To: You gotta be kidding me. Obviously you are an uneducated person. I\’d like to see you trade places with me and then decide if it\’s just your simple formula of calories in and calories burned. I used to be a long distance runner and thin until my back problems started 15 yrs ago. Oh but I suppose my back problems are all in my head as well! My pain management doctor just recently obliterated the nerves in my facet joints in my spine and in the sacroilliac joints as well. Imagine yourself slowly deteriorating over a 15 yr period to where you literally can only walk or stand for 15 min. at a time. Your formula doesn\’t work here. When there is not an outlet to expend calories then weight starts building. So while you\’ve been living your life to the fullest for the last 15 yrs I\’ve been living in pure hell from pain. Is it so much to ask to have my life back and if bariatric surgery is a tool to help me do that why should I not have access to that? Trade places with me. I can quarantee you wouldn\’t do it if your life depended on it!!
What percentage of the population has a legitimate reason for being overweight? Probably a small percentage. Why do I constantly read articles in the newspaper on how america\’s youth is overweight and they are getting fatter? Do they all have legitimate reasons why they are fat? No, they don\’t. These fat kids are gonna be fat adults in a few years. I admit there is a very small percentage of the overweight population that realistically can\’t work out and lose weight. That is unfortunate and I would not trade places with any of them. For the rest of the population, put down the fork, get up off the couch and exercise. I see overweight people at the gym every day. My hat\’s off to them. Whether they lose weight or not at least they are doing something about it.
I\’m glad to announce to the ignorant that I\’m scheduled to have bypass on June 27, 2007! I\’m so excited to have the opporturnity to have my life back that\’s been zapped from me!!!
Having the surgery done? Great, hope it works out for you! Don\’t forget, old habits die hard. You are gonna have to make some MAJOR changes in your eating and exercise habits. \’Course, had you done that years ago, you wouldn\’t have needed the surgery in the first place. But I sincerely hope it gives you back the life you that you let slip away years ago.
I almost did not respond to that last commnet. Apparently you are going to think what you want and that\’s ok with me. I\’m not here to make you change your mind about anything. I\’m here to share my experience, strength, and hope with others who may share the same story as me. If you\’d like I\’ll send you a before and after picture and keep you posted as to how much I may or may not have gotten my life back. Just keep in touch now. I\’m a firm believer in \”what goes around, comes around\”. Seen it happen too many times!
I have no problem with you having the surgery. But don\’t make me pay for it.
I sincerely hope it works out for you. Doctors don\’t perform the surgery on every person who asks for it, so you must truly need it. I would never want to be in that position, nor would I wish it upon my worst enemy. Just remember that the surgery is not the total solution; only the first step. A severe lifestyle change is in order. I hope you have the strength to see it thru. Good luck!
And I would love to see before / after pictures, I don\’t know how that could happen. If you have any ideas, let me know.
I realize it is a life style change. I\’ve been a nurse for almost 20yrs. I\’m surprised at myself for even considering this surgery. I have taken care of people who have received a hack job from the surgery. However I feel very confident in the surgeon at MUSC. If I\’m considering the surgery myself then you should know I have been down every avenue prior to making a decision like this. I do not see it as a \”quick fix\” to my \”bad eating habits.\” By the way I do not have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, congestive heart failure, or high cholesterol. I guess what I wanted you to see is that everyone has a story. One should not catergorize obese people and say \”they just need to put the fork down.\” Ok I\’m done with my soapbox. If you want more info. look me up.
I think then insurances should not be paying for men to have a hard on! Or drug addicts to be rehabbed! Or smokers to have their cancer removed! COME ON! Yes, it is all pretty pathetic that insurances have to pay for the result of peoples actions, & since no one in the world wants to take responsibility for their actions someone will pay for it! Since I have paid for coverage, I will have already paid for it-not you, this isn’t the welfare system! I think its quite comical that people who have never had a weight problem have all the answers for “us” who have! That’s pretty funny-kinda like telling someone how to raise kids & don’t have any-(classic!)I was however glad to see that someone understands the concept of “what goes around comes around!”
To Nauseous and You gotta be kidding. You don’t have a clue obviously about obesity, not a stinking clue…You are callous, know it alls, and probably skinny by nature. If you were to actually talk to a Bariatric Surgeon with his salt you might find that 98% of those who have the surgery lose the unwanted weight and that there is such a thing called genes, fat ones and skinny ones…We are all born with one or the other…Received from our parents. If you are born with the fat genes I would like to see if you’re still thin….For your neighbor who died, at least they died doing something they believed such as getting thin. If I had the choice and could get the insurance I would take the chance for sure. IT amazes me how ignorant some people are. You clueless small minded disgusting people.
I am a woman who has been over weight my whole life. I have not eaten a carb in 2 years and I no soda in 3 years, plus I work out 3 times a week for 45 minutes a day.. I have only lost 13 lbs in 2 years and I weigh 275 lbs…I need help with losing wieght and gastric bypass I feel would help my tremendously..So if your skinny dont be a hater on those who arnt..some people truely cant help it!
