Re: Carol's MGB surgery update
Yes, it is a scarey, drastic measure, not to be considered as a diet plan. BUT, there comes a point in time when all diets have been tried, and all have failed -- and when one's health is suffering such maladies as diabetes, heart,liver and other organ failure,insufficiant circulation, and joint failure from carrying all that extra weight for 42 years, that it becomes a matter of life or premature death.
It's not a matter of simply "not eating" to some,many of whom are born with a genetic weight problem (overweight since eight years of age).
Carol, like many people, has tried every diet known to man, every fad (except an addiction to crystal meth), to no avail. And if she had no ill effects from carrying the weight of two persons on her 5'4" frame, she would still be trying every other avenue of weight loss.
Your first reaction to this procedure IS a valid one. It was, and still is scarey to us also.... Scarey beyond words, to know the love of your life may DIE on the that table, or develop some complication like a blood clot reaching the heart (as with most surgeries involving anesthesia), in her last-ditch effort to lose weight.
I love her, and want her around as long as possible. If her obesity were of NO consequense physically, I would still have married this lady of such inner beauty,as to overshaddow her appearance. Yet there comes a time when it's not appearance, but rather
health that one must concern themselves with.
Carol had reached that threshold about 10 years ago. And still, she tried Jenny, greatfruit, you name it.
This was no diet. This was that life-or-death decission.
There are about 10 procedures out there, and most of them have that support group as an essential part of the decission process, as the one you've experianced, if not, a vital part of the life changes required by most of the procedures afterwards.
It is ongoing, as you said for sure. Thanks for your best wishes. They are greatly appreciated by us both, and just as those expressed by many other forum members, a source of great support for a fellow member here.
As you know, these threads last for years here, (providing the server doesn't crash and burn), so here is a picture of Carol taken last month.
I hope to be able to update this thread as she progresses.
Sorry about not stating her actual weight. I have sworn to her I would never diviulge it, not even to her father.
Everything is included in that;