Not everyone can go to gastric sleeve surgeons for weight loss procedures. Doctors sign the Hippocratic Oath, and that is an oath of ethics. Doctors need to provide medical treatment and surgery if and when it is needed, they should never deny anyone medical help and attention, and they must always provide the right service and treatment. There can be no abuse of medical treatments. We mention the Hippocratic oath with bariatric surgery because bariatric surgeons do have patients coming in, asking for the surgery, when they don’t need it. And a doctor must say no to the surgery, only performing it when and if it is needed, i.e. for obese people who have no other option.
Who qualifies for bariatric surgery
The people who qualify for bariatric surgery are obese people whose obesity is dangerous to their health and to their mental well-being. Obesity can be genetic and no matter what the person does to lose weight, they weight does not drop off or stay off. Obesity can be an illness. It can be part of an emotional problem. Whatever the reason is for obesity, the gastric sleeve doctors are the doctors who will identify if the patient should have the surgery and if it will benefit them. Gastric sleeve surgery, and the doctor would explain how it works to the patient, guarantees weight loss and it guarantees that the weight is not put back on. It is a complicated surgery and the patient needs how to understand how it works. They also need to be committed to a new lifestyle.
Seeing a bariatric doctor
Generally, a health care worker, a dietician or a nutritionist, or even a psychologist, will recommend or refer a patient to a gastric sleeve doctor. The doctor will assess the person and ensure that they are healthy enough to undergo the surgery and that they understand the surgery. Thereafter, the arrangements are made. Gastric sleeve surgery is specialist surgery and can only be performed for a bariatric doctor. Bariatric doctors are kind and compassionate, understanding that nobody wants to be obese and very few people like to be obese. They will only perform the surgery when it is necessary, never performing it on a person who could lose weight with a bit of diet and a bit of exercise.
There are not that many bariatric surgeons as it such a specialist department but you will find one with the help of your doctor or health care practitioner. Make an appointment and be ready to have a good conversation with your doctor. Part of the assessment will be asking about your current way of eating and your current exercise regime, without any judgement. A patient does not need to worry about any kind of disclosure.
Bariatric doctors are good doctors. They perform specialist surgery and they understand obesity better than anybody else. Seeing gastric sleeve surgeons is a huge relief for obese people, who know that they are finally going to be able to end their obesity, once and for all.
