Benefits
Life Expectancy
Can be increased by 15-20 years.
High Blood Pressure
At least 70 percent of patients who have high blood pressure and who are taking medications to control it are able to stop taking these medications and watch their blood pressure return to normal.
High Blood Cholesterol
Over 80 percent of patients will develop normal cholesterol levels within 2-3 months after their operation.
Heart Disease
Although we can not say definitively that heart disease is reduced, the improvement in problems such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and diabetes certainly suggests that reduction of risk is very likely.
Diabetes Mellitus
Over 90 percent of Type II diabetics obtain excellent results, usually within a few days after surgery. These results often include: normal blood sugar levels, normal Hemoglobin AIC values, and freedom from all their medications including insulin injections.
Asthma
Most asthmatics find that they have fewer and less severe attacks, or sometimes none at all.
Respiratory Insufficiency
Improvement of exercise tolerance and breathing ability usually occurs within the first few months after surgery. Often patients who find themselves barely able to walk find that they are able to participate in family activities.
Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Dramatic relief of sleep apnea occurs as our patients lose weight. Many report that within a year after surgery their symptoms were completely gone and they had even stopped snoring completely.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Relief of all symptoms of reflux usually occurs within a few days of surgery for all patients.
Gallbladder Disease
Your gallbladder will be evaluated before surgery.
Stress Urinary Incontinence
This condition responds dramatically to weight loss, usually becoming completely controlled.
Low Back Pain, Degenerative Disk Disease & Degenerative Joint Disease
Patients usually experience considerable relief of pain and disability from degenerative arthritis and from the pain in weight-bearing joints.
Quality Of Life
Can be significantly improved over 95% of patients.
