negative article on aol about gastric by pass

thank goodness he had a mom who would go to bat for him. What kind of idiots would suspend a kid for passing gas. Now, I can see if he is cracking jokes about it loudly or drawing a lot of attention to it , to reprimand him for that behavior, but not for passing gas. I am an RN and I can tell you NOT passing gas is a big issue and can be a sign of a serious problem.

he was a little boy in SECOND GRADE, can you believe it?

I have dealt with school systems it feels like forever. My oldest is 27, and now with my 7 yo grandson. nothing surpises me.

As a retired High School English teacher I have to comment on the school incident. I have had a couple of "farters" in class over the 36 years I have taught and subbed and it's not so much that they "do it on purpose" as that they do nothing to control themselves and disrupt class with loud and frequent farts. Slipping out is one thing, doing it for attention is a totally different situation! For 99.9999% of students don't bring attention to themselves with farts, so it's not a matter that "everyone does it." And yes, I have farted in class, but never loudly!! JMHO! Marian

wonder where they got their data..... Darlene

Such short articles on such an important subject provide absolutely no value to readers, especially when written by someone who seems to have a bias anyway. This article was a waste of cyberspace. Ann

sorry that i shared it with everyone next time i see a article i wont bother posting it

Now, now!!!!!!!!!!!! The rest of us enjoyed it!!!!!!!! You are tougher than this. Don't be sorry.

AOL is definitely the first place I'd go to get health information!!! In the article, they write: And while each these procedures may reduce the stomach to the size of a coffee cup, they won't be effective if you re-fill the cup hundreds of times a day! Who has a pouch the size of a coffee cup??? And even on the MAIN board, who is refilling said cup "hundreds of times a day"?????? Don't anyone take offense to the Main Board reference, it was a JOKE!! Jan

Jan aol is my server so when i turn on the computer they have these headlines and you click on and read im just telling everyone what aol said im not going by the word of aol ..if i need to look up anything medically nessary i look up local hospitals here in boston the reason for my post was because aol has millions of subscribers and i thought that it was pretty negative about wls maybe next time ill just mind my bussiness and not even post anything that i feel is important or signifigant because it seems with you its always tit for tat with my postings