Fat People programs

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

I also thinking watching My 600lb life teaches me the type of mindset I need to have to be successful at this endeavor.

And people like Penny teach me the type of mindset , and stubborn ignorance I need to avoid at all costs! ( that's not my personality but it's still a valuable lesson)

I also feel that some people on the show would not be able to afford the surgery, gym memberships, hospitalization etc without the help of the show and to go on is a personal choice.

If going on a tv show was my only means to having surgery you better bet I would seriously consider it!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I am too private a person. I can't imagine why anyone would want to go on a reality TV program.

[mrs kaje 347]

I have also started watching a UK version on YouTube called Fat Doctor.

Ooh, I'm a bit in love with Shaw Somers!

[bunnies26 34]

90% on the biggest loser gained it back!!!!!

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

I have also started watching a UK version on YouTube called Fat Doctor.

Ooh, I'm a bit in love with Shaw Somers!

I really like him too! But it seems so strange to me as an American, as a nurse and as someone who is married to a physician that patients call him MR Somers not Dr Somers....

Soo....odd to me....the Dr is a respect thing ....

That said I have decided I prefer my 600lb life..they show more of the process and food struggles etc. Fat Doctor just introduces the patient, shows their home life and the surgery. Quick follow up after they have lost a few stone.

Also , I have leaned the NHS has strict requirements for surgery and it seems much easier to get surgery covered in US.

[froody 9]

I really like him too! But it seems so strange to me as an American, as a nurse and as someone who is married to a physician that patients call him MR Somers not Dr Somers....

Soo....odd to me....the Dr is a respect thing ....

Surgeons in Britain have traditionally been called Mr, not Dr because of differences in their training centuries ago. Of course this has changed now but the practice remains.

In most other parts of the world all medical practitioners, physicians and surgeons alike, are referred to as Dr while in the UK surgeons are usually referred to as Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs. This is because, from the Middle Ages physicians had to embark on formal university training to gain possession of a degree in medicine before they could enter practice. The possession of this degree, a doctorate, entitled them to the title of ‘Doctor of Medicine’ or Doctor.

The training of surgeons until the mid-19th century was different. They did not have to go to university to gain a degree; instead they usually served as an apprentice to a surgeon. Afterwards they took an examination. In London, after 1745, this was conducted by the Surgeons' Company and after 1800 by The Royal College of Surgeons. If successful they were awarded a diploma, not a degree, therefore they were unable to call themselves 'Doctor', and stayed instead with the title 'Mr'.

Edited October 20, 2015 by froody

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

wow! That's extremely interesting! Thank you....I love little medical tidbits like that...

I really like him too! But it seems so strange to me as an American, as a nurse and as someone who is married to a physician that patients call him MR Somers not Dr Somers....

Soo....odd to me....the Dr is a respect thing ....

Surgeons in Britain have traditionally been called Mr, not Dr because of differences in their training centuries ago. Of course this has changed now but the practice remains.

In most other parts of the world all medical practitioners, physicians and surgeons alike, are referred to as Dr while in the UK surgeons are usually referred to as Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs. This is because, from the Middle Ages physicians had to embark on formal university training to gain possession of a degree in medicine before they could enter practice. The possession of this degree, a doctorate, entitled them to the title of ‘Doctor of Medicine’ or Doctor.

The training of surgeons until the mid-19th century was different. They did not have to go to university to gain a degree; instead they usually served as an apprentice to a surgeon. Afterwards they took an examination. In London, after 1745, this was conducted by the Surgeons' Company and after 1800 by The Royal College of Surgeons. If successful they were awarded a diploma, not a degree, therefore they were unable to call themselves 'Doctor', and stayed instead with the title 'Mr'.