It’s a struggle. And not always a pleasant one. You step on the scale every morning to see if perhaps you’ve lost weight. Unfortunately, the scale isn’t the best resource to assure your weight lose journey is headed in the right direction. In fact, I tell my patients to stop using the scale altogether. ...
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What Can A Sleeve Do For You?
Maybe you heard someone say they got sleeved and you weren’t quite sure what that meant. Is a sleeve a fabric? A big long tattoo down your arm? Or a tool of some sort? Then out of sheer curiosity you ask, “what the heck is a sleeve?” The answer is not what you might be ...
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The Top 10 Things “Sleevers” Give Up After Sleeve Surgery
On a recent “Question of the Day” social media post we asked “What’s the one thing you quit doing after having sleeve surgery?” and the responses were amazing. The number one answer probably won’t surprise you, after all, it’s the first thing I tell most “sleevers” to give up right away. So what are ...
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Medical Tourism and The Gastric Sleeve
When Endobariatric first started many many years ago our very first patient came from the United States. Back then, medical tourism really wasn’t a term, but now a whole industry has sprung up to help patients understand the benefits of traveling outside of their respective countries to obtain medical care. With over 10,000 patients we ...
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The #AskDrA Book 2: Easy & Practical Answers To Enjoying Life As A New Sleever
In May 2016, my team and I set out to help more people understand the benefits of vertical sleeve gastrectomy by launching Vol. 1 of the #AskDrA Book. The book was based on the hugely successful #AskDrA Show which airs every week on YouTube, Facebook and other social networks. This book is Vol. 2 and ...
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