• What Is Obesity?
• Is Surgery Right for Me?
• Surgery Options
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• Weight Loss Surgery Timeline
  • Learning about Bariatric Surgery
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Meet Your Surgeon
  • Pre-Operative Testing
  • Insurance Approval
  • Preparing for Your Operation
  • Recovery Room
  • Hospital Stay
  • Follow-Up
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Weight Loss Surgery Timeline

Learning about Bariatric Surgery

Deciding to undergo weight loss surgery is a major decision that will have a dramatic effect on your lifestyle and eating habits. It is important that you are well motivated and informed before you are even evaluated by your surgeon and the multidisciplinary team at BMI-Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

This Weight Loss Surgery Timeline has been created to guide you through the process of undergoing bariatric surgery - the preoperative work-up and consultations, the operation and hospital stay, and the postoperative course and follow-up. Bariatric surgery is a process that involves much more than just an operation. Therefore, it is critical that you understand this process and what is necessary to create a healthier you.

Information about weight loss surgery is readily available, and it is important to learn as much as possible before meeting your surgeon. Magazines and newspapers, as well as the Internet, are excellent sources of information about bariatric surgery. Talking or meeting with other patients who have undergone a procedure or are considering surgery is also a good way to learn about the process of weight loss surgery. At BMI Surgery, we offer preoperative informational sessions that can also be helpful. Finally, it is important to discuss the possibility of surgery with your primary care physician. Your doctor knows your medical history best, and may have important information regarding your qualifications for surgery.