Simplifying the weight loss surgery journey, starting with step one
Starting in June, we are pleased to report that Prime Surgicare resumed performing elective and non-emergency operations. It’s been a very busy few weeks since then!
During New Jersey’s stay-at-home order, many people with more than 75 pounds to lose came to a significant decision–
They decided to move forward and pursue a surgical weight loss solution.
The motivating factor may have been health-related–
Obesity often leads to serious medical complications, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, sleep apnea and heart disease.
Hopefully, they previously attended one of our bi-monthly New Patient Webinars to learn more about the bariatric journey and the potential for rapid and sustained weight loss.
They also learned that a weight loss operation is not a silver bullet to becoming thin.
Rather, it’s a commitment to a lifelong change to living a healthy lifestyle.
At your first surgical weight loss consultation with our medical director, Dr. Seun Sowemimo, you’ll talk about your medical history and previous efforts to lose weight. Based upon your age, health and weight loss goals, Dr. Seun will then recommend a bariatric procedure to best suit your needs.
Of course, you will make that final decision, in partnership with the doctor. More than likely, you will undergo the gastric sleeve (also called the sleeve, VSG or sleeve gastrectomy.
Who might benefit from the gastric bypass instead of the sleeve?
For patients with severe diabetes or acid reflux, the gastric bypass operation may be recommended. In this bariatric procedure, the bariatric surgeon reduces the stomach to the size of a small pouch and re-routes the bowel.
Why you don’t hear much about the lap-band anymore
Zero. That’s the number of gastric band procedures we have performed in the past five years. Why?
For people who have been successful with it (achieved significant weight loss) great–keep it!
But many patients come to me who have experienced complications or their band has become deflated.
As a result, their weight loss has stalled or they have gained weight.
For those patients, I recommend revision bariatric surgery, changing from the lap band to the sleeve or gastric bypass.
If your lap-band isn’t working, let it go. Get something that will work better for you in the long-term, either the sleeve or gastric bypass.
Dr. Sowemimo explains each of the most popular weight loss surgery operations below:
Are you ready to lose the weight?
Excellent–we are ready to help.
Read our helpful tips on our Where Do I Start? page and call our friendly team of bariatric program specialists at (732) 982-2002 to confirm your medical insurance and make your first consultation appointment (currently performed on telehealth).
The year 2020 has been a rough ride so far; are you ready to change the tide in your life?