Complications had occurred

2020年9月26日
She realized that the gastric band had helped her lose weight but it had not changed the way she thought about food and activity. She had trouble keeping up with her young children and was so sick of being ridiculed for her weight and size, especially by the men in her life. Her stay in the ICU was for another 10 days and she was finally discharged 3 weeks later.. Kellee Waters - The Fat WhispererBSc - App Psych, PGradDip - Psych, PGradCert - Hyp, Cert IV - PT. Readmitted through emergency 2 days later and investigation found that she had some internal bleeding from the surgery. She is still obese and still struggling. She was then told that the doctors had to perform an emergency gastric bypass. She had the surgery and it was successful. She was told that she would need surgery to stop the bleeding and was told that there was very little risk involved. The FDA results are approximately 36%. Underwent gastric banding and was told that even with her medical condition, this was the safest possible option with very little risk. She hated having the band in and wishes she had never done it and was too petrified to have it removed. She looked into gastric banding and decided that it would help her. 4 years on and she is still struggling with her emotions, food, activity, motivation and self-esteem. The surgeons, organizations, societies and clinics that deal with obesity and gastric surgery all state that surgery is not a cure-all, it requires a lifetime commitment to lifestyle changes - nutritionally, physically, emotionally, and psychologically.comkellee@mindandbodypower. She kept getting the band adjusted to try and stop the vomiting but no matter how much it was loosened, she still felt sick or vomited every time she ate. Her surgery was successful.mindandbodypower.comBelow are several case studies of clients who have had gastric banding with different experiences and outcomes:1) Jenny - 39 year old female - obese since early teens. She could only eat ¼ cup of food in any one sitting and then still she felt sick or would vomit it all back up. Was discharged from hospital 3 days later still in pain and vomiting. Most of the time when obese people say they "have tried everything", what they mean is that they have tried ’every diet’ and it hasn’t worked. She continually yo-yo diets - losing weight and putting it back on.In both the US & Australia, weight loss surgery has seen a dramatic rise in the past decade. 3 years on and she was malnourished, vomited even if she consumed more than 150ml of liquid at a time and was know verging on anorexia. 3) Jessica - 25 year old female - mother of 2 - morbidly obese since mid teens. She woke up 10 days later in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) ward of the hospital!

Complications had occurred and she had died on the operating table. She has type II diabetes and an underactive thyroid. One study found 27% of morbidly obese clients were unsuitable. She started doing this and felt more confident, self-efficacious over food, she began exercising and losing weight. 21 weeks after the initial gastric band surgery she was able to leave the hospital. Long-term, if new, healthy mechanisms are not developed to deal with emotions and thoughts, people will return to their faulty patterns. She remained very ill for the next 6 weeks where she was continually readmitted into hospital until further diagnostic imaging found that surgical instruments had been left inside of her. Like any effective, long-term weight loss method, gastric banding is not a quick fix solution that never needs to be worked on again. It is being touted as ’the hottest thing’ in weight loss and as a long-term weight loss solution, with minimal risk and side effects.:o Other more evasive, less accurate means of investigation need to occur e. She visits the hospital 4 times a week for dialysis.g. She underwent the surgery. The majority of people who are overweight or obese use food like a drug. She knew that she had not changed her behavioral or psychological mechanisms and believed that if she had the band removed, she would quickly eat her way back to being morbidly obese. Therefore, what is missing from the obesity treatment plan pre- and post-surgery is a program based significantly on the psychological and emotional mechanisms resulting in obesity.

