Thoughts on Carney - A&E Biography

[Guest guest]

Anyone catch the bio on Carney on A & E yesterday?

I thought it was interesting, focused on her whole life which included

her life-long battle with weight and that she looks great!

What I REALLY found interesting was what was NOT said! She did say she

saw how nne had lost weight using weight loss surgery and decided

she needed to do something fast. They or she did not describe the RNY

other than that she had " gastric-bypass " surgery live on the internet.

Nor did they say what she personally thought about the surgery, or

anything at all about her current eating life style. She also did not

" sell " the surgery.

Food for thought.

Rosie

[Guest guest]

Well, it was an A & E Biography episode. The focused on her life and

life-long stuggles with weight. The surgery part lasted for all of

about two minutes in the last five minutes of the program. Wittgrove

was on there for a few seconds saying how she was a good candidate

and Alvarado Medical got their name mentioned. There were NO details

whatsoever about the surgery other than the words " gastric bypass " .

I wouldn't have expected a lot of info on the surgery, but as usual,

the concept of wls is presented as if there is only one surgery.

-maria

At 10:05 AM -0800 11/28/01, rbley8910@... wrote:

>Anyone catch the bio on Carney on A & E yesterday?

>

>I thought it was interesting, focused on her whole life which included

>her life-long battle with weight and that she looks great!

>

>What I REALLY found interesting was what was NOT said! She did say she

>saw how nne had lost weight using weight loss surgery and decided

>she needed to do something fast. They or she did not describe the RNY

>other than that she had " gastric-bypass " surgery live on the internet.

>Nor did they say what she personally thought about the surgery, or

>anything at all about her current eating life style. She also did not

> " sell " the surgery.

>

>Food for thought.

>Rosie

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I saw the last 20-30 minutes of the biography, and I think that what struck

me most was that it seemed like a fairly balanced picture of a person -- she

had all sorts of things going for her, but the weight kept getting in her

way, and she kept using food to self-medicate until she was in danger of

dying. I liked the fact that they *DIDN'T* delve into the surgery or sell

it -- the prog was meant to be a bio, not a sales-pitch. If someone saw the

show and started researching " gastric bypass, " they might very well wind up

finding info on the DS -- I did! We can hope, right?

Another thing that really struck me was how darn fat she looked at 300 lbs,

and it made me wonder how much fatter *I* really look than how I *think* I

look. (Does that make sense?) I'm a little worried that I'll be horrified

by my " before " pictures in a couple of months. Oh well -- can't help that

now, right??

~alyssa

Thoughts on Carney - A & E Biography

> Anyone catch the bio on Carney on A & E yesterday?

>

> I thought it was interesting, focused on her whole life which included

> her life-long battle with weight and that she looks great!

>

> What I REALLY found interesting was what was NOT said! She did say she

> saw how nne had lost weight using weight loss surgery and decided

> she needed to do something fast. They or she did not describe the RNY

> other than that she had " gastric-bypass " surgery live on the internet.

> Nor did they say what she personally thought about the surgery, or

> anything at all about her current eating life style. She also did not

> " sell " the surgery.

[Guest guest]

I dont know how tall you are Alyssa, but the shorter your are the

more the fat looks squished down and out..lol. What I mean is I

weighed preop 340 and a at 5' 8 " , didnt look nearly as heavy as

Carnie did at 300lbs... nobody could believe I weighed so much.. even

my own doctor said that my body was not as dysmorphed as I thought it

was. lol..

sue

post op 9-11-01 -65lbs

dr. warden

ocean sps, ms

> I saw the last 20-30 minutes of the biography, and I think that

what struck

> me most was that it seemed like a fairly balanced picture of a

person -- she

> had all sorts of things going for her, but the weight kept getting

in her

> way, and she kept using food to self-medicate until she was in

danger of

> dying. I liked the fact that they *DIDN'T* delve into the surgery

or sell

> it -- the prog was meant to be a bio, not a sales-pitch. If

someone saw the

> show and started researching " gastric bypass, " they might very well

wind up

> finding info on the DS -- I did! We can hope, right?

>

> Another thing that really struck me was how darn fat she looked at

300 lbs,

> and it made me wonder how much fatter *I* really look than how I

*think* I

> look. (Does that make sense?) I'm a little worried that I'll be

horrified

> by my " before " pictures in a couple of months. Oh well -- can't

help that

> now, right??

>

> ~alyssa

> Thoughts on Carney - A & E Biography

>

>

> > Anyone catch the bio on Carney on A & E yesterday?

> >

> > I thought it was interesting, focused on her whole life which

included

> > her life-long battle with weight and that she looks great!

> >

> > What I REALLY found interesting was what was NOT said! She did

say she

> > saw how nne had lost weight using weight loss surgery and

decided

> > she needed to do something fast. They or she did not describe the

RNY

> > other than that she had " gastric-bypass " surgery live on the

internet.

> > Nor did they say what she personally thought about the surgery, or

> > anything at all about her current eating life style. She also did

not

> > " sell " the surgery.