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Northwest Arkansas Weight Loss Surgery Support Group

Alfa - Losing Weight Zone — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:12:00 +0000

Are you from NWA and are planning to undergo a weight loss surgery or have just gone under the knife? This support group is tailored for your emotional needs.

For updates about the support group’s events and meetings, contact Karen Robinson at 381-0118, Wyona Yaffe at 644-1999 or Jamie Brunk at gingerbreadnewslady @ yahoo. com. The group also has an online connection through Yahoo groups. The address is http: // health. groups. yahoo. com / group / wlsnwar.

Get Weight Loss Surgery to Be More Fit.. As an Adoptive Parent

Alfa - Losing Weight Zone — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:04:41 +0000

No, it’s no longer just preparing all the adoption papers and the baby’s room if you’d like to be awarded as the most deserving adoptive parent. For a starter, undergoing weight loss surgery may improve your chances of being better adoptive parents, for this certain couple at least…

She could be born any day now, and her adoptive parents are confident but nervous that they are ready for her arrival.

But Shawn and Valerie DiGianfelice have done more than just decorate a room and buy diapers to prepare for the birth of their daughter.

The Grundy County High School teachers both recently underwent weight-loss surgery. Val was starting to have health problems due to her weight, and they both wanted to have more energy and longer lives.

“It is just going to give us a better quality of life,” Val said. “It is going to give us more energy.

“Eating healthy is going to get us to where we want to be,” she added, “and it is going to be a good environment for the baby.”

Full report here.

Now who would say that you haven’t thought well of your child’s future if you have managed to even consider going under the knife to live longer?

Tags: weight loss surgery, adoption, parents

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery Complications Led to Suing a Singapore Hospital

Alfa - Losing Weight Zone — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:08:22 +0000

Because of chest infection and stomach perforation, a weight-loss surgery patient is suing a Singapore hospital, accusing that those conditions were caused by the laparoscopic gastric banding procedure performed by the said hospital.

Lisa Beth Larsson, 43, a US citizen who weighed 120 kilograms, alleges negligence on the part of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and claims that the surgeon failed to do his job with reasonable care and skill.

She is seeking damages for the pain and physical consequences suffered, in addition to the 136,000 Singapore dollars (90,066 US dollars) she spent on the surgery in 2004, The Straits Times said.

The hospital and the surgeon, through their lawyers, dispute Larsson’s claims and are contesting the suit.

The trial is set for January to allow an expert witness to testify.

The procedure to treat morbid obesity is known as laparoscopic gastric banding. Ross Tay, another patient who weighed 160 kilograms, died last year in Singapore of post-surgical complications.

Tags: weight loss surgery, gastric banding, laparoscopic, Singapore

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