Pros• Can significantly improve health in the morbidly obese• Can reduce significant weight in a short period of time• Can reduce lifestyle diseases (and risks of lifestyle diseases)• Can improve mobility and activity levels to allow for more weight loss• Can improve sleep• Can improve pain• Can improve psychological well being• Can be performed on teenagers (13+)• Reduced risk of surgical complications compared to other gastric surgery• Can be adjusted (tightened or loosened) quickly and easily• Can be removed• Laparoscopic surgery means less tissue damage and shorter hospital staysCons• Weight loss initially is fast and significant and then plateaus• Weight loss results may not be as significant as advertised (some surgeons are saying up to 75% of excess weight. Healthy despite being morbidly obese. She was admitted to ICU immediately after the second surgery and while there underwent more drug therapy and one more operation. She could hardly eat - meat, fibrous vegetables, complex carbohydrates were all off the menu. She was feeling confident and everything was going well until she hit a plateau 2 years later. She has started on the road to changing her old emotional, psychological and behavioral patterns and has a long road ahead. Just like a drug addict has a drug of choice - heroin, crack, marijuana; overweight or obese people have their drug of choice - food (too much, sugary, fatty, high calorie, low nutritional value)! Just like drugs, food releases brain chemicals that alter feelings and mood and it masks or dampens thoughts and emotions. The regulations for having surgery are, ’severely obese adults who had tried, but failed, to lose weight by other means’. lack of motivation, fear of attention, disliking exercise/activity, poor eating behaviors• The Weight-control Information Network - An information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reports the following outcomes:o 1 year - Up to 50% excess body fat loss in the first yearo 3-5 years - some patients may regain some weight o 10 years - as few as 20% of patients have kept the weight off (due to a lack of behavioral and psychological changes)• Post surgical complications and inability to get standard diagnostic imagingo Some people may be too large for the diagnostic scanning and imaging equipment e. Gastric surgery does not help someone identify why they emotionally overeat and then give them new strategies to better cope - it’s another band aide, another quick fix. It is important to understand what the procedure is and the pros and cons before gastric banding is seen as an option:What is the procedure?In very simple terms, an adjustable band is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach to restrict food intake, causing feelings of fullness for longer. She realized that if she was to lose more weight, with or without the band, she would have to deal with her psychological issues around food and change her lifestyle behaviors. She requires an operation to repair the hernia and a kidney transplant but need to reduce her weight by 66 pounds to be eligible and safe for surgery. She had to undergo more surgery.g. She was given some very intensive drug treatment to try and control the infection however, this failed and she had to undergo surgery. After seeking further medical treatment after the surgery, she was also told that the original surgeon had left her with very little stomach (he removed 2/3 of her stomach) and had left blind endings (basically he had not plumbed her digestive and organ system back correctly). CT scans and MRIs. Had a medical history of a degenerative digestive system disease. She got an infection and was admitted to ICU within 5 days of the original surgery. She has posttraumatic stress disorder relating to operations due to her first experience. She was still in a lot of pain, vomiting and could not hold down food and very little fluid.

She was a good candidate for surgery. She was constantly in pain as the malnourishment and lack of correct digestive and organ connection had caused other medical conditions. As a result of her ordeal she was left with an incisional abdominal hernia (approximately 20cm in diameter) and renal failure. In good health and underwent gastric banding. Only she could change her life. She was now dying and no medical professional could help her!2) Amanda - 28 year old female - obese since childhood.g. All that surgery does is reduce the amount of food that can be eaten, but it doesn’t change the poor coping mechanisms for dampening or masking emotions or thoughts. proteins, complex carbohydrates, fibrous vegetables• There are ways to sabotage weight loss results through eating soft, fatty and/or sugary foods• A more liquid or soft food diet may be necessitated• Vomiting, purging or feelings of illness after eating may be common• Nutritional needs may be compromised due to band being too tight• Expensive and most costs are not covered by most health insurers (Gastric banding is cheaper than gastric bypass surgery - $12000-$20000 versus $15000-$25000• Extensive weight loss may lead to change in appearance - some for the better and some for the worse (more wrinkles, sloppy/excess skin)• Does not change psychological mechanisms for emotional eating• Some people may never be able to get the band removed due to unresolved behavioral and psychological mechanisms e. She has significant grief and loss for a normal life as she is sick much of the time, making it difficult to work, she China Motorized Home Folding Treadmills would like a relationship with someone special but does not want to burden them with her illness and potential death (if she does not get a transplant), her life expectancy has been significantly reduced and her medical expenses far outweigh her income, making it very difficult to seek appropriate medical treatments. Some Obesity Centers are saying that between a 20-30% loss is realistic and more typical)• The band does not guarantee weight loss• Diet and exercise is still need to achieve results• Permanent lifestyle changes need to occur for effective, long-term results• Food reduction is dramatic and some food groups may be difficult to digest e. The band is adjusted through the injection of saline solution through an external port that is left just under the skin. The surgery is usually performed via laparoscopic incisions through the abdomen. She had an underactive thyroid, diabetes type II and her blood pressure was increasing. Amanda came to the realization that the band was a helping hand in weight loss but it was not a life changing experience. Had tried dieting (and every diet on the market) since she was 14. She started emotional eating again, she lost confidence, felt self-conscious and was starting to retreat to all of her old, negative thoughts and behaviors. more surgeryo Proper diagnoses may be compromised as a result of less accurate diagnostic toolso More surgery and/or longer hospital stays may be requiredo Complications - infection, tubing between the band and access port breaking, repairs, food can block the narrow passage into the stomach, vomiting, very rarely deathLike any surgery, gastric banding does come with risks.g. She lost 1/3 of her excess body weight in 1 year but then plateaued for 2 years (she was still obese).4) Rachel - 32 year old female - morbidly obese since early teens and obese since childhood. For many this may be true but for many it is not as ’easy’ as originally put forward by health care professionals. She was so happy with the results - very little recovery time, little illness post surgery and 1 year on, just over a 1/4 of her excess body weight was lost

コメント

お気に入り日記の更新

テーマ別日記一覧

まだテーマがありません

日記内を検索