...gosh, he forgot to mention that it's often impossible WITH WLS...
It is as I have always said. Surgeons will always suggest a surgical solution. Supplement dispensers will always suggest a supplement. Trainers will always suggest training sessions. It's how they make their living. Buyer beware!
Unbelieveable, and I'm sure this same surgeon thinks that WLS works in every situation...yeah, sure it does (do you sense the sarcasm?!?) Weight loss works when you work on the reason you were overeating in the first place. I know people who have had the WLS and have begun to gain it all back because they have stretched out their "new" stomachs and began eating more.
junebug, I'm considering shooting her an email. She's actually a general surgeon who has recently started doing lapbads....And Maddiesmom, I think she thinks lapband is a bandaid for all obese people! She briefly discussed gastric bypass, listed it's drawbacks, and then sang the praises of lapband. Didn't even touch on duodenal switch, which I have learned from the WLS forum here can be a better choice depending on a person's individual health needs.
Hmmm, my sister had a lapband, and no end of problems with it. She eventually lost about 2/3 of the weight she needed to, and had the band removed because of the problems. She's working on losing the rest of the weight the good old fashioned way!
My cousin (an anaesthetist) participates at some types of these surgeries. He sees it as a way for the morbidly obese to start their weight loss when all other methods have failed them. He does not see it as a permanent solution.
He doesn't voice these opinions when he's around the surgeons.
I should let her/him have a talk with my physician who's jaw drops every time she says me to this day.
That would be my physician who told me that in order for me to lose all the weight that I needed to it would be impossible without wls.
Yeah. Right.
ETA: I think what you really learned is that lots of people lie, mislead, are terribly misinformed, ignorant and don't know very much about weight loss and just what we humans are capable of. And I think that is sad.
Last edited by rockinrobin; 06-12-2010 at 10:44 AM.
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Well opinions are like @ssholes, everybodys got one! If that word gets beeped out, I am sure you know what I meant. Lol .......Ahem, The maintainers here at 3 fatchicks are exhibit A, B, C, oh **** we here are the whole rest of the alphabet infact! . 'nuff said.
Guess what I learned today?
Jessica, please tell us how you really feel!!
