Weight Loss Surgery: One Big Step to a Changed Life
Most people are aware that being overweight puts you at a higher risk of developing serious diseases including diabetes, sleep apnea, heart disease, and even cancer. Being “morbidly obese” is a serious medical condition that means you are severely overweight by at least 100 pounds with excessive amounts of body fat. Morbid obesity puts you at very high risk for major diseases and increases your risk of dying as a result of being overweight. But when some people try hard to lose weight through lifestyle changes in nutrition and increased exercise, they still cannot maintain a healthy weight.
Considering Weight Loss Surgery
You and your physician should consider weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, only if other methods have not worked. If weight loss surgery is considered for treatment of morbid obesity, you should know what to expect before and after weight loss surgery, understand special considerations of the surgery as well as the risks and know the responsibilities you take on when choosing weight loss surgery.
Learn About Yourself
Using this website and other resources, you'll learn a lot about weight loss surgery but you'll also learn a lot about yourself. That self-knowledge is very important, because surgery alone won't lose the weight for you. In fact, the success of the surgery and weight loss management depends on your commitment to a healthy diet and exercise. Take time to explore the tools on the site and consider how you feel about the reality of your life now and how weight loss could make a positive difference in your health and lifestyle. Be sure to look at the patient stories to see people who have been through the surgery.
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Learn About Weight Loss Surgery
You'll find a lot of information here about the surgery itself, the process of surgical weight loss, and the impact it can have on your life. There are a variety of surgical weight loss procedures to choose from and a variety of programs that deliver those procedures. You'll want to read things over more than once and take time to think through all this information. This will help you ask the right questions when you come to any of our free Information sessions and meet our physicians face to face.
Learn About Programs in Southwest Ohio
This website focuses on comprehensive, hospital-based programs. These programs provide full medical supervision and a wide range of support resources. It's our experience that hospital-based programs give you the best chance of losing the weight safely, avoiding health problems in the process, and transitioning into a healthy active life. A hospital-based program can also safely handle complex problems and other health issues related to morbid obesity. Make sure to take a look at the Program Comparison Chart for more details on each program.
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Learn whether weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) is for right you.