Traveling overseas hoping to find cheaper weight loss surgery or medical tourism for gastric sleeve is a growing trend. Known as medical tourism, many patients with obesity (BMI of 40+) travel to Mexico or as far away as Europe to undergo gastric sleeve surgery in the hopes of shedding their excess weight. With over 23 million…
The gastric band (Lap band) and gastric sleeve are two common bariatric (weight loss) surgeries. Both can help you lose excess weight if you are morbidly obese (which means you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 40. At that weight, you are more susceptible to various ailments like type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, cancer, and early…
Not many people know that hiatal hernia repair surgery and the sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve) can be combined into a single procedure. If you suffer from morbid obesity and want to repair your hernia while fighting obesity with the gastric sleeve, you’ll want to request a single surgical session for both techniques. Here is everything…
The gastric balloon treatment was first introduced in 1985 as the Garren-Edwards gastric bubble (GEGB). It was the first intragastric balloon approved for treating obesity in the United States. The cylindrical device was made of a polyurethane material filled with 200-220 ml of air. Unfortunately, the U.S.’s first gastric balloon ran into problems. Its use…
The late motivational speaker Jim Rohn once said, “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” The gastric balloon procedure represents an excellent way to do just that, take care of your body by losing excess weight. You may already know that being overweight poses a significant risk to your health. Not only are you…
The reason goes something like this: Say someone asked you to lift a 50-pound dumbbell and carry it from Point A to Point B, a distance of 20 yards. Could you do it? You might be able to, but by the time you reached the finish line, you might also be sweaty, tired, and out…
Introduction to Gastric balloon preparation The Gastric Balloon is a wise choice when you want the power of bariatric surgery without committing to a long-term procedure like the gastric sleeve. The gastric balloon can help you lose between 7% to 15% of your excess body fat, all in a six month period. That’s between twenty and fifty pounds in just half…
Bariatric (weight loss) surgery can help you say “Goodbye” to obesity forever and improve your lifestyle. But the surgery is not a magic wand. Any procedure you undergo is merely a tool. To help you lose up to 80% of your excess weight with procedures like the gastric sleeve, 95% of your success depends on you!…
Are you thinking about getting pregnant shortly? If so, and you have been diagnosed with severe obesity, you may want to postpone things until you can achieve and maintain a healthier weight. Severe obesity is a medical diagnosis that indicates that you have a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater. According to studies, being severely…
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