Gastric Band And Beyond: Maximise Your Weight Loss - Softcover

Bates, Mrs. Sharon E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456771744 ISBN 13: 9781456771744

Publisher: AuthorHouseUK, 2010

Synopsis

Gastric Band and Beyond: Maximise your weight loss is a unique book designed to be a motivator, a comforter and an inspiration for those struggling with their weight. It is a modern-day survival guide that will allow you to shed the pounds and maintain your weight loss, giving you energy and a new lease of life.

There is a wealth of literature out there in the medical world about the details and outcomes of weight loss surgery but actually the operation is only a small junction on the long, tortuous road to successful weight loss. The complication rates, excess percentage weight loss and various techniques may be of interest to you but are actually less important than the questions like, ''how will I cope without comfort eating? '', ''what will my partner think of me when I physically change? '', ''how will I cope with increased interest from the opposite sex? '' and ''what do I do about excess skin post operatively? ''. These are the questions that you probably want to know but are too afraid to ask your busy doctors.

How do we know this? Well, the main author is a patient, has received a gastric band, has battled with the ups and downs of post operative life and is a full time obesity nurse specialist and counsellor. She is uniquely placed to give an insight into the thoughts and feelings of patients from her own experiences and from the wealth of information from her clients that she has built up over the years. This approach and writing style is synergized with the experience of the second author who is a surgical registrar with a specialist interest in weight loss surgery. The two writing styles and approaches compliment each other and provide an excellent balance between empathy, compassion and fact.

The book takes the reader on a well sign-posted journey.

About this title

About the Author:

Mrs Sharon E. Bates MSc RN RM

Sharon is a registered nurse and midwife who has experience as an NHS manager. She is a professionally qualified and experienced humanistic counsellor and has achieved a Master Practitioner in eating disorders with The National Centre for Eating Disorders where she is a co-facilitator. Sharon has particular expertise having undergone weight loss surgery in 2000.

Sharon trained with Dr Vincent Frering in Lyon, France and was a pioneer in the UK specialising and establishing weight loss surgery teams in the UK. She works predominantly in Bristol as a Specialist Bariatric Nurse.

Sharon is a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) and can be contacted directly through the Avon Obesity Service for advice and enquiries. (www.avonobesityservice.co.uk)

Dr S. J. W. Monkhouse MA MBBChir MRCS

Simon is a surgical registrar with a specialist interest in obesity surgery. He trained at the University of Cambridge and now works in the South-west of England. He has written extensively on this subject and has set up a national training course for obesity surgeons of the future. He is motivated by the positive effects of the surgery on patient's lives and aspires to be an innovator and leader in the field. He has worked alongside Sharon and her colleagues for several years and benefits greatly from this multidisciplinary approach to the surgery.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouseUK
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1456771744
• ISBN 13: 9781456771744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208