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Barbara Thompson had weight loss surgery in 2000 and went on to write the first patient guidebook, Weight Loss Surgery; Finding the Thin Person Hiding Inside You now in it’s 3rd edition and Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies. Barbara also hosts an internet mentoring program, the Back on Track Program, for weight loss surgery patients who are starting to regain weight. In addition, Barbara is a much in demand national speaker for bariatric practices and patient events as well as speaking for hospitals on obesity sensitivity (what is it like to be an obese patient in a hospital). For speaking inquiries contact Barbara Thompson directly Barbara@BarbaraThompson.net |
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The need for plastic surgery following weight loss surgery is very real. We are left with sometimes massive amounts of hanging skin that often must be removed for health and mobility reasons, not just cosmetic reasons. This requires a procedure known as body contouring.
A recent study* has highlighted the important of being nutritionally healthy before […]
On Tuesday June 17th, I had the pleasure of meeting Caitlin Van Zandt who plays Ashlee Wolfe on the CBS Soap Guiding Light. Caitlin was the keynote speaker at the Walk from Obesity Walk on the Capitol to Raise Awareness about Obesity.
Caitlin who was a size 18 underwent lap band surgery, and the producers […]
One of the reasons that I had weight loss surgery was because I have a bad back. The extra weight I was carrying caused me such pain that I was afraid that I would soon be facing disability. Having lost 125 pounds has improved my pain so that I am able to function. I still […]
60 minutes reported on weight loss surgery and highlighted the dramatic effect that the surgery has on diabetes, forcing diabetes into almost instant remission. And the remission is not from weight loss. Patients leave the hospital following their surgery, often completely off their medication. Studies done by Dr. Rabino of Sao Paulo, Brazil found that […]
There is a new surgical procedure that is being done for weight loss called a vagotomy. Surgeons are cutting the vegas nerve which signals the brain that you are hungry and signals the pancreas to release more insulin in order to move more sugar to fat. This procedure is only in the experimental stages right now, but […]
Tuesday Feb. 26th Montel Williams devoted his show to the TLC program Big Medicine. Fortunately I was able to Tivo it and catch it later. Garth and Robert Davis, the star surgeons of the show appeared with Mary Jo Rapini, the psychotherapist who works with the practice as well as 2 of the patients and […]
I can clearly remember, in preparation for my weight loss surgery, when I had my psychological screening. At several questions, I stopped and pondered what the “correct” answer was, not what the “true” answer was. We want surgery so badly that we won’t let something like psychological screening stand in our way.
A new research study […]
The media was buzzing today about a study just released that shows dramatic remission of diabetes after weight loss surgery. The study followed patients 2 years after weight loss surgery and found that those who had surgery experienced remission of Type 2 diabetes in 73% of cases. Those diabetics who dieted and exercised experienced remission […]
You may have heard of the tragic death of the 17 year-old San Francisco girl who was approved too late by the insurance company Cigna for a liver transplant. Nataline Sarkisyan died after being denied for her surgery even though her surgeons had written to Cigna saying that her survival depended on the operation. Cigna […]
Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported on CNN this morning his take on the new Lancet journal study that shows that weight loss surgery saves lives. Most significant from the Lancet study is that there is a 40% decrease in death rates among people who have had weight loss surgery, showing that weight loss surgery saves lives […]