AP Story: As obesity surgery soars, patients weigh which metho..
Barbara, I too am pre-op and have learned not to read these stories because
they are often medical opinions and differ depending on who was quoted and who
is writing the article. I focus on people like Michelle and Don (Vitalady
and Vitaguy) who are 10 and 11 years out and great examples of success
stories. Also people can make statistics read almost any way they want them to
read
and unless you disect the whole story and put it into perspective it can be
very scary…….. please talk with the people on this board and se how well
they are doing - these are real people - not a story with statistics and
no-one to talk with who can verify whether what is being written is true or
not..
I was trying to get support and get my mind off of the possible
complications due to surgery and this definately did not help. I just got
my surgery date, March 13. I am good health, 31 yearls old, weight 285. I
think that I am a good candiate for the surgery as I am prone to less
complications due to the status of my health, but this article put me back
at square one.
Barbara
Jackie Thodos
August 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am
For me there was a bigger fear of an early death by NOT having the surgery.
For me, the surgery SAVED my life.
Janet
August 28th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Exactly! People forget to consider the mortality risk of NOT having the
surgery.