BMI, or body mass index, is a calculation to assess your weight-height relationship and make a preliminary determination of underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. Enter your weight and height to calculate your BMI.
Body Mass Index Chart
BMI
Weight Status
Below 18.5
Underweight
18.5-25.0
Normal
25.0-30.0
Overweight
30.0-40.0
Obese
40 and Above
Morbidly Obese
Gateway to long-term weightloss... Gateway to a NEW YOU!
What a person can expect with their surgical experience begins about a week before surgery. At that time, the patient will come to our office. We have a number of things that they will do. They will then go to the hospital facility to get blood work done and any specialized testing. Also about a week to two weeks before surgery, patients will start a clear liquid diet. At the time of surgery, every person will show up in the morning of their operation. If you have a Lap-Band, it can be done as an outpatient procedure in the surgery center, or if you have it in the hospital, it is typically a one-night stay in the hospital. If you have a laparoscopic gastric bypass, that is typically two nights in the hospital. At our hospital, we do have accommodations. Everyone will get a private room and family members are able to stay with the patients while they are in the hospital. After surgery, our patients will come back to my office where I will see you one week after surgery. As far as deciding when you can return to work with a Lap-Band, I recommend that patients take one week off of work. Some people choose to go back sooner. If you have a laparoscopic gastric bypass, I recommend two weeks off of work and again some patients want to go back as soon as one week.
Every patient will come to my office where I will do a complete history and a detailed focused physical examination. After that process, I will talk to every patient of what I believe the risks of their particular situation is and then I will tell them what I feel is the best operation for them, whether it is the Lap-Band or the laparoscopic gastric bypass. After that, the patients will tell me what operation they prefer. We will hash out the details but the bottom-line is, I am going to do the operation that the patient wishes.
Deciding on weight loss surgery is obviously a very major step that a person takes. In the process, one of the key issues is understanding all the complex information about bariatric surgery and what our program does is we offer free educational seminars. I believe that the free educational seminar is the very first step that every person needs to take before they go through the process, because at our seminars we go into great detail about all the surgical options, what surgery hopes to accomplish, and also we talk about risks and benefits of all the various procedures. So, having a good educational seminar will allow every person to get all the critical information that they need to make these very complex and life changing decisions.
