Allison Herries, RDN, is a registered dietitian for a telehealth company. In her role, she provides nutrition education and counseling to help her clients set and reach their personal health goals.
Your surgeon will recommend the best gastric sleeve diet for you before and after your surgery. The dietary changes your surgeon suggests may be similar to the general dietary guidelines below.
Most patients need at least two weeks off work, but the length will be determined by consultation with your surgeon and your individual progress.
If you smoke, you should stop several weeks before surgery and not start smoking again after surgery. Smoking slows recovery and increases the risks for problems. Tell your provider if you need help quitting.
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Taking out part of your stomach may also affect hormones or bacteria in the gastrointestinal system that affect appetite and metabolism. This type of surgery cannot be reversed because some of the stomach is permanently removed.
If you are a member of an Asian population with one of these conditions, the BMI threshold for considering surgery is 25.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several weight-loss devices that do not permanently change your stomach or small intestine. These devices cause less weight loss than weight-loss surgery, and some are only used temporarily with the intention that patients learn to change their eating habits and physical activity levels.
Exercise has many other benefits. It can lift your mood, lower blood pressure and help you sleep better. Exercise helps you keep off the weight that you lose too. Studies show that people who maintain their weight loss over the long term get regular physical activity.
With most types of bariatric surgery, weight loss tends to peak after about one year, notes the URMC. Working closely with your health care team and making changes to your diet and lifestyle can help you reach your goals after surgery.
Your surgeon takes a blood vessel (a tube that blood moves through) and attaches it between the aorta stomach bypass (the main blood vessel leaving the heart) and a point along the coronary artery.
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Gastric sleeve surgery is done using general anesthesia, which is medicine that puts you into a very deep sleep and requires a ventilator to breathe for you during the surgery.
The surgeon will tell you more about the surgery, including how to prepare for it and what type of follow-up you will need.