Ok...so the other reason I was prompted to ask about this. My cousin who just turned 40, has been obese all her life. She has NEVER been in a gym, never made any effort to lose weight...not dieting not working out, not even so much as walking after dinner. She has always just eaten what she wanted when she wanted. She just had the surgery in January. She is 62 lbs lighter already. She looks thinner, but she is miserable and everything she eats upsets her stomach and makes her throw up.
My problem is, she has not made the decision that after she loses the weight she will join a gym. She is convinced that she won't need to do "that". She has also already started eating some things that she shouldn't. Apparently you are not allowed to eat processed sugar and this is a woman who could polish off an entire carton of ice cream by herself.
I hate to see her be set up to ultimately fail. THey did lots of testing, or her heart, her lungs, her sleep patterns, but they didn't do any psychological testing. THey did no counseling...only seminars about the surgery and any questions you might have. How do they know she won't go back to eating the way she did before? THey don't!
I understand if you have no other option...and you've tried it all, but selling this to people who are more than capable of doing this themselves seems crazy to me! She has a supportive family...3 sisters who would do anything for her and her mother and father too!
I think it's like when they introduced Redux, and Fen Fen...it's a quick fix...it seems like the easier way...and it's pretty much instant gratification. I know her, and I know that until she takes the time to discuss where her food issues come from...there is no end to this. She and I have similar issues. I went to the shrink...I am dealing with the issues...and THAT has been the only thing that helped me actually be able to do this long term.
What if doctors are setting them up to fail? After all...the meds they thought were revolutionary and were going to solve all our problems were killing people...!!!
I dunno...I guess I'm just emotional about it...because its a loved one...I hate to see her set up to fail...hopefully she won't...
