Weight loss surgery

Preparing for your surgery

Welcome to the MISH Hospital and Clinics weight loss surgery programme. Everything you need is on this page, in the order you'll need it — from your first registration form through to long-term follow-up.

Every document here is available in English and Spanish. If something you need isn't here, call us.

1 Start here

New patients

We welcome everyone — including patients from other weight loss surgery clinics and patients who have already had surgery elsewhere.

Complete both forms below before your first visit. They take about five minutes. Have a look at "A word about home medications" too, so you arrive prepared. Plan for your first appointment to take about an hour.

2 While you wait

Getting ready

There's a lot you can do while your medical work-up and insurance requirements are being completed. Use this time.

Educate yourself about obesity and weight loss surgery — the risks of obesity itself, your surgical options, and the risks and benefits of each. Work through the preparatory checklist and guide, and start reading the diet guide for your operation now rather than later.

If you smoke, this is the moment to stop. We strongly encourage every patient to quit before surgery. Talk to your primary care provider about treatment options, and use the free state resources below.

Your pre-operative visit

Quitting smoking

Surgery preparatory information

Diet guides — start reading now

Bariatric surgery risk & benefit calculator
3 You have a date

Before your surgery

Almost at the finish line. Start working through everything below now — some of it, like the liver shrinking diet, begins well before the day itself.

If you haven't read your diet guide yet, go back and read it. And if you still smoke, it isn't too late — stopping now still helps. Any questions at all, call the office.

Questions? Call 913-322-7408
4 After surgery

Your recovery

Congratulations. These guides will help you through the first weeks and give you something to refer back to when a question comes up at ten o'clock at night.

5 For life

Follow-up and support

Follow-up is what turns a successful operation into lasting weight loss. It isn't optional, and it doesn't stop after the first year.

Check the follow-up schedule for when you should next be seen, and the lab schedule for which bloods to have drawn and when. Complete the progress questionnaire before each follow-up visit — it makes the appointment far more useful.

The rules class and support group

The single biggest factor in long-term success. Your operation is a tool — how well it works depends on how well you understand it. Hunger and portion control are achievable, and the class is where you learn how.

Rules class & support group

If something doesn't feel right

These guides cover the questions that come up months and years after surgery. They are a starting point for a conversation with your bariatric surgeon or family doctor — not a substitute for one.

Any questions

Call us — that's what we're here for

Whether it's a form you can't find, a diet question, or something that doesn't feel right after surgery. No question is too small.

913-322-7408 Rules class & support group

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PREPARING FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

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Welcome to MISH Hospital and Clinics weight loss surgery program

NEW PATIENTS  TO THE CLINIC

Welcome to MISH hospital and clinics.  We welcome all patients, including patients from other weight loss surgery clinics, and patients that already underwent weight loss surgery.  Below please use the “Registration” menu to complete your registration with our clinic.  Complete both the registration and sleep apnea screening forms.  The forms should not take more than 5 minutes to complete.  Please also check out “A word about home medications” to better prepare for your first office visit. Please be prepared for your first visit to take about 1 hour.

PREPARING FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

There are several things you can start doing to get ready for your weight loss operation while completing your medical work-up and meeting your insurance requirements.  Educate yourself about obesity and weight loss surgery by exploring our website.  Learn about the risks associated with obesity, about your weight loss surgery options, and the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery. We encourage all patients to quit smoking before surgery – please access the great resources offered by the state below.  Start discussing treatment options with your primary provider to help quit smoking.  Use the surgery preparatory information menu below which includes a checklist and a Guide to prepare and educate yourself about surgery in general, and start reading the diet guide to prepare for your weight loss operation.

BARIATRIC SURGERY RISK / BENEFIT CALCULATOR

PRE-OPERATIVE SURGERY INSTRUCTIONS

Almost at the home finish line.  Now that you have a surgery date, please start reading the information below.  Again, we strongly encourage all patients to quit smoking.  If you have not read your diet guide yet, scroll up and start reading.  Below you will find several downloadable documents to get ready for your day of surgery.  If you have any questions, please call the office – 913-322-7401.

POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

Congratulations! To help you with your recovery please access the numerous helpful guides and instructions to improve aPOSnd ensure a smooth and good recovery. 

Follow-Up

Follow-Up is a very important for long term success.  Please refer to the follow-up schedule for details on when you should be seen next.  Refer to the lab schedule for details on what labs and when to have them drawn.  Please complete the Progress Follow-up questionnaire prior to your follow-up office visit, by clicking on the link.

RULES CLASS SUPPORT GROUP

The rules class–support group is KEY to long-term success.  We want weight loss surgery to be a long-term solution to your weight loss goals.   Part of your success will depend on how well you are educated about your 'tool'.  Hunger and portion control is achievable.  The goal of the class is to teach you how to use your operation effectively while changing your eating habits and lifestyle.

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POST-OPERATIVE CONCERNS

 This information is to be used as a guide to the care and concerns of the bariatric surgery patient and is only to be used as information to discuss with your bariatric surgeon and/or family physician to decide your appropriate care.