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After Surgery

Bariatric Surgery: Your Surgical Experience
Before surgery, tests will be done to check your health. You will be monitored and kept as comfortable as possible throughout surgery and recovery. After surgery, you may stay in the hospital for up to 5 days.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 16, 2004
Discharge Instructions for Bariatric (Obesity) Su...
This surgery will make it difficult for you to eat a large amount of solid food. After the surgery, you must eat very small meals. Eating too much or too fast may cause unpleasant symptoms, such as nausea.
Source:StayWell
Date:October 18, 2004
After Bariatric Surgery: The First Six Weeks
At first, you may have stomach or bowel cramping, shoulder pain, or nausea. Tell your doctor if pain or nausea is severe or doesn't improve with time. Take pain medications as prescribed for 1–2 weeks.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 16, 2004
Making Bariatric Surgery Work for You
After bariatric surgery, success is in your hands. The changes you make need to be lifelong commitments. Follow any instructions you are given on nutrition and activity. Be aware that how you see yourself and how others see you may change. Turn to those close to you for support. They can help you adjust to your new life.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 16, 2004
Preventing Problems in Obesity Surgery
The heaviest and least fit patients have the most problems after bariatric (obesity) surgery, according to an August article in the journal Chest. Researchers divided 109 morbidly obese patients (with a body mass index above 40) into three groups based on weight and fitness. After bariatric surgery to shrink the stomach, 16.6% of the group that weighed the most and was least fit had complications, including chest pain, blood clots, kidney failure, stroke and death. Only 2.8% of the other two groups had such problems. The authors recommend weight loss and exercise for some patients before surgery.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 9, 2006
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