I am mad

I am so mad. I was jus****ching Good Morning America and there was this girl on that lost 285lbs by eating rice 2 times a day. The reason I am upset is that she said she didnt do WLS because its the easy way out. I am so sick of people saying that. This is the hardest thing and most couragest thing any of us ever did.Unless anyone has gone through this ,they sould never say this. Is this easy post-ops? I am going to email them now

Hi Cindy - I think you ought to post the link and everyone one of us should email them and let them see how many of us believe the opposite!! Go Girl!! Stacey

Cindy, I agree, I think you should post the email link here too! Rice, two times a day....That sounds real smart....NOT!!!!! I never ever thought of this surgery as an easy way out, it was my LAST RESORT! I am sure they will hear from a lot of people on this. Mary Lap/RNY Dr. Curry 03-04-05 261-201-153

I would love to see her in 2 years. As we all know the odds for her gaining back all of her weight are much greater then ours. I am happy for my decision and I really hope she is happy with hers. I certainly wouldnt put her down for the way she lost it,why should she put ours down on tv

I saw that also. When she said that I let a a big WHAT!!!!!!!! and scared the dogs and the kids almost to death. And the look on Robin Robert's face was good it was almost like 'OK how do I respond now'. I'm with you WLS IS NOT THE EASY WAY OUT!!!!!!!!!! Robin W.

Good grief what wonderful nutition that was. Booooooo

If you go to abc.com and go to the news section then go to GMA you can read her story.Here's the link if it will post just put the www at the begining abcnews.go.com/GMA/HealthyWoman/story?id=823243&page=1 Robin

Thanks for the heads up. I emailed and told them they owed us a balanced view of the issue (along with a few other choice words!).

OH YEA, SOOO EASY...So easy to HAVE to jump into the relative unknown of this "reconstructive" surgery JUST so your body will work corrrectly...SO easy to not only have to monitor EVERY bit of food you put in your mouth, but also HOW you chew AND swallow, AND to monitor the correct level of nutrients...all to NEVER be able to view food consciously, OR subconsciously the same AGAIN...EVER. It's SO easy to live a life of misery as a result of failure after failure, AND obesity prejudice...then find a ray of hope in trying for this surgery...THEN having to jump through the ENDLESS insurance hoops only to be denied multiple times...be treated by the insurance company as if you are not "worthy" of a normal life...yes, this is cdrtainly the easy way out.... hmmm...do I sound a little bitter??? Liz Hillsboro

Please e-mail that to The Good Morning America,you tell it perfectly