Re: & risks.... (Widemark)

[Guest guest]

<<<But what about the young, 300 pounder who is still very active

and healthy in most regards? Yeah, that person's health might

decline over the years, but it might just as well decline in the

long term after living with WLS after another 30-40 years.>>>

Hi -- Do you know that you don't have to be 700 pounds to be

at risk for a heart attack? At 312 pounds with a BMI of 51, my risk

of having a heart attack was 280 times greater than a normal weight

person. Not 5 or 10 times greater, 280 times greater!

My " healthy " mother died of uterine cancer prematurely at the age of

66, due, in part, to her obesity.

Morbid obesity DOES increase your risks DRAMATICALLY of dying

prematurely. My risks of dying on the table in surgery was 1 in

200. Much better odds than staying MORBIDLY obese.

Even if I didn't die due to cancers, diabetes or heart disease, I

didn't want to spend my life dealing with cancer treatments,

diabetes treatments. Surgery isn't going to guarantee I never will

have to deal with these, but it HAS increased my odds of living a

healthy life.

I never thought seriously of the risks of death due to obesity until

I watched my Healthy mother die during an eighteen week period.

Suddenly the risks I always heard about became very, very real.

Keep researching. Find factual statictics and stay away from SW and

her garbage. It's only there to confuse.

All the best..

heidi

http://www.mywls.com

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Heidi.

Yeah, I do know about most? all of the risks associated with

obesity. I guess I try my best to find the opposing POV in order to

play " devil's advocate " with myself. And it helps even more when you

guys chime in, too. I would like to find more than just SW, but

can't. Maybe that's a good sign. Know of any other credible nay-

sayers?

> <<<But what about the young, 300 pounder who is still very active

> and healthy in most regards? Yeah, that person's health might

> decline over the years, but it might just as well decline in the

> long term after living with WLS after another 30-40 years.>>>

>

>

> Hi -- Do you know that you don't have to be 700 pounds to

be

> at risk for a heart attack? At 312 pounds with a BMI of 51, my

risk

> of having a heart attack was 280 times greater than a normal weight

> person. Not 5 or 10 times greater, 280 times greater!

>

> My " healthy " mother died of uterine cancer prematurely at the age

of

> 66, due, in part, to her obesity.

>

> Morbid obesity DOES increase your risks DRAMATICALLY of dying

> prematurely. My risks of dying on the table in surgery was 1 in

> 200. Much better odds than staying MORBIDLY obese.

>

> Even if I didn't die due to cancers, diabetes or heart disease, I

> didn't want to spend my life dealing with cancer treatments,

> diabetes treatments. Surgery isn't going to guarantee I never will

> have to deal with these, but it HAS increased my odds of living a

> healthy life.

>

> I never thought seriously of the risks of death due to obesity

until

> I watched my Healthy mother die during an eighteen week period.

> Suddenly the risks I always heard about became very, very real.

>

> Keep researching. Find factual statictics and stay away from SW

and

> her garbage. It's only there to confuse.

>

> All the best..

> heidi

> http://www.mywls.com