The media has me Pissed!!!

Hi ALL, This is my take on this whole darn 1/50 mortality rate from WLS thing. When you are Obese the statistics say blah blah blah % of Obese die. They say we are lazy that we have low self esteem and that we need to just pull back from the table. So, what do we do? we go on a diet and start to loose weight spend tons of money on the weight loss crap. Then what? We gain it back and then some, they say we did not try hard enough, we have no will power. Ok then we have a more permanent form of weight loss which is what? the surgery and now they say blah blah blah % died due to complications from the surgery. I said all of that to say this, we are in a no WIN situation with the Media and their @#$$%&$!!!! Statistics. I say to hell with them all, because we stand a greater RISK of MORTALITY by being Obese than we do haviing the surgery. Complications arise in every facet of everyday life. There are people who die from a routine exploratory surgery, do we hear about that? No. There are women who die giving birth, there are people who die after having a tooth pulled. But none of these things are broadcast. It is just another way to TRY and I stress TRY and keep the BIG KIDS DOWN!!! But here on OH we got news for them, we are NOT backing down, we say have fun with your statistics and CRAP because we are finally going to do something for US and we are going to stand up for what we believe in. That is why this site is so vital and it is so important to support one another because we have so many odds against us. This is not the worlds fight this is our FIGHT and together if we stand TALL we can win this thing. Good Luck to all of the PRE- OPS and just know that although this is not an easy task you have a lot of support here for you when you cross over. You can email me anytime and I will respond I will even call you if you need to talk. Just no that you are not alone we are here to help. Love ya!!! Adrienne

AMEN SISTA!!! I agree with you 100% We all know the risks going into any kind of surgery. But you know what, I have God on my side and I was at total peace about this surgery. So far I've lost 137 pounds and feel great. I too want to send my support to all those PREOPs out there and my prayers as well. May God bless each and everyone of you on your journey! I'm here for all of you if you need me.--Shelly [email protected]

Adrienne, you are so right. I think there is a special by Peter Jennings on tonight at 7 about weight issues, it looks pretty interesting. I am so tired of everyone thinking it's all an issue of self control. Would I have major surgery, take an hour or more to drink a protein shake all because I had no self control or just wanted to be thin. I doubt I will ever be thin, nor do I care, I very simply want to live longer and have a healthier life style. My blood sugar on my first day home from surgery was 142 fasting. That is with no meds. How wonderful is that??? It hasn't been easy, but it will get easier and I am looking forward to being on the losing side. Take Care, Bobbi