The Media Has Me Pissed!!!!

Hi ALL, This is my take on this whole darn 1/50 mortality rate from WLS thing. When you are Obese the statistics say blah blah blah % of Obese die. They say we are lazy that we have low self esteem and that we need to just pull back from the table. So, what do we do? we go on a diet and start to loose weight spend tons of money on the weight loss crap. Then what? We gain it back and then some, they say we did not try hard enough, we have no will power. Ok then we have a more permanent form of weight loss which is what? the surgery and now they say blah blah blah % died due to complications from the surgery. I said all of that to say this, we are in a no WIN situation with the Media and their @#$$%&$!!!! Statistics. I say to hell with them all, because we stand a greater RISK of MORTALITY by being Obese than we do haviing the surgery. Complications arise in every facet of everyday life. There are people who die from a routine exploratory surgery, do we hear about that? No. There are women who die giving birth, there are people who die after having a tooth pulled. But none of these things are broadcast. It is just another way to TRY and I stress TRY and keep the BIG KIDS DOWN!!! But here on OH we got news for them, we are NOT backing down, we say have fun with your statistics and CRAP because we are finally going to do something for US and we are going to stand up for what we believe in. That is why this site is so vital and it is so important to support one another because we have so many odds against us. This is not the worlds fight this is our FIGHT and together if we stand TALL we can win this thing. Good Luck to all of the PRE- OPS and just know that although this is not an easy task you have a lot of support here for you when you cross over. You can email me anytime and I will respond I will even call you if you need to talk. Just no that you are not alone we are here to help. Love ya!!! Adrienne

Adrienne, First of all....love your site! I agree with you about the media to some extent.... wls has been such an amazing rollercoaster ride for me. Maybe I just could not see myself as a food addict before. Was I really lazy? Did I have low self esteem?! Was I an emotional eater? Looking back now, I would have to say yes. It was not because I wanted to be, that's for damn sure! I think that is just was the result of the weight gain... and gain and gain etc. Maybe this is coming from the "new thin person" inside of me because before surgery I had the same exact feelings as you do. Has anyone else experienced these feelings after weight loss? ~Kristin

Thanks for the response and I am post op and I am still having some issues, but they do change daily. I have come to grips with what used to make me eat like I did. That is the beginning step of healing and that is being able to recognize your issues. Adrienne