Let's fight about Widemark!

[Guest guest]

OK! As promised, I'm ready for battle! I'm particularly hoping for

an attack from Nick's corner, since he seems to have some opinions

about Sue.

After I read all the good stuff about WLS, I tried very hard to find

negative information about it, too, especially on the internet.

Naturally, I ran into Sue Widemark's pages. Here is the one thing

that she has said that CONTINUES TO HAUNT ME! And, unfortunately, I

don't think it's an irrational or unjustified fear on my part. That

is to say, I think she's right in this instance. Here goes, in my

quicky paraphrase:

There is no REALLY-long-term study that validates the safety of WLS

over the course of many, many years. There can't be, since it's so

new, especially the D/S. Yes, we can compare it to similar surgeries

(ulcer stuff?) of long ago, but those comparisons aren't closely

related enough to provide REAL information.

The best counterargument to this is usually as follows: " I was so

close to death anyway, or at least I wouldn't have lived as long as I

could have being so heavy. So the risk of surgery is less than the

risk of being obese. Sue says " bull " to this, and in a way, she's

right. Now, I'm not talking about the 700 pound person who is about

to have a heart attack any second and is not able to move out of

bed. 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.

HOW WILL OUR LIFE SPAN BE AFFECTED BY WLS??????????????????????????

HOW COME NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS??????????????????????????????

Waiting,