Post Bariatric Medicine
The months after weight loss surgery can either be the most rewarding time of your life or one of the most frustrating depending on how you care for yourself. Without proper medical guidance, problems such as anemia, vitamin deficiency, protein deficiency, iron deficiency and fatigue can easily develop. You will need to be monitored routinely for these problems before a small issue that could have been prevented can become a large one. Your post operative weight needs to be evaluated on a regular basis to ensure you are not losing weight too fast or not fast enough. Electrolyte problems after weight loss surgery could be a sign of dehydration or impending illness thus special blood analysis need to be done routinely. Your protein intake needs to be carefully looked after to ensure adequate nutrition after surgery. Chronic bone, liver, kidney, and cardiac disease may also result from inadequate post operative care. However, if your physician has been properly trained to look for and address these issues then the path after surgery may be a happy and rewarding one for you. You will enjoy the aesthetic, emotional and health benefits of weight loss without the fear of illness. This why so many patients who have had weight loss surgery choose Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian to care for them. Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian understands the very complex medical problems that a post bariatric surgery patient can face and has great experience in preventing and treating these problems. Additionally, Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian will ensure that once you lose weight after surgery, you don’t gain it back. Below is a list of the post bariatric surgery services that Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian offers:
- Total health maintenance after surgery and prevention of medical complications
- Laboratory monitoring of nutrition, vitamins, and electrolytes
- Post operative weight loss management
- Prevention and management of weight gain after surgery
- Techniques for post operative weight loss success
- Nutrition counseling and support
- Fitness support
- Alternative vitamin therapy for those who cannot tolerate oral vitamins
- Intravenous iron therapy for those who cannot tolerate oral iron
- Psycho-social therapy and behavioral modification to maintain weight loss and prevent gain back
- Monitoring of cardiac, kidney, liver and bone health after surgery
- Support group meetings for those who have had weight loss surgery
- Evaluation, management, and adjustment of all preoperative medications for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol
- Protein deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Anemia and Iron deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Vitamin deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Excessive weight loss intervention
- Nausea and vomiting treatment
- Dumping syndrome prevention
- Sleep apnea and snoring evaluation and treatment
- Evaluation and treatment of lung disorders including COPD and asthma
- Osteoporosis treatment & prevention of bone loss after surgery
- Arthritis and back pain treatment after weight loss surgery
