritionists when you find…

Bariatric Surgery Reduces Diabetes Incidence in Patients With Severe Obesity

1 month ago on melting mama
In other words, diabetes comes back, right? Source: http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF6852575B3006C6015 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- May 11, 2009 -- Ten years after undergoing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!…

New Incisionless WLS - TOGA

1 month ago on melting mama
Bumping this post from last summer, because of the news coverage lately - Dr. Scott Shikora, the ASMBS president, called the oral procedure exciting and innovative, but said, "It is too early for us to say this is going to be a breakthrough." *A new non-malabsorptive WLS procedure is in the…

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3 weeks ago on melting mama
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