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

by Darlene Drummond

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791474399
• ISBN13: 9780791474396
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"