Anyone here get Channel 7 news for Detroit?

Today at 5, they are going to report on a mysterious illness that is showing up on patients that had wls.  Thought I'd give those of you a heads up and those of you that don't I'll try to find the link on their website to see what they are talking about.

I heard that too, I am sitting here waiting for it to come on.  Thanks

I didnt get to see this could you post what it was about. I sure would like to know. Thanks for posting.

I looked all over their website and didn't find anything.  Let us know if you saw it!  Tina

They didn't have any statistics to back this up but they said that people that have wls are dying earlier from suicide and heart failure. The heart failure I can see from years of being MO....but suicide? 

Hi TammiJoe: I am hoping to have lap band surgery by Dr. Meguid who works with Dr. Hawasali.  What do you think of their services? Jackie

Whew!!! I thought they were going to say we fart a lot. kp

I missed it but find it hard to believe.  Unless of course, the heart failure is from the shock of actually LIVING again after years of obesity and self deprivation.

  I fully intend to do that living!

I've heard the suicide statistic before - it's understandable to me.  As a morbidly obese person we deal with self esteem issues, depression and use food as a crutch for emotional problems.  The surgery might fix the weight issues, but it certainly doesn't take away the mental issues.  I've heard that statistics for WLS suicides are fairly equal to morbidly obese suicides (can't remember where I read that or how reliable it was, but it seems to make sense). And don't forget the stats of higher divorce rates and transfer addictions.  I think the media, unfortunately, report things like this as if it were the fault of the surgery.  It's not the surgery's fault, the surgery didn't cause the problems - the problems were there all along, just that they were covered up with food and unhealthy habits.  What they should be focusing on is that morbiidly obese people need to be taught to deal with the mental aspects of the surgery and their emotional relationship with food in the same way we were taught to sip our water, walk, walk, walk, puree your food, chew well, eat protein and all the other "diet" stuff.  At my psych eval last week my doctor recommend reading Dr. Phil's weight loss book (yeah, I know... not a big Dr. Phil fan, UGH!) ... but as I'm reading it, I see that his focus is not on the next magic diet, but on developing a healthy relationship with food and understanding our emotional needs that don't need to be filled with food.  :::: stepping off soap box now :::: Pam