عنوان

A diary of gastric bypass surgery :

(Number (ISBN

1435661338

(Number (ISBN

9781435661332

Number

b733975

Title Proper

A diary of gastric bypass surgery :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

when the benefits outweigh the costs /

First Statement of Responsibility

Darlene K. Drummond.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 146 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Inheritance -- Preoperative evaluation -- Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery -- Week one post-surgery -- Week two post-surgery -- Week three post-surgery -- Week four post-surgery -- Weeks five and six post-surgery -- Weeks seven, eight, and nine post-surgery -- Weeks ten through fifteen post-surgery -- A new life in a new city.

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Text of Note

"While gastric bypass surgery is often touted by the media as "the easy way out," and American health care professionals increasingly endorse weight loss surgery for a population plagued by obesity and its complications, A Diary of Gastric Bypass Surgery discloses the sacrifices, suffering, and commitment required to endure this complicated procedure. Using personal diary entries between 2002 and 2006, Darlene K. Drummond details her life-altering decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery. Drummond, an African American woman diagnosed as morbidly obese, diabetic, and hypertensive, describes her family history of chronic illness and obesity and shares conversations with health professionals, family, friends, coworkers, and support groups both before and after the procedure. She also includes her weekly grocery expenses, out-of-pocket medical expenses, reactions to media stories on celebrity personalities battling complications of obesity, as well as chronicles of the cognitive and behavioral changes she experienced along the way."--Jacket.

Title

Diary of gastric bypass surgery.

International Standard Book Number

0791474399

Drummond, Darlene K.,1959-Health.

Drummond, Darlene K.,1959-

Gastric bypass-- Patients, Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Scientists & Psychologists.

Health & Biological Sciences.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- Abdominal.

Health.

Surgery - General and By Type.

Surgery & Anesthesiology.

BIO-- 021000

HEA-- 039010

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Edition

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Book number

Drummond, Darlene K.,1959-

Date of Transaction

20201216054201.0

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[Book]

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