Little plug for our team

Seht
on 7/21/10 6:15 pm

This is an article that Kaiser is going to be publishing in their members newsletter/magazine about Bariatric Surgery.

It's mostly just a quick blurb about their program, but I did manage to get them to add a link about our team.

Weight-loss surgery offers hope to severely obese people

Anyone watching Scott Allen finish his fifth triathlon would never guess that, less than 3 years ago, he weighed over 440 pounds.

Likewise, Noah Bentley’s win of the California Triple Crown for completing 3 200-mile weekend bike rides (double centuries) in one season hardly suggests that his weight once topped 375 pounds.

Both men, each 42 years old today and weighing an identical 188 pounds, transformed from morbidly obese people to endurance athletes in just a few years. But first, each underwent weight loss (bariatric) surgery at our Richmond Medical Center as a last resort to begin losing weight.

“Weight loss surgery is not a magic bullet," says surgeon Aaron Baggs, MD, chief of Bariatric Surgery at Richmond. “It’s a drastic tool for weight loss, and it’s only effective with a commitment to a lifelong nutrition plan and physical activity routine."

Today, both Allen and Bentley enjoy an active lifestyle. In addition to running marathons, Allen is part of a group of post-operative bariatric patients who met online and formed a team of athletes at obesityhelp.com/group/Post_Op_PRs/ to promote healthy living.

Kaiser Permanente follows the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for weight loss surgery. Candidates are severely obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater. Most have weight-related diseases, such as diabetes or hypertension.

Our Richmond Medical Center is the first Kaiser Permanente hospital in California to become a Certified Bariatric Surgery Center through the American College of Surgeons.

For more about weight-loss surgery, go to kp.org/weight.

Sidebar: We can give you the tools to help you succeed at weight loss

We have many ways to help you lose weight, from one-session and multi-session weight management classes to fee-for-service medically supervised weight loss programs using liquid meal replacements.

For more information and any fees, go to kp.org/classes or call the Health Education Department number found at kp.org/facilities or in Your Guidebook to Kaiser Permanente Services. For Web programs, go to:

kp.org/healthylifestyles to access free online programs for members, such as HealthMedia®Balance™ for weight loss and Nourish™ for healthy eating.

kp.org/healthcoach to access personalized video coaching sessions and downloadable materials sent to you by email.

The first time you do something - It's going to be a personal record!

Sue M.
on 7/21/10 10:52 pm - Nantucket, MA

RNY on 11/12/08

Woohoo!!!
Congrats to you, your surgical team and YAY for us!

Read my blog, BARIATHLETE I run because I can.

First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash

wjoegreen
on 7/22/10 2:00 am - Colonial Heights, VA

RNY on 09/26/06

Thats most cool Seht;
SCOTT ALLEN, Endurance Athelete
example of what successful WLS can be.

Proud of you man!

Joe Green
Colonial Heights VA
[email protected]

Kathy P.
on 7/22/10 6:54 am - Port Orchard, WA

RNY on 02/09/09

Nuff said....

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle
when the sun comes up you'd better be running.

RNY 2/9/09 Buh bye Gallbladder 8/28/09; 100% EWL (181 lbs.) on 2/19/10;