Sleeve Gastrectomy

This is a guest post by Parkar.

Vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) is also referred to as gastric sleeve surgery. It is a weight loss surgery option that has grown popular because unlike other procedures it does not involve food malabsorption or intestinal rerouting. VSG simply reduces the size of your stomach. What adds to the popularity of VSG is that it has recently been covered by a number of insurance companies.

Town Surgery Center in California, Los Angeles, is a bariatric surgery clinic that specializes in Gastric Sleeve. The clinic is situated on 24510 Town Center Dr., Suite 180 in Valencia, CA 91355. They can reached at (661) 260-3021.

Sleeve Gastrectomy in Valencia, CA

The Gastric Sleeve surgery is one of the most effective options for patients to lose weight. It reduces the risk of developing serious and life threatening diseases that can be caused by obesity, like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and sleep apnea.

Many insurance companies are in the process of expanding coverage to include gastric sleeve surgery. The reason behind this change is that VSG is a necessary treatment for morbid obesity for qualified individuals.

It is a growing health epidemic in the U.S., impacting the lives of men and women of all ages and races. Morbid obesity affects more than 93 million Americans and studies predict this number will exceed 120 million in the next five years. These alarming statistics only stress the importance of educating the public on the health risks associated with the condition.

According to Dr. John Rabkin, “Patients who are obese have a multitude of medical problems including: adult onset diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and many, many more, all of which result in early or premature death.”

Barbara Metcalf, RN says, “Many obese people face numerous problems, not just their serious co morbidities. The psychosocial co morbidities are often much more damaging. They suffer from discrimination everyday, often in the workforce. They are passed over and not promoted, they suffer from depression that has been reported as high as 90%.

Also their physical lifestyle is no longer available to them. When you move around in a 100 pound excess body, it hurts to move. Your knees hurt; you can no longer do those daily activities like you used to do.”

This is an interview of Sarah Salgado from El Paso, Texas who visited Juarez, Mexico to have sleeve gastrectomy surgery.

In this interview, which was recorded on video, Sarah and her husband Tony share their conquest over obesity. Following Sarah’s success, her mother also opted for the same procedure.

How Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Changed 3 People’s Lives for the Better

Tony and his wife Sarah made a video to try and help other people and give them a little bit of what they went through. They want to help other people understand what this type of surgery is, how your life is going to change, and how different things can be.

Sarah is 32 years old, a sales person that deals with people all the time, all day and works 6 days a week. Before the surgery, she was having a lot of problems with her health. Back was hurting; knees were bad; and she felt pain in the feet, too.

Sarah was tired all the time. Because of her low self-esteem—a result of her overweight issue—she didn’t use to go out, especially alone. She always had to be with her husband or her son. She enjoyed being a housewife, but she really just didn’t want to go out.

The three time Super Bowl Champion Nate Newton continues to lose weight following his vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery at the Live Life Again Bariatric Center in Dallas, Texas.

Not entirely satisfied with the 100 pounds lost, Mr. Nate Newton pursues his goal of achieving the unbelievable 230 pounds.

Low Cost Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Mexico Saves Thousands.

Tamara Mattson of Washington chose to have her Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for several reasons, one being the savings. Choosing to have this medical operation done outside of the U.S. saved her almost 40% of what she would have paid to have the same procedure done stateside.

Dr. David Kim of Texas has performed over 3000 weight loss surgeries at his two offices in Texas, one in Colleyville and one in Dallas. Over 1,000 of these surgeries have been for the vertical sleeve gastrectomy in the past three years, as he has broad experience with gastric sleeve bypass.

Traveling to Costa Rica Can Save You Thousands On Weight Loss Surgery.

Peggy and Debra Berg, mother and daughter, share their experience of the gastric sleeve weight loss surgery in Costa Rica. The video was recorded about 11 months after the procedure:

Being obese not only lowers one's self esteem, it also makes people feel uncomfortable with their body image. Obesity is associated with a host of pathological conditions, from back problems, to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and even increased mortality rate.

If you or someone you know has been investigating the various options available these days for weight-loss surgery, you probably know that the two most common and popular procedures being used these days are the LAP-BAND and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgeries.

Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) is a procedure that permanently reduces the size of the stomach to about 60-80 cc (half a cup). The gastric restriction makes patients lose weight because they eat less. However, it is not only the smaller size of the stomach that creates the early feeling of fullness. It is also the fact that by surgically removing 70% of the stomach along the greater curvature, the procedure takes off a part of the stomach, called fundus, that produces ghrelin, a hormone that is involved in the perception of hunger.