Mah weights let me whine about thems
Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:21![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
earthbelowI'm really getting sick and tired of people (notably thin people who think they know everything about health and weight loss) who feel the need to pressure us larger types into considering/getting weight loss surgery as though it's somehow really easy just to pop into a doctor's office and get that little obesity problem fixed right up.
Even with systems like the LapBand, it's still fucking surgery, which comes with additional risks the larger you are, due to anesthesia and other factors. And if you have diabetes, heart problems or other health issues, surgery becomes even riskier.
It's also not a guaranteed fix. Yes, you lose weight on that system, but you can gain it back as well. Not to mention that it requires a rather radical shift in lifestyle and how you eat.
We won't talk about the side effects of it, or how things can go permanently bad. With any surgery, death is a risk.
I'm not saying that surgeries like that are bad, or that people are wrong to get them. I think that for some people who have health concerns and reasons to take weight off quickly and can't diet and exercise (or for whom it is demonstrably not effective), having a surgery like that is life saving. If you're 700 pounds, can't get out of bed, are severely diabetic, and facing the loss of life and limb, and surgery can save your life, go for it.
But only if it's the best choice for you, not because people convinced you that you weren't getting skinny fast enough.
I wish people who say, "Oh, why don't you just get weight loss surgery?" would realize what they're saying. You're asking for me to have my body invaded and an organ surgically altered because you don't think I'm where I should be on your Scale of Fitness.
I'm sorry if I'm not shedding these pounds fast enough for you, Oh Thin One, but I'd like to keep attempting something short of having my digestive tract rearranged with surgical tools, thanks. And I think you should help yourself to nice fat glass of Shut The Fuck Up.
Even with systems like the LapBand, it's still fucking surgery, which comes with additional risks the larger you are, due to anesthesia and other factors. And if you have diabetes, heart problems or other health issues, surgery becomes even riskier.
It's also not a guaranteed fix. Yes, you lose weight on that system, but you can gain it back as well. Not to mention that it requires a rather radical shift in lifestyle and how you eat.
We won't talk about the side effects of it, or how things can go permanently bad. With any surgery, death is a risk.
I'm not saying that surgeries like that are bad, or that people are wrong to get them. I think that for some people who have health concerns and reasons to take weight off quickly and can't diet and exercise (or for whom it is demonstrably not effective), having a surgery like that is life saving. If you're 700 pounds, can't get out of bed, are severely diabetic, and facing the loss of life and limb, and surgery can save your life, go for it.
But only if it's the best choice for you, not because people convinced you that you weren't getting skinny fast enough.
I wish people who say, "Oh, why don't you just get weight loss surgery?" would realize what they're saying. You're asking for me to have my body invaded and an organ surgically altered because you don't think I'm where I should be on your Scale of Fitness.
I'm sorry if I'm not shedding these pounds fast enough for you, Oh Thin One, but I'd like to keep attempting something short of having my digestive tract rearranged with surgical tools, thanks. And I think you should help yourself to nice fat glass of Shut The Fuck Up.
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Date: 15 Apr 2009 23:32 (UTC)it bothers me a lot that she's going for an advanced degree like that and she has such an unrealistic view of fat people and fat in general. i really hope she doesn't end up talking to patients like she talks to you, because she'll be setting herself up to fail. as more and more people start working towards health at every size and realising it's possible to be both fat *and* healthy, fewer and fewer people are going to stand for being belittled by misinformed healthcare providers.
and if we ever see socialized healthcare, people will be in a position to be even more choosy about who they see, and the fat-phobic healthcare providers will surely see a decrease in business.
i'm dreading the kid questions, too... luckily no one's come out and said it yet, but i know it's like the elephant in the room at this point. with dave's mormon brother refusing to let my in-laws see their grandkids, and jeff and christopher enjoying their DINK lifestyle, we're their last chance for grandkids. my MIL keeps talking about them but hasn't outright asked yet. *sigh*