Comments | skyefyr: Not For Nothing

skyefyr

Not For Nothing

Feb 05, 2007 13:01

But can our country get an effing clue ( Read more... )

Comments 6

papabear008 February 5 2007, 18:53:09 UTC

sweety just so you know its some time gentics and has nothing to do with what they eat and do?

skyefyr February 5 2007, 19:09:31 UTC

I understand that it's sometimes genetics. I have a few overweight friends that are NOT overweight because of bad diet or lack of exercise, but because of medical reasons ( ... )

whillow February 5 2007, 19:53:18 UTC

I would be surprised if any insurance companies would pay for it. My insurance eliminated this surgery from its benefits over a year ago and that was for adults. I'm sure parents don't have approx $35,000. to spend on this kind of operation for their children.

skyefyr February 5 2007, 20:13:30 UTC

I can only hope it stays that way.

tracyandrook February 5 2007, 20:14:31 UTC

I agree that bariatric surgery is a typical american medical response to a problem that could have been addressed earlier in life ( ... )

diekonigin February 6 2007, 03:45:10 UTC

As a kid who was fat since I was young and had NO medical reason to be...your approach would have been tremendously flawed. You see, skinny girl, you've not ever lived a life where you were the 200# girl DOING physical activities, eating carrots and veggies and salads. You weren't the fat kid that despite playing soccer AND ice hockey AND horseback riding AND working on the farm, you were still fat. And you weren't the kid who didn't ever WATCH tv because one, you only got boring channels at home, there was no cable and mom wouldn't turn on the TV except for dad during the news and evening shows.....forget the computer (atari wha?) and there was no soda or shit in the house.

Yes, people get fat for other reasons. I can't say that WLS is going to be a solution, but it might be an adjunct for some folks for whom all other avenues have not been entirely successful.

Folks like me.