Why hasn’t my bariatric surgery worked?
All surgical procedures for obesity, both old and new, are designed to change how the person processes food. Although many of these procedures are designed to be permanent, in reality not all the effects of the surgery are permanent. All patients perceive their...
Can you stretch your stomach after gastric sleeve surgery?
Weight gain following bariatric surgery, whether it be gastric sleeve or gastric bypass, can occur in patients for a variety or combination of different reasons. Gastric sleeve surgery restricts the volume of the stomach to 15 - 20% of its original size, but the...
Getting back on track – bariatric surgery long-term weight loss goals
As January comes to an end, the festive fun of December, school holidays and public holidays all draw to an end. Quite often after such a time, people can be left feeling like they have strayed from their new post-bariatric surgery healthy lifestyle. You may have...
Eating healthy when eating out after bariatric surgery
Following bariatric surgery, the changes to diet can be quite challenging for a lot of people. Weight loss surgery is designed to change the way you consume food and some procedures even permanently alter the way your body processes food. So what you choose to eat...
Revision or Re-Do Bariatric Surgery – what you need to know
If a previous weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) operation has failed to give adequate weight loss, someone has regained weight or they have significant side effects, it is possible for this procedure to be revised or even converted to another procedure that may...
Importance of Support After Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery will improve health long-term as it greatly assists a person in losing excess weight. Because it involves surgery and because that surgery changes how your digestive system (stomach) works, it clearly involves some risks that need to be balanced...