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__**Weight loss surgery Podcast**__ media type="file" key="weightlosssurgerypodcast-kat.m4a"
 * __SUMMARY:__**
 * Increased 10 fold over the past decade
 * 150,000 Americans get it each year
 * Most insurances pays for it and most are successful
 * No question gastric bypass works [[image:check.png width="36" height="36"]]
 * Lose weight--> 100 pounds or more a year
 * Lose high cholesterol
 * Lose diabetes
 * Becoming more and more popular and being see as not as big of a deal
 * Newspaper articles suggest getting it
 * Marketed directly to the public
 * Sometimes there are problems (complications)
 * Sometimes leaking from intestines to the abdominal--> a major problem
 * Be bed bound for months
 * Hernias at the site of the incision
 * Blood clots
 * Dumping Syndrome--> physical illness from eating foods high in fat and sugar
 * Permanent change in the way the body absorbs food
 * It's NOT for everyone
 * People over the age of 55 should avoid the surgery
 * Suffer problems from diabtes
 * Some people with low BMI will want to get it because they diet and nothing happens.

__**3 Questions**__
 * 1) What exactly is gastric bypass surgery?
 * 2) Gastric bypass surgery makes the stomach smaller by bypassing part of the small intestine. The most common gastric bypass surgery is Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which is when the stomach is made smaller by making a small pouch at the top of the stomach by using surgical staples or a plastic band. The smaller stomach is then attached directly to the middle of the small intestine (jejunum) bypassing the rest of the stomach and the upper small intestine (duodenum).
 * 3) [[image:h5550928.jpg]]
 * 4) http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/gastric-bypass
 * 5) How do those who aren't able to have the surgery get prepared to have it?
 * 6) For those whose body mass index (BMI) is greater than 40 then they should consider having the gastric bypass surgery. But, some people aren't able to have because they might have depression or are in fact too heavy. They can achieve the weight loss surgery by loosing some weight by doing little things like walking or swimming, just to get the body moving. This will help shed weight around the abdominal organs, which will make it easier for the surgeons to move easily inside your abdomen. You can also seek therapy and psychiatrists to help with depression because doctors don't want the weight loss surgery to be a "fix" for someone's depression, when they really need to get help. Once they have done a complete psychoanalysis of a person, then they can figure out if they are acceptable for the surgery.
 * 7) [[image:2womenwalkers-healthEdco.gif width="357" height="376"]][[image:swimmers.jpg width="332" height="317"]]
 * 8) http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/gastric-bypass
 * 9) http://www.csmc.edu/pf_2447.html
 * 10) What are the side effects of the surgery?
 * 11) Some side effects the may occur are an iron and vitamin B12 deficiency, the connection between the small intestine and stomach narrows causing vomiting and nausea, ulcers, hernias, and the staples my come loose.
 * 12) [[image:sick.jpg]]
 * 13) http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/gastric-bypass