Hitting Bottom – What Helped Guide Me Toward Gastric Bypass Surgery

Thanksgiving, what a wonderful time especially when spent with family and friends. The food sure was good – I am lucky that I did not burst the pouch that was constructed when I had my gastric bypass surgery last year.  Today I learned that one of our neighbors died unexpectedly and they think it was [...]

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 [...]

Gastric Bypass Surgery for Weight Loss

From your next door neighbor to television celebrities we see those that seem to have experienced a sudden weight loss. For some their new svelte figure has been the result of liposuction and others a dedication to diet and exercise. Still for others the answer was gastric bypass weight loss surgery.
Qualifying for a gastric bypass [...]

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 a Drastic Decision?

Most obese individuals have tried many different weight loss programs. With each of these programs we loose weight only to gain it back. If we are to listen to skinny people that have never had a weight gain problem in their life we are failures. In our hearts we know that  just because we are [...]

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 [...]

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