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JP69

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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    JP69 reacted to lsereno for a blog entry, Hungry for answers about Acronym Soup?   
    Yes, there are a lot of acronyms here. I've listed just the ones related to weight loss surgery, not ones in common use, such as LOL (laugh out loud). Be sure to let me know of any I've missed:
     
    BMI: Body Mass Index
    CW: Current Weight
    DS: Duodenal Switch weight loss surgery
    EWL: Excess Weight Loss
    FF: Fat Free
    GBP: Gastric Bypass
    GW: Goal Weight
    LBL: Lower Body Lift
    MO: Morbidly Obese
    NSV: Non Scale Victory, such as fitting in an airline seat
    NUT: Nutritionist
    OH: Obesity Help, another good online forum
    PB2: Peanut Butter 2 (peanut powder substitute for peanut butter)
    PCP: Primary Care Physcian
    PPI: Proton Pump Inhibitor, such as Prilosec
    RNY: Roux-eN-Y (gastric bypass) weight loss surgery
    SF: Sugar Free
    SMO: Super Morbidly Obese
    SW: Surgery Weight
    TT: Tummy Tuck
    VBG: Vertical Banded Gastroplasty weight loss surgery
    VSG: Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy weight loss surgery
    VST: Vertical Sleeve Talk, our wonderful forum
    WLS: Weight Loss Surgery

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