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Topic: RE: ARE "WE" GETTING A BAD REP ON THIS ONE??
JJ -
First of all, Jesse, Jr - known as Triple J by Chicago media - did not have a gastric bypass. He had a duodenal switch. His sister Santita also has the DS. Just like many of us " ordinary folk", over indulgence precipitated our contraction of the *disease* called severe morbid obesity.
I know this for a fact, because I worked as a radio news reporter in Chicago. I covered Jesse, Jr. just as he was beginning public life as a community and political leader. He was not obese at that time.
Actually, I credit Congressman Jackson and his sister for making me aware of the procedure.
I had my DS in 2009, and have lost approximately 240 pounds. (haven't hit the scale yet this week!) Unfortunately, two other diseases, lupus and fibromyalgia, made it necessary for me to leave the profession I loved so much.
If you do not take care of your body, bariatric patient or not, your body will eventually lay you down.
Being in the public eye, and the child of a prominent civil rights leader carries a number of major stressors that most of us cannot begin to fathom. I loved covering Jesse,Jr., because he was always respectful, and did not present the air of arrogance often attributed to his father. Reporters are often seen as adversaries by many in the public eye. Jesse, Jr. is the only news maker who *personally* thanked me for coverage of one of his first events. I still have that letter to this day.
Jesse, Jr. is a human being, just like the rest of us, and as many have seen on this board, can get a little sloppy in taking care of themselves. I have too, and I'm battling to get my A, K prealbumin, calcium and iron back to normal. I attribute that to the past six months leading up to my mother's passing. I'm not hospitalized, but if my surgeon's protocol for her DS patients was not labs every six months, I would probably be in the same boat as Jesse, Jr.
As for the TJMS, I personally text-ed a correction on the morning of that show, and got a reply, so I know the message was received by the Fly Jock himself.
Let's continue to pray for Jesse, Jr.'s swift recovery, and that he will learn the importance of DS nutritional maintenance from this unfortunate experience.
First of all, Jesse, Jr - known as Triple J by Chicago media - did not have a gastric bypass. He had a duodenal switch. His sister Santita also has the DS. Just like many of us " ordinary folk", over indulgence precipitated our contraction of the *disease* called severe morbid obesity.
I know this for a fact, because I worked as a radio news reporter in Chicago. I covered Jesse, Jr. just as he was beginning public life as a community and political leader. He was not obese at that time.
Actually, I credit Congressman Jackson and his sister for making me aware of the procedure.
I had my DS in 2009, and have lost approximately 240 pounds. (haven't hit the scale yet this week!) Unfortunately, two other diseases, lupus and fibromyalgia, made it necessary for me to leave the profession I loved so much.
If you do not take care of your body, bariatric patient or not, your body will eventually lay you down.
Being in the public eye, and the child of a prominent civil rights leader carries a number of major stressors that most of us cannot begin to fathom. I loved covering Jesse,Jr., because he was always respectful, and did not present the air of arrogance often attributed to his father. Reporters are often seen as adversaries by many in the public eye. Jesse, Jr. is the only news maker who *personally* thanked me for coverage of one of his first events. I still have that letter to this day.
Jesse, Jr. is a human being, just like the rest of us, and as many have seen on this board, can get a little sloppy in taking care of themselves. I have too, and I'm battling to get my A, K prealbumin, calcium and iron back to normal. I attribute that to the past six months leading up to my mother's passing. I'm not hospitalized, but if my surgeon's protocol for her DS patients was not labs every six months, I would probably be in the same boat as Jesse, Jr.
As for the TJMS, I personally text-ed a correction on the morning of that show, and got a reply, so I know the message was received by the Fly Jock himself.
Let's continue to pray for Jesse, Jr.'s swift recovery, and that he will learn the importance of DS nutritional maintenance from this unfortunate experience.
HW 405/SW 397/CW 138/GW 160 Do the research! Check the stats!
The DS is *THE* solution to Severe Morbid Obesity!
Topic: RE: ALL IN ALL.......I'M GOOD!!
Thank you Vogue.........You all inspire me to keep it moving!
JJ
JJ
Topic: RE: ARE "WE" GETTING A BAD REP ON THIS ONE??
That's my thoughts exactly. They lump all wls surgeries under "gastric bypass", so you know that the remainder of the story is filled with misinformation.
-JJJr had the duodenal switch, first of all.... very different surgery....if you cant even get BASIC info right, where is the rest of your journalistic integerity
It just rubbed me wrong to hear them blame wls for all of his problems.
Thanks Vogue!
JJ
-JJJr had the duodenal switch, first of all.... very different surgery....if you cant even get BASIC info right, where is the rest of your journalistic integerity
It just rubbed me wrong to hear them blame wls for all of his problems.
Thanks Vogue!
JJ
thanks so much! 
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