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Bariatric Surgery … Is It heart disease, are also eligible. All patients must be committed
to following the permanent dietary changes that are required.
Right For You? Question: How Do I Get Started?
Answer: Interested patients should schedule a consultation in
For people who need to lose weight but have been order to determine which weight-loss plan is right for you. The
unsuccessful with diet and exercise, bariatric surgery can help. next step is to await clearance from their insurance company,
Federico Serrot, M.D., FACS, FASMBS, medical director of as well as approval from their primary care physician and any
bariatric and metabolic surgery at Cleveland Clinic Martin specialists they are seeing. Our team guides patients through all of
Health, and Asadulla Chaudhary, M.D., FACS, FASMBS, a the different steps required to successfully complete the program.
bariatric surgeon who sees patients at the Cleveland Clinic Question: What Is The Success Rate?
Family Health Center in Stuart, answer some commonly asked Answer: Bariatric surgery has been proven to be the most
questions about weight-loss surgery. effective way to lose weight and maintain weight loss compared
Question: What Types Of Bariatric Surgery Are Available? Federico Serrot, M.D. Asadulla Chaudhary, M.D. to any other treatment. Studies show patients typically lose the
Answer: At Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, we most weight one to two years after bariatric surgery. Patients may
perform several laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgical Question: Who Is A Candidate For Surgery? lose as much as 60 percent of excess weight six months after
procedures including sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve), Answer: You need to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) surgery and 77 percent of excess weight as early as 12 months
gastric bypass and duodenal switch. We also perform over 40. People with a BMI of at least 35 and a weight-related after surgery. On average, five years after surgery, patients
reoperative bariatric surgery. condition, such as diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure or maintain 50 percent of their excess weight loss.
Cleveland Clinic in Florida Martin Health is committed to
providing patients with a path to a healthier future. To schedule
a weight-loss surgery consultation, call (772) 223-2890 or visit
ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/Bariatric to learn more.
real estate
Treasure Coast Real Estate
Report
Can We Put On The Brakes In Martin
County?
By Jim Weix
Much to the dismay of
many, including myself,
Martin County and the
City of Stuart seem
determined to allow the
development of every
inch of available land.
As someone who has
been selling real estate
in Martin County for 22
years, I have seen booms
and busts in the real estate market. The one thing that
has always made Martin County stand out was our
controlled growth and quality of life. Martin County
had this thing called a Comprehensive Growth Plan
and they stuck to it.
I realize that growth is going to happen, but unlike St.
Lucie County, Martin County at least was attempting to
have it planned out. Then our Martin County commissioners
suddenly voted to change our land use rules which would
allow more large-scale development in our western areas.
I’m not a NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), but it scares
me to see Martin County following the growth plan of St.
Lucie County, which is pretty much none at all. One of the
major selling points when selling property in Martin County
was Martin County was not like St. Lucie County.
That is why people would pay on average $100,000
more for a home in Martin County.
I first woke up when the go-ahead was given for the
1,500-acre Atlantic Fields north of Bridge Road.
“There’s an assault going on against rural Florida,”
said Gil Smart, the executive director of Vote Water, an
environmental group focusing on clean water. Smart
saw Atlantic Fields as a foot in the door for eager
landowners whose property can now sprout homes instead
of horticulture.
“It said to developers, this county commission, if they
approved this project, they’ll approve your project as well
and the gold rush is on,” Smart said.
And he was right about the “gold rush” being on.
There is another 4,000-home development approved
in western Palm City.
Call me unrealistic, but I remember when the only
business between Stuart and Fort Pierce on Federal Highway
1 was the store with the giant conch shell. You could go
quail hunting off Becker Road.
Feel free to call me if you would like to discuss
your options. I can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or
jimweix@jimweix.com.
Jim Weix is a broker associate with The Keyes
Company. Jim has 25 years of experience selling real
estate full-time. If you have questions or want the
services of an experienced expert, you can reach Jim at
See answer in this paper. (772) 341-2941 or jimweix@jimweix.com.
