The "Gold Rush" to Bariatric Surgery
I don't have any forced starvation. Obviously you're ill-educated about how a DS'er eats. Malabsorption is not a disease and can be worked with. Malnutrition is a disease, and a result of someone not being proactive about their nutritional needs. There is a great amount of personal responsibility for one's own health that some people don't take seriously enough. These are the people you see in trouble further down the road. I am not one of them, and I help others not be either.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I agree with you saying that "There is a great amount of personal responsibility for one's own health that some people don't take seriously enough". The problem is that people are not screened by their
Doctors carefully. There are ways to find out if someone is psychologically able to follow the
strict guidelines this surgery requires the problem is that Doctors are more concerned about lining
up their pocket than about the realistic chances that this type of risky and demanding surgery would
succeed in some patients.
Doctors carefully. There are ways to find out if someone is psychologically able to follow the
strict guidelines this surgery requires the problem is that Doctors are more concerned about lining
up their pocket than about the realistic chances that this type of risky and demanding surgery would
succeed in some patients.