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Written for REAL people, by REAL people, about REAL stuff! If you’re a REAL person considering weight loss surgery, this book will give you the right information to make the decision, whether or not it’s REALLY right for you! If you’ve already decided on surgery, then we’ll tell you what it’s REALLY like to live day to day as a weight loss surgery patient, and how to find a good bariatric surgeon and multidisciplinary practice who’ll help you live a healthier, happier life. Plus, the book is upd
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Review by Angie for The REAL Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery: An Indispensable Guide to What You Can REALLY Expect!!
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This is not a technical manual on WLS, and it’s not meant to be. It’s a very well rounded book that humerously provides pre-surgery, surgery, and post-surgery information. As a pre-WLS patient, I have found it to be most helpful in “real-life” presentation of all the information gaps that exist for pre-WLS patients. Very digestible read!
Review by J. Walters for The REAL Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery: An Indispensable Guide to What You Can REALLY Expect!!
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I purchased this book before my RNY surgery in a blitz to collect and read everything I could on this type of bariatric procedure. While this book is cleverly written, it’s not nearly as good as my favorite, and the one I took to the hospital with me, “Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies”, my bible.
I’m not sure if I believe these women when they detail their experiences. They’ve had every side-effect and complication, including some I ran to my surgeon with and neither he nor his entire staff had ever heard of. “Scramps” being one of them. Some of the things are laugh-out-loud funny, like when Karen goes out with her husband and doesn’t realize that post-bariatric surgery, alcohol speeds right into your bloodstream. She winds up screaming in laughter at a barking dog when her husband is forced to drive her home.
This book is a good read, kind of like a Fannie Flagg book, but I wouldn’t take it as law.
Review by Cheryl Mansell for The REAL Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery: An Indispensable Guide to What You Can REALLY Expect!!
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This was a great book! It is not a technical book but it is full of useful information that you don’t necessarily get prior and during surgery. I had Bariatric surgery and wish I had this prior and during my process. I facilitate a support group and am more than willing to recommend this book to pre and post op individuals.
Review by J. Paci for The REAL Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery: An Indispensable Guide to What You Can REALLY Expect!!
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As a person seriously pondering gastric bypass surgery I have read many books, but this is by far the best. It was very blunt about many topics…no sugar coating here. The authors got their points across through honesty and humor. The very personal and candid stories were hysterical. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Despite the education levels achieved by both authors, the book didn’t talk over my head, facts were presented in interesting ways, and overall the book was very easy to read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and already referred The Real Skinny to my weight loss surgeon’s office as a ‘must read’. Highly, highly recommended for anybody contemplating weight loss surgery!
Review by Lu for The REAL Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery: An Indispensable Guide to What You Can REALLY Expect!!
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Please know that the experiences of these two women cannot necessarily be generalized to all people who opt for weight loss surgery. Between them, the authors have suffered just about every malady that could ever occur with anyone who ever had weight loss surgery – and even a couple new things.
My WLS group read and discussed it and almost everyone agreed that the authors either were not well educated about WLS prior to their experience or that they choose to ‘forget’ or disregard the information. Their description of what happens when they try to dine at an all-you-can-eat buffet is gross and unnecessary.
It’s my hope that anyone considering WLS doesn’t see this as a true representation, but instead as the journey of two women. Many people don’t have the complications listed here (espeically with lapband).
So…read it, but don’t take it as gospel.
As the commercials used to say: Your mileage may vary….