Benefits Of Losing Weight

[Spirit Fire 115]

Found this image on Pinterest and thought it summed up the benefits of weight loss quite nicely. I know most of us have faced some of these problems (sleep apnea and fatty liver for me) and it is truly wonderful that we have this tool -- The Sleeve -- to help us make our percentages better.

[Lissa 2,631]

Great picture! I can SO relate to almost everything on there!

[UTGal99 327]

Spirit Fire - was the fatty liver an issue for surgery? I understand that in order to have the VSG procedure done you can not have a fatty liver. I have one too and am concerned they will go to do surgery and then close me right up and not do it. Your experience?

[Rootman 1,101]

Most all obese people have a fatty liver, that is one of the principal reasons for the pre-op diet to attempt to shrink the liver so that the surgeon has more room to work and lesson the chance of nicking or pinching the liver during the operation.

If your liver is overly fatty then YES the surgeon can decline to do the operation, typically a few days of near fast can reduce the size enough to lesson any issues.

#SpiritFire - great find on the pic, thanks for posting it.