There's a show called Big Medicine where it is a practice in Texas (Dallas maybe) that specializes in bariatric surgery. Those patients are often in bad shape and need to lose 50-100 pounds before they can have the surgery. It's an interesting show. There's a place for the surgery for some patients I think - the less invasive procedures being advertised now and the patients they are aimed at - that does bother me. But - on the whole - I'm glad the people are able to lose weight and get healthier even if I wish that they did it in a different way that was more likely to give them long term results.
Underneath it all (so to speak) if they don't figure out why they gained the weight and how to deal with those issues I don't think they will ultimately be successful. I hope they get the help of good therapists (like Wendy) so that they can use their surgery as a jump start to an active and healthy life.
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