Does the Patient Fail the Procedure...?

 Hey LInda

good post!   I know I have been addicted to eating behaviors and I don't need to be ashamed of it.  but w hen others say they are addicted to simple carbs (or whatever) I don't feel the need to argue about it.

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 Thanks Jackie!  I think someone here is in big time denial. 

 I just love it when people show up & disagree and it isn't always "why am I in a stall" and that crap. 

You haven't been addicted to a behavior.  Your behavior may have been disordered or dysfunctional. I think using the term "addiction" when it truly isn't applicable is dangerous: i****ers down the power of that term and confuses the general public as to what truly constitutes an addiction.  It puts those with minor behavioral problems on the same par as those who are truly ill physically and, quite possibly, mentally.  It almost excuses bad behavior because it's the language of clinical diagnosis.  It's like equating nervousness with a panic attack, or being depressed with clinical depression.

The thread's about surgery failure, right?  I contend that since you can't be addicted to food, people that say they were addicted to it were really addicted to their behaviors around food.  By saying that these people failed solely because they didn't change their behavior, we are simply parroting the well-meaning but useless old chestnuts of "just eat less and exercise!"

Respectfully,


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 is it just me, or has the MB been more interesting lately?  not sure why....

 I tried to edit my post to be a little serious but the chromebook would not let me so I'm back to say, I really believe I am addicted to a behavior.

I've had Binge Eating disorder for decades now and you do something that long it changes your brain. to say it's not physical is wrong, it is, I have no doubt of this because experiece changes your brain and it doesn't get more physical than that.

but, everybody has to do what works for them including deciding what words describe their experience. I've given this a lot of thought.

Fast food is healthy for me. Some fast food is even healthy for people who don't malabsorb fat the way I do. Nothing wrong with fast food. If they have psychological issues surrounding food that prevents them from adhering to the requirements of their surgery, that's the surgeon's fault for approving the surgery before those issues have been addressed. If someone feels hunger all the time or never feels full and then eats too much, that is the surgery's fault.

No, sorry, never been a food addict. I had to fudge the dates a to qualify for my surgeon's five years as morbidly obese requirement. This was me in 2001 and how I was most of my life:

I'm about the same size now. The DS gave me my life back.

Party on!  If you really believe fast food is healthy, you are deluding yourself.  I'll pray for your health.

How have you managed to be a member of OH for SO long and yet manage to remain SO completely ignorant about malabsorption?

It astounds me.

Put on your thinking cap because I'm about to teach you.

DSers malabsorb 80% of the fat they eat. "Malabsorb" means that we do NOT absorb them. 80% of the fats we eat do not enter our bloodstream, do not clog our arteries, do not stick around to do ANY damage whatsoever. Some of us need to make a concerted effort to add more fat to our diets to avoid constipation. Greasy burgers=HEALTH food for us. Lots of protein and the fat doesn't matter.

Learn it, live it, love it.