Analysis Of A Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

Within the next week I was rushed to the hospital because of excruciating chest pains, after a variety of tests they reach a final verdict; by not eating I weakened all of my muscles in my body and all of my organs were starting to attack one another. Once I was finally released my mother took me to see many different doctors. I found a nutritionist and began my journey back to living a healthy life, where I both exercised and ate well. My image has always been one of my main issues with myself and has held me back from trying new things and being who I want to be. That experience has taught me to love who I am, no matter what anyone says. And if I wasn't faced with that problem I would not be as strong as I

Of Mezirow’s seven phases, I feel that Self-examination is the one that most pertains to the life experience I shared. Making the decision to have the surgery was only just the first step. I then needed to take a look back and determine what was causing me to struggle with my weight. Through self-examination I found that food was my drug of choice. Just like an alcoholic or a drug addict, I had a dependency. Having surgery fixed the issue with how much I could eat, but it did not remove my taste buds or the reasons in my life that caused me to want to eat. This is when I needed to take control, go to therapy and learn how to deal with life's issues and not use food to cope. Having the surgery afforded me the opportunity to learn how to deal with my problems and not try to eat them

“I think I may go out on the town today and see what kind of fun things I can do.” Mommy look at that fat girl, fat people shouldn’t be allowed out, quack quack waddle fat girl, hey shamu go back to the water. These are some of the things that I have endured and heard on a day-to-day when going out in public as an obese individual. Like myself, a lot of other obese individuals have embarked on many failed weight loss attempts only to gain instead of lose weight. Bariatric Surgery is a great lifelong tool to help aid in weight loss and manage the success;, however, many individuals shy away from the surgery because many health professionals only state the risks over the benefits. Bariatric surgery has become very popular in the United States, but there are many factors to consider such as the risks and benefits, success rates, and procedure options offered. Bariatric surgery has afforded many obese individuals a new lease on life. Medical doctors and insurance companies seem to be down playing the benefits as a way to keep patients with many obesity related ailments to keep them in business. The benefits that bariatric surgery has greatly outweigh the risks and allows for new beginnings.

When it comes to surgery, there is an intensive pre-operative and post-operative procedure to ensure that the patient is well-prepared and healing mentally and physically, respectively. Now depending on the type of surgery performed, there are a specific set of health risks. Two types of weight loss surgery are currently being utilized, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a form of stomach stapling to curb food intake, and adjustable gastric banding, a placing of an adjustable band around the stomach to restrict food intake. With Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass, the health risks include Infection at incision points, narrowed links between the stomach and the intestines, loosened staples, vomiting, diarrhea, and hernia. Gastric Banding has health risks, including bleeding, infection, erosion of the band into the inside of the stomach, blockage of the stoma, and band slippage, occurring when moderate food intake does not take place, thus inducing vomiting. Other concerns for both these types of surgery is the after effect and the true effectiveness of the procedure, and the careful and strict adherence to diet, exercise, mental support groups, body contouring, etc. A 2006 group of obese teens who have undergone surgery will be interviewed again in 2011 to determine the actual effectiveness of their

Gastric Sleeve Surgery, also known as the sleeve gastrectomy, has become a popular choice for patients seeking excelling weight loss in a straightforward procedure that doesn't require maintenance and long-term complication rates of a Lap Band. On January 1st, 2010 United Healthcare added gastric sleeve surgery to their list of covered surgeries for weight loss. Over the following two years, almost every other major insurance company followed suit. From 2010 to 2015 gastric sleeves became the fastest growing bariatric surgery procedure. (www.obesitycoverage.com.)

Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery is recommended by many physicians to people who are unable to benefit from traditional weight loss methods. However, choosing to undergo weight loss surgery isn’t an easy decision. It is an important decision that will drastically and permanently impact a person’s life. Therefore, before making such a significant decision, an individual should be aware of both the risks and benefits associated with weight loss surgery (McGowan & Chopra ix).

Gastric bypass is a surgical procedure that involves removing a large chunk of your stomach and attaching the remainder to your small intestine, making you feel full with less food. I’ve chosen this weight loss surgery as the method for you because of its speedy surgery and easiness. In the article “Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Operations in life lead to big changes further on into the future, sometimes they give us what we want and sometimes we regret it. Charlie Gordon was better off after the operation due to several reasons like: Charlie experienced love, Charlie recalls his past, and Charlie is aware of the stuff that happens around him, and Charlie’s dream comes true about becoming smart. Charlie Gordon is a 33-year-old mentally challenged guy that changes from a person that has no friendships, job, and a loving relationship. Charlie changes to a person with quite a few of friends and a loving relationship all because of the operation he was put through.

It is clearly that someone who is obese is said to have a higher expense of health care, which untimely creates an economic burden to the economy. Obesity leads to many diseases. It becomes relatively expensive for health insurances and individuals to come up with the funding, especially when gastric bypass surgery is the only solution. In order to solve this problem, insurances need to cover obesity surgeries because it’s considered a disease. As insurance companies cover the individuals who are obese in the long run the cost benefit ratio will be beneficial to the nation, company, and individual. Although, insurance companies are unable to see the cost benefit outweighing the cost in the short term it will eventually occur in the long run.

In my heart I truley believe the benefits of this surgery greatly outweigh the risks. Everything Ive done so far with my eating habits and diet have put me at a greater risk.I do understand the seriousness of this surgery and understand it can never be undone. A portion of my stomach is going to be cut away and removed limiting my food intake forever. Im going to implement the triangle of sucess into my everyday life Im going to replace T.V. time for exersise time and choosing and planing a healthy menu and portion control not only for me but my family as well.

Before I knew it, I was starting my junior year of high school. That is when I realized the surgery was negatively impacting my studies. I was now getting homework and my grades were slipping due to the fact that all my attention was going to my surgery and not my school work. With the help of my parents and friends, I was able to make a complete turnaround and build my grades up to the point where I was able to make the honor roll.

Since this wasn't the first nor the last, medical obstacle I would likely face in my lifetime, I chose to use this experience as a stepping stone toward shaping who I would become in my adolescent years. This setback taught me how to take adversity and grow with it. Instead of

Post gastric sleeve surgery, you tend to eat less food than normal, resulting in a lower level of consumption in vitamins, minerals and iron, which might lead to a deficiency of these nutrients. Additionally, a reduced intake in Calcium has caused metabolic bone disease among a few patients, thereby resulting in bone pain, loss of height, humped back and fractures of bones and

Sutton, D., Murphy, N., & Raines, D. (2009). Transformation: the "life-changing" experience of women who undergo a surgical weight loss intervention. Bariatric Nursing & Surgical Patient Care, 4(4), 299-306.

A rising health epidemic that America is currently facing today is obesity. This is becoming very wide spread among all races and class levels due in part to the abundance of inexpensive food available, most notably, fast food restraints . There are literally thousands of diet books available but due to the extreme will power many of these programs demand, more and more people are turning to weight loss surgery as a final solution. The most popular procedures being Gastric Bypass, and Lap Band surgery. Although these are now fairly common procedures with a high rate of success there are also many differences that one should consider when choosing which would be a better fit for themselves . Three of the biggest differences would be