Re: Input wanted on something. Long...

[Guest guest]

Mcosey,

I'm sure by now someone has responded to the direct

questions you have, I will just share with you that

Sue Widemark is not an authority on WLS even tho her

website would have you believe that. She's self

educated and loves to portray herself as an expert.

But be not decieved. (hee...kinda dramatic huh?)

One of her great theories is that the statistics that

say only 5% of diets are successful is just propaganda

foisted on us by the diet industry and is totally

false, they just want to keep us off of " sensible "

diets. But if you will go on a low fat diet and are

finally ready to really apply yourself and get off

your butt and work, you can do it!! (sound like your

doctor/mother/father/everyone who ever told you your

weight was your fault?)

And the doctors just do this to make money, they don't

really care about obese people.

She also has another e-group whose topic for

discussion is how the media falsely portrays

childbirth to be painful so that more people will have

abortions. All those shows with a woman screaming

while delivering a baby from her body? Made up....

yup.

I'd still take the paper to your consultation, it will

only serve to educate you, but when reading anything

at that site... consider the source.

Barbi

--- mcosey@... wrote:

> Hi, I have a consult with Dr. Inabnet on May 7, and

> am sure I want

> the DS. The thing is I found this webpage with a

> long list of

> potential complications with wls. I am not one to

> panic, but went

> through the list one-by-one and tried to put each

> comment into

> perspective. I am still sure I want the surgery, but

> I would like some

> people to go through the list, and my comments, and

> put in their

> opinions. Not just on the list, but if my comments

> are incomplete, or

> incorrect, I'd like to know. I want to be sure I

> have all the facts in

> before having the surgery. I will also take this

> list with me to the

> consult. The URL for the unedited page is

> http://members.home.net/gswidemark/readplace.htm

> Scroll down and click

> on " Read this if you are considering Weight Loss

> Surgery! "

>

> Here is the edited version with my comments.

>

>

> My responses are indented below each paragraph.

>

>

> Things to think about when you are considering

> Weight Loss Surgery

>

>

> by Sue Widemark

>

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[Guest guest]

> ....I will just share with you that Sue Widemark is not an authority on WLS

even tho her

> website would have you believe that. She's self educated and loves to portray

herself as an expert...She also has another e-group whose topic for discussion

is how the media falsely portrays childbirth to be painful so that more people

will have abortions....

thanks for this information. i thought that 'information' seemed pretty far

out. i've done my research, and none of it turned up anything so extreme! this

widemark woman sounds a little off the noodle.

erika

5'2 " , 281.5#, bmi 51.5

surgery date 5.11.01 11:30 am

dr. herron

[Guest guest]

> She also has another e-group whose topic for

> discussion is how the media falsely portrays

> childbirth to be painful so that more people will have

> abortions. All those shows with a woman screaming

> while delivering a baby from her body? Made up....

> yup.

>

Boy howdy - I think I'd like to join this group, you know, just to

further the search for truth and all....

Kate

- diet failure

- two really painful childbirths

[Guest guest]

> She also has another e-group whose topic for

> discussion is how the media falsely portrays

> childbirth to be painful so that more people will have

> abortions. All those shows with a woman screaming

> while delivering a baby from her body? Made up....

> yup.

>

Boy howdy - I think I'd like to join this group, you know, just to

further the search for truth and all....

Kate

- diet failure

- two really painful childbirths

[Guest guest]

> She also has another e-group whose topic for

> discussion is how the media falsely portrays

> childbirth to be painful so that more people will have

> abortions. All those shows with a woman screaming

> while delivering a baby from her body? Made up....

> yup.

>

Boy howdy - I think I'd like to join this group, you know, just to

further the search for truth and all....

Kate

- diet failure

- two really painful childbirths