Weight loss surgery for dummies

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Considering weight loss surgery? This guide helps you determine whether you qualify, and walks you through the pros and cons of weight loss surgery procedures. You'll also get tips on eating property post-op, and on easing back into your day-to-day life post-op.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurian, Marina S.
Other Authors: Thompson, Barbara, 1948 July 19-, Davidson, Brian K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : [Chichester] : Wiley ; [John Wiley [distributor], Ã2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:--For dummies
Subjects:
Obesity > Surgery
Obesity > Surgery > Popular works.
Gastrointestinal system > Surgery
Gastric bypass > Popular works.
Weight loss > Popular works
Weight loss
Gastric bypass
Popular Work.
Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • Recipes
  • pt. I. Is weight loss surgery for you?
  • 1. The ins and outs of weight loss surgery
  • 2. Voting for surgery : are you a candidate?
  • 3. Incision decisions : your surgical options
  • 4. Understanding the risks of surgery
  • 5. Drafting your dream team : it's more than a surgeon.
  • pt. II. Preparing for surgery
  • 6. Paying for surgery : no assurance of insurance
  • 7. Making the grade : testing prior to surgery
  • 8. Preparing yourself physically and mentally : getting in tip-top pre-op shape.
  • pt. III. The hospital experience and beyond
  • 9. Checking in and out : your hospital stay
  • 10. Knowing why you can eat for the first few months
  • 11. Starting on solid food
  • 12. Home sweet home : returning from surgery
  • 13. Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's back to work you go!
  • pt. IV. This time I'm going to make it : ensuring success
  • 14. What is success anyway?
  • 15 . Food for thought : an eating plan for the rest of your life
  • 16. Getting it in gear : making exercise part of your routine
  • 17. Enlisting outside help.
  • pt. V. Changing outside and in
  • 18. Avoiding potential pitfalls : physical challenges
  • 19. Dealing with post-op emotional issues : what's eating you?
  • 20. Me, myself, and I : your relationship with yourself
  • 21. Working at relationships : family, friends and everyone in between
  • 22. Now that I'm thin, what about the skin?
  • pt. VI. The part of tens
  • 23. Ten weight loss surgery myths
  • 24. Ten benefits of weight loss surgery
  • 25. Ten ways to stay on the straight and narrow.

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