Gastric Bypass Surgery for Weight Loss

From your next door neighbor to television celebrities we see those that seem to have experienced a sudden weight loss. For some their new svelte figure has been the result of liposuction and others a dedication to diet and exercise. Still for others the answer was gastric bypass weight loss surgery.
Qualifying for a gastric bypass [...]

Morbid Obesity and Terminal Obesity Insulting

While surfing Google the title “I hate the word obese” caught my attention. With a click of the mouse I was at a diet forum. It seems as if some of the members find the term “morbidly obese,” degrading and insulting and for a couple of the members it gave them the feeling of hopelessness. [...]

Sally Show

While watching the Sally Jesse Rapheal has a rerun of a show on television the morning of January 10, 2001. I had not seen this show previously. On this show she had three women with one of them being televised. One young lady weight 850 pounds was confined to a bed in [...]

Hitting Bottom

Just like individuals addicted to alcohol or drugs it is often necessary for the morbidly obese individual to hit bottom before we do anything about our own addiction. I hit bottom or you might say got my wake up call on January 2, 2001. On this day I was at a clients residence [...]