A Diary of Gastric Bypass Surgery

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A Diary of Gastric Bypass Surgery
When the Benefits Outweigh the Costs

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Darlene K. Drummond - Author

Price: $44.50
Hardcover - 158 pages

Release Date: May 2008

ISBN10: N/A
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7439-6

Price: $21.95
Paperback - 158 pages

Release Date: May 2008

ISBN10: N/A
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7440-2

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Summary

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

While gastric bypass surgery is often touted by the media as “the easy way out,” and American health care professionals increasingly endorse weight loss surgery for a population plagued by obesity and its complications, A Diary of Gastric Bypass Surgery discloses the sacrifices, suffering, and commitment required to endure this complicated procedure. Using personal diary entries between 2002 and 2006, Darlene K. Drummond details her life-altering decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery. Drummond, an African American woman diagnosed as morbidly obese, diabetic, and hypertensive, describes her family history of chronic illness and obesity and shares conversations with health professionals, family, friends, coworkers, and support groups both before and after the procedure. She also includes her weekly grocery expenses, out-of-pocket medical expenses, reactions to media stories on celebrity personalities battling complications of obesity, as well as chronicles of the cognitive and behavioral changes she experienced along the way.

“…intensely poignant…” — ForeWord Magazine

“This book is a compelling, well-detailed personal account of weight loss that contains valuable insight about a topic that is largely misunderstood by the general public. What a powerful narrative!” — Mark P. Orbe, coauthor of Contemporary Issues in Interpersonal Communication

Darlene K. Drummond is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Inheritance

2. Preoperative Evaluation

3. Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery

4. Week One Post-Surgery

5. Week Two Post-Surgery

6. Week Three Post-Surgery

7. Week Four Post-Surgery

8. Weeks Five and Six Post-Surgery

9. Weeks Seven, Eight, and Nine Post-Surgery

10. Weeks Ten through Fifteen Post-Surgery

11. A New Life in a New City

Index

Related Subjects

African American Studies
Communication
General Interest
Psychology
Autobiography, Biography & Memoir

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