Tips to Improve Your Portion Control and Eat Less

March 27, 2023 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
portion Control after weight loss surgery
Portion control after bariatric surgery is a word that is frequently heard in the weight loss industry. Like any doctor or nutritionist will tell you, you cannot successfully lose weight without limiting the amount of food you consume during each meal. Although the right portion size is different fo...

4 Ways Bariatric Surgery Affects Hormones 

October 10, 2022 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
4 Ways Bariatric Surgery Affects Hormones
Bariatric surgery affects hormones due to how your body responds to stress. Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate processes in the body. Hormones leptin, ghrelin, insulin, sex hormones, and growth hormones impact our appetite, metabolism, and body fat distribution and are affected after bar...

Why You May Need an EGD After Bariatric Surgery

September 26, 2022 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
Why you need an EGD after bariatric surgery
An EGD after bariatric surgery is required in some cases when the patient is experiencing discomfort or unwanted side effects. Typically, 80% of post-bariatric patients will have surgery and experience no unwanted side effects. However, the other 20% of patients will have varying degrees of problems...

5 Weird Side Effects of Weight Loss Surgery

August 29, 2022 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
side effects of weight loss surgery
Bariatric surgery has become a popular option for extreme weight loss, yet there are still some side effects of weight loss surgery that no one really talks about. After any form of extreme weight loss, whether through bariatric surgery or diet and exercise, your body will begin to react in various ...

Managing Headaches After Bariatric Surgery

May 09, 2022 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
Headaches after bariatric surgery
Headaches after bariatric surgery is surprisingly more common than patients are led to believe. In this blog, we will talk about why people get headaches after bariatric surgery and some remedies you can use, and how we typically treat these. One of the critical things to note about headaches is whe...

Taking Medications after Bariatric Surgery

April 25, 2022 By Donald Maynard, MD, FACS In Post Weight Loss Surgery
Resuming Medications after Weight Loss Surgery
Medications after bariatric surgery vary significantly depending on the type of bariatric procedure you had as well as how rapidly your health improves. Obesity is linked to many health conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, cancers, and arthritis. Studies have found that around 80% of bariat...