Re: Disturbing DS Article: Sue Widmark = IDIOT

August 2, 2001

Sue maintains an egroup where she masquerades as the wizard of

bariatric surgery. She takes bits of almost-information and weaves

it together in a way that makes her appear knowledgeable. Her

conclusions are always the same: weight loss surgery is mayhem on our

bodies and condemns us to irreperable harm that will lead to our

eventual painful demise. What she fails to say is that yes, we do

have problems with malabsorbtion (DUH) but we take care of that with

supplements and lots of protein. She is correct for that rare

individual who can't remember to take their vitamins, calcium and eat

plenty of protein. She also conveniently overlooks that we have

serious comorbidities that which carry with them a higher risk of

mortality than weight loss surgery.

I remember one go-around with her where she equated morbidity with

mortality. She says she's mensa material . . . and I'm the Pope.

The only thing to take from her is that we have to remember that this

surgery is serious stuff and the dangers are real. The dangers of

not having surgery are even more for real. Ignore her.

Best,

Nick in Sage

> Hi- I came across 2 articles by a woman named Sue Widemark. They

> both are rather disturbing because her tone in the articles suggest

August 3, 2001

At 4:37 AM +0000 8/3/01, sage@... wrote:

>... says she's mensa material . . . and I'm the Pope.

What an honor to hear from you, Your Grace. --Steve

BTW, wasn't it Sue Wide-of-the-mark?

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