Vivência de mulheres que se submeteram à gastroplastia

The gastroplasty reduces the co-morbities and it improves the life quality, rescuing the self-esteem and social inclusion of the obese morbid. The study had as objective investigates the women's existence that you/they underwent the gastroplasty, starting from your speeches. It is treated of an exploratory study with qualitative approach, of which 16 patient women that underwent the bariatric surgery participated. The data were collected in the months of June to July of 2007, through the semi-structured interview technique; with the use of the recording system, which qualitative approach was analyzed, to the light of the technique of the Collective Subject's Speech. The following central ideas emerged: elevation of the self-esteem and psychological well-being; promotion of physical well-being; negative change in the postoperative immediate and mediate; positive change after the adaptation phase; possibility of larger socializacion; family and personal satisfaction while woman and larger disposition, safety and better humor state. It is ended, therefore, that, the gastroplasty is a surgical treatment for obese morbid, that it sends to the loss body weight, it improves the self-esteem, but that brings negative consequences. Then the importance of taking care of these patients from the decision of submitting to the surgery to total rehabilitation.