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To: You gotta be kidding me. Obviously you are an uneducated person. I\’d like to see you trade places with me and then decide if it\’s just your simple formula of calories in and calories burned. I used to be a long distance runner and thin until my back problems started 15 yrs ago. Oh but I suppose my back problems are all in my head as well! My pain management doctor just recently obliterated the nerves in my facet joints in my spine and in the sacroilliac joints as well. Imagine yourself slowly deteriorating over a 15 yr period to where you literally can only walk or stand for 15 min. at a time. Your formula doesn\’t work here. When there is not an outlet to expend calories then weight starts building. So while you\’ve been living your life to the fullest for the last 15 yrs I\’ve been living in pure hell from pain. Is it so much to ask to have my life back and if bariatric surgery is a tool to help me do that why should I not have access to that? Trade places with me. I can quarantee you wouldn\’t do it if your life depended on it!!
What percentage of the population has a legitimate reason for being overweight? Probably a small percentage. Why do I constantly read articles in the newspaper on how america\’s youth is overweight and they are getting fatter? Do they all have legitimate reasons why they are fat? No, they don\’t. These fat kids are gonna be fat adults in a few years. I admit there is a very small percentage of the overweight population that realistically can\’t work out and lose weight. That is unfortunate and I would not trade places with any of them. For the rest of the population, put down the fork, get up off the couch and exercise. I see overweight people at the gym every day. My hat\’s off to them. Whether they lose weight or not at least they are doing something about it.
I\’m glad to announce to the ignorant that I\’m scheduled to have bypass on June 27, 2007! I\’m so excited to have the opporturnity to have my life back that\’s been zapped from me!!!
Having the surgery done? Great, hope it works out for you! Don\’t forget, old habits die hard. You are gonna have to make some MAJOR changes in your eating and exercise habits. \’Course, had you done that years ago, you wouldn\’t have needed the surgery in the first place. But I sincerely hope it gives you back the life you that you let slip away years ago.
I almost did not respond to that last commnet. Apparently you are going to think what you want and that\’s ok with me. I\’m not here to make you change your mind about anything. I\’m here to share my experience, strength, and hope with others who may share the same story as me. If you\’d like I\’ll send you a before and after picture and keep you posted as to how much I may or may not have gotten my life back. Just keep in touch now. I\’m a firm believer in \”what goes around, comes around\”. Seen it happen too many times!
I have no problem with you having the surgery. But don\’t make me pay for it.
I sincerely hope it works out for you. Doctors don\’t perform the surgery on every person who asks for it, so you must truly need it. I would never want to be in that position, nor would I wish it upon my worst enemy. Just remember that the surgery is not the total solution; only the first step. A severe lifestyle change is in order. I hope you have the strength to see it thru. Good luck!
And I would love to see before / after pictures, I don\’t know how that could happen. If you have any ideas, let me know.
I realize it is a life style change. I\’ve been a nurse for almost 20yrs. I\’m surprised at myself for even considering this surgery. I have taken care of people who have received a hack job from the surgery. However I feel very confident in the surgeon at MUSC. If I\’m considering the surgery myself then you should know I have been down every avenue prior to making a decision like this. I do not see it as a \”quick fix\” to my \”bad eating habits.\” By the way I do not have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, congestive heart failure, or high cholesterol. I guess what I wanted you to see is that everyone has a story. One should not catergorize obese people and say \”they just need to put the fork down.\” Ok I\’m done with my soapbox. If you want more info. look me up.
I think then insurances should not be paying for men to have a hard on! Or drug addicts to be rehabbed! Or smokers to have their cancer removed! COME ON! Yes, it is all pretty pathetic that insurances have to pay for the result of peoples actions, & since no one in the world wants to take responsibility for their actions someone will pay for it! Since I have paid for coverage, I will have already paid for it-not you, this isn’t the welfare system! I think its quite comical that people who have never had a weight problem have all the answers for “us” who have! That’s pretty funny-kinda like telling someone how to raise kids & don’t have any-(classic!)I was however glad to see that someone understands the concept of “what goes around comes around!”
To Nauseous and You gotta be kidding. You don’t have a clue obviously about obesity, not a stinking clue…You are callous, know it alls, and probably skinny by nature. If you were to actually talk to a Bariatric Surgeon with his salt you might find that 98% of those who have the surgery lose the unwanted weight and that there is such a thing called genes, fat ones and skinny ones…We are all born with one or the other…Received from our parents. If you are born with the fat genes I would like to see if you’re still thin….For your neighbor who died, at least they died doing something they believed such as getting thin. If I had the choice and could get the insurance I would take the chance for sure. IT amazes me how ignorant some people are. You clueless small minded disgusting people.
I am a woman who has been over weight my whole life. I have not eaten a carb in 2 years and I no soda in 3 years, plus I work out 3 times a week for 45 minutes a day.. I have only lost 13 lbs in 2 years and I weigh 275 lbs…I need help with losing wieght and gastric bypass I feel would help my tremendously..So if your skinny dont be a hater on those who arnt..some people truely cant help it!