Bariatric Surgery Survey, Part 2

Help write the book of weight loss surgery. These responses will be compiled into the Book of Weight Loss, an informal manual for distribution to people in various stages of bariatric surgery exploration and completion. You can answer anonymously to any questions you desire. You will be given credit (your name, city, email address published) for any non-anonymous answers.

You can come back in as many sessions as you like to complete whichever of these questions you have answers for. Please take as much space as you wish.

1. What was your stay in the hospital like? How long where you there? What things are most important to bring?

Confidential?
No
Yes
2. Did you have any complications from the surgery? If so, how did you deal with them?

Confidential?
No
Yes
3. In the weeks after you got your surgery date, how did you feel? How did you cope with any anxiety you might have felt?

Confidential?
No
Yes
4. Describe your first few weeks home from the hospital. What should people expect from this period?

Confidential?
No
Yes
5. How far did you travel to have your surgery? (If far, how did this affect your aftercare?)

Confidential?
No
Yes
6. Please describe in detail what things you could and couldn't eat in the weeks and months following surgery. What foods have been off limits? Please explain how your dietary tolerance changed week-by-week, and then month-by-month since surgery.

Confidential?
No
Yes
7. What was your actvity level in the days and weeks after surgery?

Confidential?
No
Yes
8. What vitamins and/or dietary supplements have you taken since your surgery?

Confidential?
No
Yes
9. What side effects (nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbace, dumping, hair loss etc.) were worse for you? For how long after surgery did they persist? How did you cope with them?

Confidential?
No
Yes
10. What was the worst part about the entire bariatric surgery process?

Confidential?
No
Yes

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