tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post1877316881408509471..comments2023-07-29T11:29:13.093+01:00Comments on Lonicera's World, Images & Stories: "Obese choose surgery over healthy living" - my rantLonicerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13141723287143567146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-72834821729404838332011-02-27T15:16:05.378+00:002011-02-27T15:16:05.378+00:00Thanks for the comment Joyful. I can't speak ...Thanks for the comment Joyful. I can't speak for anybody else, but what drove me wasn't courage, it was despair and deep unhappiness. I'm a long way from being slim, but the band gave me the boost I needed to recover my self-esteem, and the daily reassurance that it is helping me to control what I eat (not enough, but bingeing is now out of the question).<br />CarolineLonicerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141723287143567146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-50461041936944877232011-02-27T03:09:19.056+00:002011-02-27T03:09:19.056+00:00I don't have a band. Perhaps at my weight I sh...I don't have a band. Perhaps at my weight I should have one but am too afraid. I keep trying other ways and means. I feel I will have success sometime. I just need consistency which is hard for me to achieve. <br /><br />I don't like the news headline any more than you do but when I read the article I was shocked to discover how many deaths can result. You ladies with the band are much braver than I will ever be.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-35709565219123445802011-02-26T13:37:31.262+00:002011-02-26T13:37:31.262+00:00Should have proof read - I meant self-esteem... S...Should have proof read - I meant self-esteem... SorryLonicerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141723287143567146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-22655645067315754552011-02-26T13:36:55.673+00:002011-02-26T13:36:55.673+00:00Tina, you make a very important point that I'm...Tina, you make a very important point that I'm ashamed to have missed - that the op and the subsequent weightloss are for many the springboard from which a healthier lifestyle often results, because it's provided the necessary shortcut to renewed health esteem. I sent another e-mail to the letters section to make that point, but probably too late, even if they WERE going to publish my letter. Thanks for reminding me.<br />Sandy and Carla, I also agree with you both.<br />CarolineLonicerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141723287143567146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-17235607061633439892011-02-26T02:37:23.318+00:002011-02-26T02:37:23.318+00:00Ignorant! Theres no other word for it. Seriously. ...Ignorant! Theres no other word for it. Seriously. Are they for real? Thanks for posting, Caroline.THE DASH!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08658679261310931377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-64361668430136088722011-02-26T02:03:19.315+00:002011-02-26T02:03:19.315+00:00That just makes me so sad that WLS is trashed as a...That just makes me so sad that WLS is trashed as an easy fix. The surgery is still not covered in Canada so we choose to pay ($16,000 ~10000 pounds). Worth every penny.<br /><br />There will always be controversy. But health is worth it. It is hard. Every day. But worth it. So we ignore the naysayers and just get on with life.<br /><br />BTW. Love you photos as usual.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400904095865742386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360936507322491939.post-91309543408988301372011-02-26T01:17:16.532+00:002011-02-26T01:17:16.532+00:00Goodness the ignorance of the news never ceases to...Goodness the ignorance of the news never ceases to amaze me. Instead of??? This band has helped me to live a more healthy lifestyle...<br /><br />I don't think obesity will ever be recognized as the complicated condition it truly is. The obese are destined to forever be looked upon as weak-willed. This is not the case and it annoys the crud out of me that we should somehow be punished for perceived 'weakness' by being turned away from the one thing that can help us achieve that lifestyle.<br /><br />tsk tsk on them! :)<br /><br />xxxoooTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965135571189867376noreply@blogger.com