Morbid Obesity is a DISEASE

[Nykee 13]

No way..

I never felt as desperate in my life as I did the month before banding.

[BeachBabe(soon) 0]

I was reading the Sunday paper and came adross this in the USA WEEKEND section.

Kirstie Ally " I don't have a disease. I don't have the fat gene. But I have a charecter flaw, which is I have a tendecy to get out of control, and I have to rein it in." Shes saying this while she "curls up on the peach-colored sofa in the den of her kitschy 1920's-era mansion in the Hollywood Hills." she sipping Crystal Light from a pink cut-glass goblet her assistant has brought her.

definition:desease

{a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of it's parts that impairs normal functioning}huh?

I have be honest I don't really understand how it's a desease. Some people think fat is a cover for other issues. fears, being insecure, the fat protects us from some thing. For me it's my hormones. PMS kills me. Or maybe it's PMDD?

I become a bottomless pit and the pit only wants crap to eat. I've only ever stayed on a diet for three months. Than something happens and bam I'm eating badly again. Fear of success, maybe?

what ever it is I want out. Celebertys have a staff of people to help. Lap Band will be my personal staff, thank you very much. I write this as I sit on my hard chair in front of my outdated PC sipping my Water that I got all by myself. Once again "Thank you very much."

Tina

[Nykee 13]

Disease:

1. A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
   
2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
   

[HarleyNana 10]

New report on the news today that MO is shortening the average life span, (imagine that), but insurance companies still refuse to pay. There was a lot of emphasis put on obese children, which become obese adults. Hopefully, help is on the way.

[Guest Catherine]

As a new 'bandee' of 1 1/2 wks., I also was told to lose weight prior to surgery and was given a presurgery diet. My doctor said the reason for that was so that my liver could shrink and there would be less chance of it getting perforated during the banding.