Re: FW: Seattletimes.com: Weight-loss surgery means weighing risks

[Guest guest]

All I can say is WOW, these are some great articles. I love the back

& forth banter, pro & con.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

All I can say is WOW, these are some great articles. I love the back

& forth banter, pro & con.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 03:11:28 -0800 " Ziobro "

writes:

> Ernsberger, a professor of nutrition at Case Western Reserve

> University in Cleveland, says the surgery's proponents have

> exaggerated the risk of obesity. Morbid obesity takes seven to 10

> years off someone's life expectancy, he says, so they'll die in

> their late 60s rather than their 70s.

This was probably the hardest part of this article to read. My

morbid obesity almost killed me by my 41st birthday. I have been told

without wls, I would be dead by now. So how can someone justify my life

ending some 30 years early. The risk of obesity, in my ever so humble

opinion, is NOT exaggerated. There are too many young people out there

dyeing from this disease. A friend of mine has lost 2 or 3 siblings who

were in there 40's due to this disease. It really is sad when people who

are not obese do not understand that. I am by no means skinny. But I am

healthier then I was when I had the surgery.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs.

SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs.

Current Weight 335

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 03:11:28 -0800 " Ziobro "

writes:

> Ernsberger, a professor of nutrition at Case Western Reserve

> University in Cleveland, says the surgery's proponents have

> exaggerated the risk of obesity. Morbid obesity takes seven to 10

> years off someone's life expectancy, he says, so they'll die in

> their late 60s rather than their 70s.

This was probably the hardest part of this article to read. My

morbid obesity almost killed me by my 41st birthday. I have been told

without wls, I would be dead by now. So how can someone justify my life

ending some 30 years early. The risk of obesity, in my ever so humble

opinion, is NOT exaggerated. There are too many young people out there

dyeing from this disease. A friend of mine has lost 2 or 3 siblings who

were in there 40's due to this disease. It really is sad when people who

are not obese do not understand that. I am by no means skinny. But I am

healthier then I was when I had the surgery.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs.

SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs.

Current Weight 335

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce