Obesity surgery stories of altered lives /

• Main Author: Meana, Marta, 1957-
• Other Authors: Ricciardi, Lindsey, 1976-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2008.
• Subjects: Obesity > Interviews. > Patients > Surgery; Bariatric Surgery > Interview. > psychology; Obesity, Morbid > Interview. > psychology; Obesity, Morbid > Interview. > surgery; Weight Loss > Interview.; MEDICAL > Bariatrics.; Electronic books.
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"Obesity Surgery is based on interviews with thirty-three gastric-bypass patients reflecting on life before and after surgery. Their accounts describe the frustrations of limited mobility and energy, as well as the sometimes heartbreaking isolation the seriously overweight endure in a society t...

Table of Contents:

• Taking the leap: deciding on surgery
• Responding to the kindness of strangers: now you don't see me, now you do
• Changing the dynamics in your inner circle: your change becomes everybody else's
• Deconstructing the self: who was I and who am I becoming?
• Facing the music of self: when weight is no longer the reason
• Greater than the weight of our parts: making sense of it all
• Through thick and thin: planning for success
• Concluding note: neither weight nor weight loss.