{"id":2225,"date":"2018-05-17T05:11:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T05:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/?page_id=2225"},"modified":"2018-05-18T07:56:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T07:56:12","slug":"life-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/life-after-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;0&#8243; full_height=&#8221;0&#8243; particles=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column margin=&#8221;margin_bottom_grid&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Life after weight loss surgery includes<br \/>\n(depending on your chosen procedure):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full recovery in 1 to 6 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Excess weight loss between 25% and 90+%<\/li>\n<li>Many obesity-related health problems cured or improved<\/li>\n<li>Significant diet and exercise changes<\/li>\n<li>Good and bad changes in how friends, family, and strangers treat you<\/li>\n<li>Challenges such as sagging skin, digestion issues, and weight regain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RECOVERY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average Hospital Stay: Ranges from outpatient (return home same-day) to 2-3 days<\/li>\n<li>Average Time Until Back to Work: Ranges from 3 days to 2 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Average Time to Full Recovery: Ranges from 3 days to 6 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Pain: Ranges from mild discomfort to \u201cmanageable with pain medication\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Diet: Ranges from a few limited foods to a strict and slow transition from clear liquids to solid foods<\/li>\n<li>Back-to-Normal Activity: Ranges from 3 days to 4-6 weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WEIGHT LOSS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patients lose weight quickly after most procedures, with the low point coming 12 to 18 months after the procedure.<\/li>\n<li>The duodenal switch (DS), gastric sleeve, and gastric bypass are very close in terms of their average low point, but the DS pulls ahead over the long-term as it results in less weight regain over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-6&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row color_set=&#8221;secondary_section&#8221; full_width=&#8221;0&#8243; full_height=&#8221;0&#8243; cols_valign=&#8221;vcenter&#8221; transparent_overlay=&#8221;transparent_film&#8221; background=&#8221;bgimage&#8221; bgimage=&#8221;1191&#8243; parallax=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"section_header subtitle_bottom   fancy text-center\">\n\n    <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I promise to take care&#8230; and I deliver<\/h2>\n\n\n        <p><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;0&#8243; full_height=&#8221;0&#8243; particles=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column margin=&#8221;margin_bottom_grid&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-6&#8243;][vc_column_text]Life after weight loss surgery includes (depending on your chosen procedure): Full recovery in 1 to 6 weeks Excess weight loss between 25% and 90+% Many obesity-related health problems cured or improved Significant diet and exercise changes Good and bad changes in how friends, family, and strangers treat you Challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2255,"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2225\/revisions\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dryoussefandraos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}