I had a gastric bypass Jan. 09, my highest weight was 547 pounds and I was 481 the morning of surgery. Right now I weight 190 pounds (my lowest was 180) but have an incredible amount of loose skin all over my body. I am worried about my weight getting too low without realizing it so I would like to have a resonable estimate of what the excess skin weighs in order to figure out my appropriate target weight. What is the best way to figure this out??
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Overall the incidence of marginal ulceration or developing an ulcer between the small pouch and intestine is rather low but can increase significantly in patients that smoke and specially those that smoke after surgery.
These ulcers can bleed and even perforate which can be a catastrophic...
In patients with bmi like yours (37) we ca do a bariatric surgery to you, but in your case i prefer other like sleeve gastrectomy or gastric plication, because have less nutritional issues than gastric bypass, and are less aggressive weight loss surgery.Anythinq that i can help, just let...
Chewing your synthroid medication should not make a difference in terms of absorption after a gastric bypass. For the first three to four weeks after the procedure it helps to crush your medication to facilitate digestion but after that time, chewing has little impact if any.
