What happens after gastric bypass surgery
Gastric bypass surgery has quickly become one of the most common types of weight loss surgery in the United States.
The gastric bypass surgery creates a small pouch at the top of your stomach. The pouch, about the size of a walnut form there on after the surgery can only hold about an ounce of food.
The patient loses weight after having gastric bypass surgery because food that enters the new smaller stomach can basically bypass it, hence the name of the surgery and goes straight to the small intestine. By doing this, the body can absorb fewer calories and then the patient can lose weight.
After gastric bypass surgery the patient can expect to have to drastically change their eating habits. For the first three days after the surgery, the patient will not be able to eat. After that, your diet will follow a pattern for the next 12 weeks.
The patient starts with an all liquid diet, next is soft foods and then after that is regular foods. For six months after the surgery the patient has to be careful not to eat too much or too fast because it could make them sick. The surgery may also result in having body aches, feeling cold or tired, dry skin, mood changes and hair loss or thinning.
The surgery should eventually reduce your weight by about fifty percent.
The cost of gastric bypass surgery can be quite staggering in the United States. Many are now turning to medical tourism based surgery for their weight loss surgery needs.
Gastric bypass abroad based surgery can be significantly less expensive than having the surgery in the United States. Lap band surgery in Mexico , can be about half that of the cost in the United States. Medical tourism in now considered a national industry in many countries and a viable option to having the surgery elsewhere. Gastric bypass is a surgery for highly specialized surgeon regardless of where it is performed, be prepared to deal with the effort needed for success afterwards.