Kevin1708
Century Club
I have decided to keep quiet about my op, save for those who need to know . . . there is a definite mood towards “Well why don’t you just go on a diet or exercise more . . .” I tell people I am grateful for this advice and that I can’t for the life of me imagine why I didn’t think of going on a diet all by myself . . . and then wonder why I would opt to invest £10,000 and undergo major surgery with life changing consequences . . . WOW, to think all along all I needed to do was go on a diet – well I never ! !
A friend of mine who struggles with his weight was heard criticising a friend of his wife for having a band fitted – I have met this lady and she was quite large, I have never spoken with her at any length but I understand that she has dropped 100lb to date and is still going strong . . . my friend was pleased that she had lost weight but poo poo ed her efforts by saying that it was all the band and that he felt surgery was wrong when it could be done naturally – Not mentioning my surgery plans (men, I think are more readily accept if carrying weight – but that is the subject for another rant!), I seized the opportunity to glean an outsider prospective . . . Interestingly, he was supportive of his wife’s friend but felt she would have been better off using Sibutramine and xenical – one being a drug which I understand is banned in the UK (but still available from the good old USA) and is a serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). This acts by altering the chemical balance of the brain ! As for xenical, I bet we could run a thread titled ‘embarrassing moments’! I was surprised he knew of these ‘drugs’ but he confessed that he had been on then both at one time or another . . . My friend is about 3 stone overweight and gaining which he wants to lose but is not really doing anything about it (I guess as there are no trendy drugs available on the NHS at the present time). WLS has become a big industry and will, I feel, become more commonplace and accepted by society – much the same as corrective eye surgery, hip replacement, fertility treatment and so on . . . I am sure in time there will be a procedure considered to be fashionable. Not sure where this rant is going other than to say I think we can be proud of the end result without the ignominy of being judged by others xx
A friend of mine who struggles with his weight was heard criticising a friend of his wife for having a band fitted – I have met this lady and she was quite large, I have never spoken with her at any length but I understand that she has dropped 100lb to date and is still going strong . . . my friend was pleased that she had lost weight but poo poo ed her efforts by saying that it was all the band and that he felt surgery was wrong when it could be done naturally – Not mentioning my surgery plans (men, I think are more readily accept if carrying weight – but that is the subject for another rant!), I seized the opportunity to glean an outsider prospective . . . Interestingly, he was supportive of his wife’s friend but felt she would have been better off using Sibutramine and xenical – one being a drug which I understand is banned in the UK (but still available from the good old USA) and is a serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). This acts by altering the chemical balance of the brain ! As for xenical, I bet we could run a thread titled ‘embarrassing moments’! I was surprised he knew of these ‘drugs’ but he confessed that he had been on then both at one time or another . . . My friend is about 3 stone overweight and gaining which he wants to lose but is not really doing anything about it (I guess as there are no trendy drugs available on the NHS at the present time). WLS has become a big industry and will, I feel, become more commonplace and accepted by society – much the same as corrective eye surgery, hip replacement, fertility treatment and so on . . . I am sure in time there will be a procedure considered to be fashionable. Not sure where this rant is going other than to say I think we can be proud of the end result without the ignominy of being judged by others xx
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