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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 1438801" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08mf976/obesity-how-prejudiced-is-the-nhs" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08mf976/obesity-how-prejudiced-is-the-nhs</a> - I don't know if you caught this program. It was interesting (only interesting, to be filed in the back of my brain somewhere, if there's room) that even one of the surgeons was suggesting that it's for diabetes not obesity. I'm tempted but feel that having made life style changes many years ago, the medical profession should tell me why I am the way I am, ie overweight. Bypass surgery doesn't seem to "cure" the problem just change the circumstances so that the body is working in a different way, and introduces a whole raft of other "problems". </p><p></p><p>I looked into the gastric band years ago and as a way of just reducing calories it was not for me, I was doing that without the cost of surgery. I later was referred for consideration for surgery as a box ticking exercise, something that had to be done before progressing to the next stage. I now have a lovely letter from the NHS which says I have a weight problem and not an eating problem and that my BMI isn't high enough for surgery anyway. </p><p></p><p>Glad to see you're doing well with your new regime, keep up the good work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 1438801, member: 245335"] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08mf976/obesity-how-prejudiced-is-the-nhs[/URL] - I don't know if you caught this program. It was interesting (only interesting, to be filed in the back of my brain somewhere, if there's room) that even one of the surgeons was suggesting that it's for diabetes not obesity. I'm tempted but feel that having made life style changes many years ago, the medical profession should tell me why I am the way I am, ie overweight. Bypass surgery doesn't seem to "cure" the problem just change the circumstances so that the body is working in a different way, and introduces a whole raft of other "problems". I looked into the gastric band years ago and as a way of just reducing calories it was not for me, I was doing that without the cost of surgery. I later was referred for consideration for surgery as a box ticking exercise, something that had to be done before progressing to the next stage. I now have a lovely letter from the NHS which says I have a weight problem and not an eating problem and that my BMI isn't high enough for surgery anyway. Glad to see you're doing well with your new regime, keep up the good work. [/QUOTE]
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