First, let me say "THANK YOU!" for undertaking such a project AND for the willingness to keep an open mind. Your willingness to listen or allow actual weight loss surgery people to present their experiences (good or bad) is a credit to your profession AND especially to you. I must tell you, seeing a honest effort to investigate BEYOND the hype is encouraging and impressive.
I also want to thank you for NOT jumping on the "weight loss surgery bandwagon" and throwing common sense and caution to the wind. Unless efforts are made, now, these surgeries are going to continue to increase. We may cut back on SEEING obese human beings, BUT that doesn't mean the surgery will create "healthy" people. Once upon a time, coal oil was taken internally and believed to be a great healer. Snails were used for health purposes. Those practices claimed hundreds of lives but took a long time before anyone put a stop to it.
In more ways than one, you are doing the right and RESPONSIBLE thing. May you prosper in all that you do and know your actions can have a great, positive impact. Again, thank you.
Cherylann
Dec 22, 2007 Rating
Your Bad Outcome by: Suzette Kroll Barancik, RD
Cherylann, I'm so sorry for what you've been through, and I'm so appreciative that you're willing to share it.
Can I tell you what I wish for you?
I've heard from other people with terrible outcomes, with long lists of horrible health issues not unlike your own.
What I've heard from a few of them is a degree of acceptance. They seem to have gotten past anger at what's been done to them. I think it lets them get on with life a little more.
I hope you can get to a place like that too. Please write back (by commenting on this page) to let everyone know if things ever get a little better.
