Question 1

what insurance companies will cover weight loss surgery?

Accepted Answer

Check Local Plans: This all depends upon your own coverage and also your local weight loss bariatric centers.  You need to check with your local bariatric center- make sure they do take your insurance- and then make sure your specific plan covers the procedure.  You don't want to have the procedure and then end up paying out of pocket.  You will be happy if you do the homework with a few calls.

Question 2

how safe is weight loss surgery?

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Depends: Everything a physician does is potentially risky and decisions are determined by risk vs benefit. Your doctor must answer if your weight/related medical issues are riskier than  surgery? Furthermore are you behaviorally prepared to to make such a dramatic lifestyle change? You can completely negate the potential benefit if you do not work on behavior modification.

Question 3

is weight loss surgery effective?

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Yes if you work it: I have seen people do very well after weight loss surgery. It takes few months after surgery for results to show it is not dramatic the weight loss. But keep tonifying the body and with weight loss make sure you manage nutritional needs simultaneously.

Question 4

how useful is weight-loss surgery?

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Weight loss surgery : Weight loss surgery can be tremendously successful. Not only does it result in successful long term weight loss, over 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes will be cured after a gastric bypass. Surgery is the only proven method of long term weight loss. By that i mean published medical trials have proven that diets fail and surgery works.

Question 5

should i have weight loss  surgery?

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Weight loss surgery: Only a weight loss surgeon will be able to answer that and the best ones recommend a diet for a few weeks or months before deciding whether you need surgery or not.

The surgeons are excellent and, to my knowledge, really look after patients like you. Trust them!

Question 6

what is a weight loss surgery like?

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Weight loss surgery: Well, the best thing to do is to ask patients who have undergone weight loss surgery. That gives you some realistic expectations. You can also attend a weight loss surgery seminar put on by a bariatric surgeon in your area. Just make sure you find a center that has a good reputation and has done thousands of weight loss operations. I can't really answer your question in this short space.

Question 7

is having weight loss surgery giving up?

Accepted Answer

NO!: Actually, just the oppposite.It is showing you are doing all that you can do to be the best you can be.You should be proud of your self improvement initiative.Keep up the good work.  The best helping hand you have is often the one found at the end of your forearm.Helping others begins with helping yourself have. God loves you.If you are called to love others as yourself, necessitates loving u 1st.

Question 8

could weight loss surgery actually work?

Accepted Answer

Weight loss surgery: Weight loss surgery has been shown time and time again to be the most successful and durable method to achieve weight loss when patients are more than 100 lbs their ideal body weight.  The problem with the success rate is first, finding a surgeon/hospital/program you trust.  The second is the education preop and post-op which prepares you and continues to guide you on this journey.

Question 9

what is involved for weight loss surgery?

Accepted Answer

Patient motivation: Bariatric surgery patients must be motivated to lose weight. They are typically seen by social workers, nutritionists, and psychologists in addition to the surgeon to ensure that a good support system is in place. There are many types; several involve forming new intestinal connections to bypass the stomach +/- part of the small intestine to limit intake and induce some degree of malabsorption.

Question 10

what to tell me about weight loss surgery?

Accepted Answer

Not recommended: Surgery for weight loss does not and will not give you the all satisfaction and healthy outcome from quick fix.

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