Acid Reflux Disease Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Among those of us that are overweight acid reflux disease commonly referred to as GERD is a common problem.  If you are morbidly obese, have GERD and considering gastric bypass surgery or lap band surgery you are probably wondering if weight loss surgery will have an effect on your acid reflux diseases.
So what is acid [...]

Is Weight Loss Surgery the Best Way to Lose Weight?

There are a number of ways that we can loose weight. What most want to learn about when they visit Terminal Obesity or another weight loss surgery site is gastric bypass surgery or lap band surgery. Yet, surgery is not necessarily the best way for many people to lose weight. For others yours truly included [...]

Weight Loss Surgery is it for Me?

Each and every day there is something in the media about weight loss. We constantly hear that 2/3 of Americans are overweight. We read and hear about the latest diet fad or craze. We are told that we must exercise to lose weight and there are others saying that exercise results in weight gain. We [...]

Terry One Year After Gastric Bypass Surgery

July 17, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of my gastric bypass weight loss surgery. I am not slim and beautiful and will not be down to the weight that I had expected to be for my 68th birthday on July 24th but maybe I will be for Christmas. I really wanted to go skydiving for [...]

Bariatric Advantage Announces Vitamin Assistance Program

Bariatric surgery and the continuing maintenance program that follows usually requires the use of a number of vitamins and supplements. During these difficult times many individuals are experiencing hardships and one of the last things a bariatric surgery patient wants to skip on is the supplement that are going to help with recovery and a [...]

Thiamine Deficiency After Bariatric Surgery

Thiamine (also thiamin or vitamin B-1) is part of the B complex vitamins. It was the very first compound identified as a vitamin, and thus retains its historical numerical place in the B vitamin family. Thiamine is found in a broad range of foods from grains and nuts to pork and beans. [...]

Three Month Bariatric Follow Up

The other day I visited the doctor that performed my gastric bypass surgery. This was my 3-month follow up and I must report that all is going well. Since I started preparing for bariatric surgery I have lost about half of my excess weight. While I am certainly anxious to loose a lot more weight [...]

Weight Loss Surgery is Not for Everyone

Weight Loss surgery is not for everyone. It’s not even for every obese person who may want it. No matter how overweight you may be, weight loss bypass surgery is NOT for you if you think that it will once and for all deal with your weight problem. Surprised? Weight Loss surgery is not a [...]

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