What to expect after weight loss surgery

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• By North Eastern Weight Loss Surgery

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About Us

• North Eastern Weight Loss Surgery is one of the
  Melbournes leading centres and weight loss
  clinic melbourne that perform a wide range of
  weight reduction surgeries. Lose Weight with top
  weight loss specialists in Melbourne. Our weight
  loss doctor's team is headed up by Patrick Moore
  who has almost 20 years of experience
  successfully helping people realise their weight
  loss goals when all else has failed.

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About Us

• Dr. Patrick Moore has 19 years experience
  successfully helping people realise their weight
  loss goals when all else has failed. He has
  proudly established one of Melbournes leading
  weight loss centres, performing a wide range of
  weight reduction surgeries. Patrick is proud to
  have been the first weight loss surgeon to bring
  the gastric sleeve surgery into the private
  public hospitals in Victoria. In the past 19
  years he has performed over 2,100 weight loss
  surgeries.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• Weight loss surgery may have been one of the
  biggest decisions you have ever made in your life
  and is sure to have come after many years of
  trying numerous weight loss attempts with limited
  success but you have finally taken the first step
  to achieving long term weight management.
  Congratulations, now its time to look at what
  happens now post operation. Your weight loss
  doctors and the clinic support team will have
  gone through all the details with you however
  with your main focus being on preparing for the
  surgery, your expectations for post-surgery may
  not have been high on the priority list. So lets
  look at some of the frequently asked questions
  patients have after the surgery.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• What are the side effects you may experience
  after weight loss surgery?
• It is important to be aware of the possible side
  effects associated with surgery but choosing a
  surgeon who has many years experience and an
  excellent success rate will dramatically reduce
  any potential post-surgery risks. These risks
  include
• Short-Term
• Acid reflux
  
• Anaesthetic related effects
• Infection
• Bleeding
• Leak

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• What are the side effects you may experience
  after weight loss surgery?
• Long-Term
• Acid reflux
  
• Food intolerances
• Anastomotic ulcers which cause nausea and
  vomiting (bypass only)
• Dumping syndrome which cause nausea and vomiting
  (bypass only)
• Oesophagus dilation
• Stomach obstruction
• Stricture
• Inadequate weight loss / weight regain
• Hernia
• Gallbladder disease/gallstones

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• Although these all sound scary, in reality, most
  people experience few issues and can eat a wide
  range of foods in small portions and are very
  happy with their success.Severe surgical
  complications are thankfully rare but they can
  happen. If you are experiencing a surgical
  complication or suspect you may have one, you
  need to contact Dr Moore ASAP. This would include
  severe pain, bleeding or vomiting or reflux.
  Most, less serious, side effects will resolve as
  you progress through your journey and can usually
  be managed with time and education.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• How will my hunger be controlled after weight
  loss surgery?
• It may come as a shock at first that the small
  meal you have just eaten has left you feeling
  full. If this is the case, the surgery has been a
  success. The aim of the surgery is to make you
  feel satiated (comfortably full) on far less
  food. All types of weight loss surgery achieve
  this by decreasing the size of your stomach which
  results in signals being sent to your brain much
  earlier to notify you that your stomach is full.
  Bypass and sleeve surgery also reduce the
  hormonal hunger signals normally produced by the
  body in response to an empty stomach.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• How will I maintain a healthy weight range after
  weight loss surgery?
• Prior to surgery you will be given detailed
  education by your dietician. The aim of this
  education is ensure you have the skills to be
  able to nourish yourself on a smaller amount of
  food, choose foods that provide the best
  nutrition for your body, manage non-hungry
  (emotional eating) and eat out successfully. All
  these skills are required in order to lose weight
  and keep it off in the long term.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• Will there be foods I will never be able to eat?
• In the initial phases post-surgery there is often
  food that people find difficult to eat, but over
  time and by slowing down your eating, chewing
  well and stopping as soon as you feel comfortably
  full, our aim is for a wide range of foods to be
  tolerated. We do not expect you to have to make
  special foods for yourself but enjoy whatever the
  family is eating.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• Unwanted excess skin after weight loss surgery?
• Excess skin is often a by-product of bariatric
  surgery. One of the best ways to help deal with
  unwanted excess skin is toning firming by
  undertaking a strength building exercise regime.
  Strength building is ideal because as previously
  noted, our skin expands when mass under the
  surface has increased so instead of stretching
  the surface of your skin with fat you will build
  muscle as a replacement to help fill out the
  area. If you are a bit older or have lost a large
  amount of weight, toning and firming exercise may
  not be enough and you may choose to see a
  Reconstructive Surgeon.

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What to Expect After Weight Loss Surgery

• What supports will be in place for me after
  weight loss surgery?
• At North Eastern Weight Loss Surgery several
  pre-surgery and post-surgery supports are put in
  place to give each patient the best chance at a
  successful procedure along with a continued
  healthy lifestyle. The support staff include
  access/referral to dieticians, psychologists, the
  administrative team and of course your surgeon,
  Dr. Patrick Moore. You will have several follow
  up appointments with various members of the team
  to track your progress and discuss any ongoing
  concerns you have. The staff at NEWLS see your
  weight loss journey not only as a job but instead
  as a lifelong partnership. They are there to
  guide and support you on this journey and look
  forward to sharing your successes along the way.

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Contact Us

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Epworth Eastern Hospital Level 6, 1 Arnold
Street, Box Hill VIC 3128 Australia Phone - 03
9895 7215 Website - https//www.melbourneobesitysu
rgery.com.au/