Online Gastric Bypass Support Groups
74Online Gastric Bypass Support Groups
Experiencing the side effects of a gastric bypass, implementing a new diet after your gastric bypass and experiencing a sudden weight loss is a serious, sometimes painful issue that can change your entire lifestyle upside down and bring emotional turmoils in your life.
I urge those who suffer not to take this list below as exhaustive and to make your own research online. If ever you find a new support group for gastric bypass surgery, please leave a comment below.
Most doctors are aware that severely obese people are prone to prejudice and
discrimination. An extra dose of
compassion and respect will help them overcome their feelings of
rejection. It belongs primarily to
the close ones of the patient to demonstrate a particular understanding.
Obesity worsens
the quality of life well beyond the effects that cause medical
complications of the disease. A significant weight loss
brings a dramatic improvement in quality of life of the patients but sometimes patients feel like they have lost their identity and they need a group to share their stories, difficulties, emotional distress and support.
Gastric bypass surgical treatment has no
place in the absence of other therapy. There is no ideal
response, and they all have drawbacks, albeit with some compromises. The list below will somehow help alleviate the emotional pain of patients who have undergone the gastric bypass surgery.
This text will have
achieved its purpose if it helps patients cope with their
illness and whether it supports their decision to face the
appropriateness of surgical treatment.
Online Gastric Bypass Support Groups
MD Junction Gastric Bypass Support Group is an online community where patients, friends, parents, family members meet to discuss everything related to Gastric Bypass Surgery. It is a free community but you must be registered to interact with other members of the support group. This support group has currently 266 members and you can do join discussion boards, wear a ribbon, write a diary, rate and review a doctor and hug your friends.
Daily Strength Support Group is based on the same model as MDJunction but over there, you not only get support for your gastric bypass surgery but you can also ask experts questions and get instant answers, chat with friends and create a wellness journal, research the latest treatment and news and create personal goals and track your progress. The interface of Daily Strength is also more visually appealing than MDJunction.
Obesity help is a online web 2.0 platform much the same like facebook but for obese people who are undergoing surgeries. You can create a profile, upload photos, interact with people, leave comments, make friends and support each other. But note that obesity help is not limited to gastric bypass patients only. It has a forum and a question and answer section as well as a magazine.
ThinnerTimes Forum is an international obesity surgery forum for both gastric bypass and Lap-Band® patients. There are now over 9,000 members and nearly 600,000 posts. Please feel free to read the posts. Better yet, join, ask questions, and share your hopes, feeling, and experiences.
Weight loss surgery has become a popular option for obese patients but what are the options and the risks? If you have already had a gastric bypass, stomach stapling, or gastric banding surgery, you need to talk to others who've shared the experience. Find information and support there.
The Sentara CarePlex Hospital Online Gastric Bypass Support Group is
available for people who have had a gastric bypass, and for those who
are researching this surgery for obesity. The Bariatric Program
Coordinator for Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Susie Rohling, moderates this
group.
The group offers a safe support system where members can
share their successes, questions and experiences.
How
It Works
The Support Group is an email list that allows
members of the list to communicate with everyone else on the list with
one quick email. Members can send and receive emails anytime, 24 hours a
day. Please note: You must create a Yahoo! ID if you do
not have one already to join this support group.
Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography.
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You are welcome lorlie. You are my first commenter! :)
what about the physchological effects of gastric bypass
I had the Gastric Bypass Surgery May 12th 2010 and I stuck at this certain weight and I can not lose any more weight. I know I have a year to lose the weight but why am I stuck. I am eating less than 700 calaries a day and I exercise everyday. Also I have major constipation. I have to take a stool softner everyday and benefiber twice a day just to go to the bathroom soft.
Lisa you are eating too little to be exercising. Just use weights tone and no cardio other than a lite walk. I had my surgery nov 2009 and have lost 105 lbs. I was stuck at 6 months and the dietitian said no high impact aerobics. It worked Good luck.
why does it hurt so much on the right side in one spot then the rest?
i just had the surgary done a few days ago and pain on right side and stomach hurts today
i had surgery 7 months ago and from the time of surgery to present i've had problems after problems between the violent vomiting to eiter watery runs or not being able to go.....i cant drink the protein shakes because they make me sick no matter what i eat or drink i get stomach cramps and pain like you wouldnt believe and i see my doctors atleast once a month they can not figure it out cuz my plateletts keep dropping they have me on iv iron treatments all my blood work is completely messed up badly i've been bk in the hospital several times yes i've dropped 100 lbs but how unhealthly is this that much weight in only 7 months and my bmi just barely made it i was 238 lbs before surgery and soon ill be less then half of what i was ....i'm not here to discourage anyone but just know everyone is different and not everyones body is going to accept this surgery i found out the hard way ............if anyone else has gone thru some of this please let me know i feel like im the only one having so many issues
I had surgery 1 week ago tomorrow. I am still on liquids.
I am very weak. I take the vitamins and protein but still very weak.
Did this happen to any one else
lorlie6 Level 3 Commenter 2 years ago
I have a dear friend who had this surgery last Fall and she is 'recovering' fairly well.
I'll have to tell her about this hub and the support groups available.
Thanks for this, DrJohn.