Re: Christie's story on TV-

[Guest guest]

I didn't much care for Christie's story. But her story did

illustrate what happens when someone is not emotionally equipped to

deal with the weightloss. Christie never had any self confidence

and was sexually abused as a child. As a single mom newly slim and

still very young she did not know how to prioritize the benefits of

wls. I love how Lifetime did this story but did nothing to try to get

Christie the help she so obviously needed. Now that they've made their

buck on advertising you would think that they could spare a little of

it getting Christie into counseling, job training and parenting

classes. Living in a town with an extremely high unemployment rate

with little or no prospect of finding a job and being stuck on welfare

will bring down the best of people let alone someone who already

suffers from a low self esteem.

What I did like about the story is that it illustrates how hard and

sometimes dangerous it can be to go it alone. Lying in bed for 3 days

with no water and no help is a scary thing. I am just glad that she

made it through that. I feel extremely lucky about my recovery looking

at the hard time she had. Even at the worst part of my reovery I could

get to the kitchen and get the bathroom by myself.

I hope that after her suffering that Surgeons will realize how

important it is for low-mobility wls patients to have a home health

aide when released from the hospital.

Now t

> > > Sorry if this has been posted about a million times, but I

> searched

> > the

> > > archives and didn't find but one mention of this there. Which

> type

> > of

> > > surgery did Carnie have? I'd like to see that Discovery

> > Special that

> > > was mentioned in the archives that she did. Did anyone see it?

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I didn't much care for Christie's story. But her story did

illustrate what happens when someone is not emotionally equipped to

deal with the weightloss. Christie never had any self confidence

and was sexually abused as a child. As a single mom newly slim and

still very young she did not know how to prioritize the benefits of

wls. I love how Lifetime did this story but did nothing to try to get

Christie the help she so obviously needed. Now that they've made their

buck on advertising you would think that they could spare a little of

it getting Christie into counseling, job training and parenting

classes. Living in a town with an extremely high unemployment rate

with little or no prospect of finding a job and being stuck on welfare

will bring down the best of people let alone someone who already

suffers from a low self esteem.

What I did like about the story is that it illustrates how hard and

sometimes dangerous it can be to go it alone. Lying in bed for 3 days

with no water and no help is a scary thing. I am just glad that she

made it through that. I feel extremely lucky about my recovery looking

at the hard time she had. Even at the worst part of my reovery I could

get to the kitchen and get the bathroom by myself.

I hope that after her suffering that Surgeons will realize how

important it is for low-mobility wls patients to have a home health

aide when released from the hospital.

Now t

> > > Sorry if this has been posted about a million times, but I

> searched

> > the

> > > archives and didn't find but one mention of this there. Which

> type

> > of

> > > surgery did Carnie have? I'd like to see that Discovery

> > Special that

> > > was mentioned in the archives that she did. Did anyone see it?

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Meli,

I, too, watched " Christie's Story. " I believe the point of it was that

Christie's weight problem was not the cause of her other problems, but a

symptom and result of deeper sociological and psychological problems. The

WLS (could have been RNY) may have helped her lose weight and improve her

life physically, at least initially, but because she wasn't able or willing

to change other aspects of her life, she was right back on the path of

self-destruction. If you noticed, toward the end of the program, she was

putting weight back on, and, even more tragically, her young daughter seemed

to be starting down the same path of depression and weight gain.

Marcia

> Christie's story on TV-

>

>

> , I saw Christie's Story just the other night. I was so

> uncomfortable and disappointed with the program. Very little of it

> explored WLS, even her specific procedure. It was mostly centered

> around the trajedy of her life and the poor choices she made in

> general (non WLS related). My daughters watched it with me, I had

> expected it to be an opportunity for them to learn.

> I was concerned that it left the impression that this is how most

> MO folks are who seek out WLS. I have found that not to be the case,

> in fact quite the opposite.

> I dont know who produced the program, or what their point was, but I

> sure didnt like it. JMHO

> Meli

> June 21,01

> Dr Hess

> -35lb

>

> - In duodenalswitch@y..., " Gil " <girlygil@y...> wrote:

> > Hi :

> > I think she had the rny surgery. You can read all about it at

> > http://www.spotlighthealth.com/morbid_obesity/mo/mo.htm

> >

> > There are video's as well as links and discussion boards. All very

> > informative.

> >

> > I don't know about a Discovery channel program, but there was

> > something on TLC last week called Christie's Story. About a young

> > woman's wls and some of the issues she faces. Dealt more with her

> > actual problems than with the surgery.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > > Sorry if this has been posted about a million times, but I

> searched

> > the

> > > archives and didn't find but one mention of this there. Which

> type

> > of

> > > surgery did Carnie have? I'd like to see that Discovery

> > Special that

> > > was mentioned in the archives that she did. Did anyone see it?

> > >

> > >

>

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