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Title: Weight Loss Surgery : Understanding & Overcoming Morbid Obesity - Life Before, During & After Surgery by Michelle Boasten ISBN: 1-931033-01-3 Publisher: FBE Service Network Pub. Date: 04 February, 2001 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.34 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: MUST Reading for Morbidly Obese People
Comment: This book is absolutely must reading for morbidly obese individuals. Michelle Boasten does a fabulous job of identifying issues that need to be considered in evaluating weight loss surgery options. The author writes from experience and morbidly obese people will be able to relate to her comments. The book explains the surgery options in layman's terms that are easily understood.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Resoruce
Comment: In WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING MORBID OBESITY, Michelle Boasten provides extensive information for anyone seeking surgery for the super obesity disease (and valuable information for anyone seeking surgery, period). She names physical and emotional feelings that the super obese share. I was able to relate to 95% of the feelings she listed. In addition, she carefully walks you through preparation for surgery including insurance problems, financing the surgery, and physical/emotional preparation--she also covers complications and so forth. She asks some invaluable questions that we can use to determine if we are candidates for surgery. She prepares us for the aftercare, and discusses WLS as a tool, and not a cure. Our support system is very important and she drives that point home. She even explains the mechanics of the three current types of WLS. I highly recommend this book to anyone comtemplating WLS, and also to those who have already had it (and I recommend it for anyone dealing with insurance battles for any type of surgery). Peggy gives it TWO THUMBS UP!
Rating: 3
Summary: Tells some but not enough
Comment: I read this book and I too found it too simplistic. My 20 year old daughter, my 45 year old sister, my niece and her male friend have all had this surgery in the past year. All I can say is, I predict that there will soon be a backlash about this eerily popular surgery. One of my niece's friends had the surgery six months ago and has had constant health problems, several rehospitalizations, and ongoing problems because of the surgery. She is only 24 and is in a wheelchair because she is too weak to walk. My niece's male friend had to be hospitalized because he developed a bleeding ulcer in the pouch. He is only 25 years old. This surgery is NOT the ultimate and best solution for everyone. My daughter has daily stomach pain and vomits almost every day for various reasons, despite how careful she is about what and how much she eats. My sister and niece look almost gaunt and have not found the personal happiness they thought they would find. My daughter has lost 120 pounds and needs a support group to get through all the emotional changes the surgery causes. I read somewhere that this surgery gives you an increased chance of cancer of the esophagus. Anyone who is considering this surgery has to KNOW that nothing in life is free and in some cases you may just be trading one set of problems for another. My daughter seems gaunt, bony, and has to constantly eat protein and take vitamins to keep her body going. She should be at the peak of her health but she doesn't look like it to me. Also she has to take Depo Provera shots as you CANNOT get pregnant within the first two years of this surgery or you and the baby could die. Just be aware that this surgery changes your life permentanly and you may not find that you necessarily like all the changes, even if you think you might. What a culture we live in that fat people will resort to this just to reach this nirvana of thin so that society will be kinder to them. How very sad.
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Title: The Doctor's Guide to Weight Loss Surgery : How to Make the Decision That Could Save Your Life by M.D. Louis Flancbaum, Deborah Flancbaum, Erica Manfred ISBN: 0553382462 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Weight Loss Surgery: Finding the Thin Person Hiding Inside You, Third Edition by Barbara Thompson ISBN: 1932205306 Publisher: Word Asn Jpub Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Gut Feelings: From Fear and Despair to Health and Hope by Carnie Wilson ISBN: 1561709077 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: I'm Still Hungry: Finding Myself Through Thick and Thin by Carnie Wilson, Cindy Pearlman ISBN: 1401902278 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Complete Guide to Obesity Surgery: Everything You Need to Know About Weight Loss Surgery and How to Succeed by Bryan G. Woodward ISBN: 1552126641 Publisher: Trafford Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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