Reply #60: I agree with a lot of what is being said here. I have a few addition al thoughts. [View All]

[Kerrytravelers]

In the past, people had lives that required more physical labor. Technology has changed that. Consider washing clothes. At one time, we carried the washing down to the river. Then, we brought the water to buckets and scrubbed in on a laundry board. Then washing machines were invented, but there was still the labor of hanging the laundry on the line outside to dry. Then driers came into being and we had less and less to do. And then, the technology was improved even more and now, the laundry practically washes itself. Less manual labor frees up our time... and then the technology of entertainment overtakes us. How many hours a day do you sit on the Internet... on DU? How about the television?

Mr. kt and I have been examining how we use our ties lately. As we hit our thirties, we know that our metabolism will begin slowing down. We both work jobs that has us sitting a lot in front of the computer. We have taken all this into consideration as we look at our lives. Before the weight begins to overwhelm us, we have become much for faithful about going to the gym. We take walks. We limit our entertainment time in front of the tv. We are careful about the portions that we eat and the calories and fat that they contain. We both have a family history of diabetes and obesity and we have made a decision that we don't want that happening to us.

And this following isn't necessarily referring to everyone who has had the surgery, but many people want a quick fix. They don't want to do the work to get the results that they want. We've become a "I want it now" society. There are many reasons for the surgery, I couldn't possibly know them all. But I don't think for a second there aren't unscrupulous doctors in the world who will happily do the surgery and all the follow ups that may be needed for a quick buck. There are people willing to pay whatever it cost to get what they want, whether they should have it or not. In the Los Angeles area, where I live, a story broke a few years back about doctors who would perform unnecessary C-Sections on women at 7.5 -8 months along who didn't want stretch marks. The health of the baby isn't the first concern, apparently. The names of these doctors, the very same one who swore and oath to put the needs of their patients first, were passed around from women to women until an overwhelming majority of these doctor's patients were women who wanted the unnecessary C-Section. Given that, I have to wonder how many doctor's are granting people's wish to have this surgery, but not dealing with the issues that come with food and the surrounding health concerns? It may seem a stretch to connect the C-Section doctors to doctors who may be performing gastro-bypass unnecessarily, but is it really? Unfortunately, there are people willing to exploit another person at their most vulnerable.