Life After Surgery

Although gastric bypass surgery is the only proven effective way for morbidly obese patients to lose weight and keep it off, surgery is only a tool, not a “magic cure” for this problem.

Recognizing and accepting this enables patients to use the gastric bypass to achieve the goals of weight loss and maintenance. With this sustained weight loss comes unlimited benefits—the most important being improvement or elimination of medical problems related to obesity.

In order to achieve these goals, patients are required to comply with a rigorous recovery, followed by lifetime changes in behavior.

• Dietary Guidelines
• Eating Tips
• Exercise
• Going Back to Work
• Birth Control and Pregnancy
• Long-term Follow-Up
• Potential Problems