Filmed on 09/12/2016
MA, 53 years old female, suffering from obesity. Her medical background covers high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus. She could not sustain a weight loss achieved with diets and tablets. She was offered a laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) gastric bypass.
Before the procedure underwent a mandatory psychiatric assessment.
She recovered well from the procedure. Started losing weight in a steady fashion and her mobility improved as well since the procedure.
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Tell us about your experience of this procedure. Well it all seemed to go very smooth. I went in at the anaesthetic and then when I came around in the recovery room everything was done. The only problem was I did feel a little bit sick but apart from that everything went smoothly. Great. Is there anything you would like to tell a prospective patient who's about to undergo the procedure? No, there's nothing really bad. I mean, when I first, yesterday I had pains down my left And when I first started drinking, it, I don't know, it sounded very funny and like, um, it caused a little bit of pain, but now, that is easing off now. And I only had it done yesterday, so. Was there anything that you experienced which was unexpected? I did expect to be in a lot more pain, so I was actually quite surprised and also when When I came in, I was taking 110 units of insulin three times a day, with three different types of diabetes medication, and then from yesterday, I've had a little bit of insulin, and then the last two lots of blood sugars have been 6.6. I mean, I'm surprised at how quick, because that is my main reason for the diabetes. You know, because I got the start of neuropathy and the retinopathy as well, so that was my main reason. Yeah, so 6.6. I'm well charged! Excellent, thanks very much.
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