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<blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 587517" data-attributes="member: 100904"><p>Looking at the title of the thread, does anyone else apart from me think that bariatric surgery being made the treatment of choice for T2 who are overweight is a form of assault?</p><p>Controversial statement maybe, but it is being touted to people as an easy option. Gastric bypass surgery removes the future possibility of eating like the general population eat, at any time after the surgery. You need to take digestive enzymes, and cannot have a drink at the same time as your (miniscule) meal. I know of people who have had this surgery who have suffered psychological and physical problems after, even though their weight returns to 'normal', as do their blood glucose readings. They were not prepared for the drastic change to their body, body image, and other peoples' perceptions of them.</p><p></p><p>I was offered bariatric surgery, almost bullied into having it, but refused and found an alternative way to reduce weight, after slavishly following the healthy eating, lots of carbs at every meal route as advised. Which as most of us acknowledge does not work.</p><p></p><p>If the new suggestion of BMI30+ being the threshold weight for this surgery to become eligible on NHS, then there will possibly be a rush of people keen to have it. These will be people who will probably not considered the negative aspects of such major surgery, and will be like 'lambs to the slaughter'.</p><p></p><p>The £15k cost of each operation could be better spent on realistic education programmes and it could be a lot cheaper if health professionals were directed to this site for diabetes education in the first instance, and encouraged their patients to do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pipp, post: 587517, member: 100904"] Looking at the title of the thread, does anyone else apart from me think that bariatric surgery being made the treatment of choice for T2 who are overweight is a form of assault? Controversial statement maybe, but it is being touted to people as an easy option. Gastric bypass surgery removes the future possibility of eating like the general population eat, at any time after the surgery. You need to take digestive enzymes, and cannot have a drink at the same time as your (miniscule) meal. I know of people who have had this surgery who have suffered psychological and physical problems after, even though their weight returns to 'normal', as do their blood glucose readings. They were not prepared for the drastic change to their body, body image, and other peoples' perceptions of them. I was offered bariatric surgery, almost bullied into having it, but refused and found an alternative way to reduce weight, after slavishly following the healthy eating, lots of carbs at every meal route as advised. Which as most of us acknowledge does not work. If the new suggestion of BMI30+ being the threshold weight for this surgery to become eligible on NHS, then there will possibly be a rush of people keen to have it. These will be people who will probably not considered the negative aspects of such major surgery, and will be like 'lambs to the slaughter'. The £15k cost of each operation could be better spent on realistic education programmes and it could be a lot cheaper if health professionals were directed to this site for diabetes education in the first instance, and encouraged their patients to do the same. [/QUOTE]
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