Goodbye fat.
By DoctorDidi
@DoctorDidi (7018)
India
July 7, 2011 12:34pm CST
Have you any idea of bariatric surgery, the process which readjusts the size of the stomach or bypasses a portion of it and helps reduce food intake, thus minimizing abnormalities associated with metabolism? Bariatric surgeries are offered as a last option to extremely obese patients. Patients belonging to ‘extreme obesity’ category usually suffer from a host of life-threatening ailments like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, thyroid disease and water retention in the lungs. Surgeons through out world opt for bariatric surgery in those who have a Body Mass Index or BMI of 40 and in the case of those obese individuals who have a related co-morbidity such as diabetes mellitus or hypertension, a BMI of 35 is an indication to go for bariatric surgery. For Indians, however, these values of BMI are less by 2.5. But it should be kept in mind that bariatric surgery should always be considered only a last option.
16 responses
@celticeagle (168514)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jul 11
I would not think that a doctor of any calliber would do surgery on an obese person unless it were called for and a last resort. Yes, bariatric surgery would readjust the size of the stomach and a less amount of food is needed to get full. It would have to be for a last resort.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
9 Jul 11
I know it quite well that you understand it fully. Thank you, for the kind feedback.
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@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
8 Jul 11
Yes, this surgery is recommended for those obese persons who cannot reduce their weight by any non-surgical method but is in urgent need of reducing weight drastically for saving their lives. I have also mentioned that this surgery is recommended as the last option throughout the world, there is no dispute among medical professionals in this view of opinion.
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@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
9 Jul 11
I prefer not to undergo any surgery although i might seem as a little fat. I think it is not really safe to go for surgery, unless it is the last resort to overcome the problem. I must agreed with you, this kind of surgery should always be the last option, as in the case of helping to save the patient's life.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
14 Jul 11
If you can maintain your body weight within the normal limits or a little above the normal limit which is not alarming at all, it is the best thing, I think.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
11 Jul 11
I have thought about this surgery but I will not doing it. It is too drastic and in the long run it would probaly not work! I need to work on my confidence and self-seteem so I can keep it off if I lose it! So many people have done it and so many put the weight back on! Remember Carnee Wilson? She had it done like 11 years ago and she has never kept the weight off! She was suppose to be a "poster child" for this surgery but the truth is she is a failure! I also think she is a joke and hopless! If I do lose weight which I should, at least some of it, I will do it a way that will work for me!
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
14 Jul 11
If you have the confidence and self-seteem within you to fight it, I think it is the best way to get rid of it. But you have to follow it in practical life.
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
8 Jul 11
Have they seriously dropped the requirement's for bariatric surgery by that much? That is ridiculous. Being Obese is not healthy for a person, but people are getting so out of hand with being fat scared that they convince themselves it's okay to bully people for being fat because 'they care about them'. See, the requirement for this surgery used to be a BMI of 60 or above... and now they drop it down to a BMI that is only slightly overweight and studies show that really being slightly overweight is okay. It can even be good. Being slightly overweight will help a woman have an easier pregnancy, will help an elderly person if they get sick to not die from starvation while trying to get well. I'm not talking about morbid obesity here... but people get so scared of 'the fat monster' that they are really going overboard with this, if you aren't a size two you are fat and that's just wrong.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
8 Jul 11
Being slightly overweight is not a problem at all. But there are people who are so obese that they have to be lifted from the bed, they cannot do so themselves. They may die at any moment due to this extreme form of obesity. They may be well aware of the consequences of such extreme form of obesity. But they are helpless. They cannot restrict their food intake. These people can be saved by the surgery I have mentioned.
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
14 Jul 11
Saying good bye to fat is really a great idea. Not only it will protect you from illnesses, it will also make you look good. I guess, I think I need to say good bye to fat too! 
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
14 Jul 11
Not only you but also all of us need to say good bye to fat. But, of course, you need to cultivate some healthy habits to achieve it.
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
8 Jul 11
If it the last option then I am sure it is a very costly surgery. I have no problem with that because I am a thin person but I just calculated it from your words.
I heard this name for first time "bariatric surgery", and I should tell you that my dictionary is showing a spelling mistake when I wrote the name here.
I think it is a new word and a new search in the medical science.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
14 Jul 11
I am not sure how much it costs, but obviously it would be a very costly surgery as it is the last option. One thing which I can add here is that the cost varies from region to region, from country to country and from surgeon to surgeon.
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
7 Jul 11
The problem with any surgery to the stomach depends on the patient following the rules. Though the adjustable gastric banding has helped and probably saved a lot of lives it is not a miracle cure. I know of at least 1 person who had the adjustable gastric banding then reduced weight over the first 2 years, don't know the medical conditions she suffered so don't know if it helped, but 8 years later I ran into her and she had recovered about 60% of her weight. It is better then nothing I suppose. The thing is the surgery is sometimes the only form of therapy that works so at times it the risk is worth taking.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
8 Jul 11
I personally believe that no surgery except a few can bring about a miraculous cure.
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
8 Jul 11
I know for morbidly obese it is a last option. But it is a scary thing anyway. Better to try and stay at a healthier weight.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
8 Jul 11
If it is recognized by all of you as a useful discussion, I would feel myself highly honoured as my humble labour may be able to send a warning to all that obesity should by all means be kept away.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
8 Jul 11
On a healthy standard point, I won't suggest anybody go through surgery to re - adjust their fat or protein and make it look fit. That just not real to me, and it is not natural. Consider the danger of those surgery, and also the side - effect may associate with them. Work harder, and exercise more, do it on the natural way is my encouragement.
@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
8 Jul 11
Yes i have heard of it. I believe none of the cosmetic surgeons here would recommend that to a patient for the reason of beautification alone. Most of the cosmetic surgeons (the good ones) actually would advise their clients or patients to undergo psychological consultation for major surgeries to enhance their looks.
This kind of surgery i believe are only recommended to those patients that you mentioned who are prone to further disease or complications brought about by obesity.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
8 Jul 11
Yes i have known this procedure through TV. It has worked great wonders to those who really needs to lose weight. But , i also agree that it should be the last option.
Determination to combat fat is the first thing that one must have if she sees himself going into being obese already.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
8 Jul 11
Yes, it is obviously the last option for those who have to lose weight drastically but unfortunately cannot achieve it by any other non-surgical means.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
7 Jul 11
Though I do not need any type of weight loss I can honestly say that I know one person offline for which this surgery actually saved his life. There are two close friends here who also had the surgery and have done well also, in loosing a substantial amount of weight. I do believe they too had the surgery for health purposes. I recently read another member here who had the surgery and is also doing well.
With any type and especially this one yes it should be a last option and several opinions and research on the actually side effects should be done. There have been some unsuccessful stories I have heard in the media and sadly they resulted in deaths.
