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chrissygeorge25 reacted to OutsideMatchInside in GP says to do Weight Watchers instead February 19, 2016

I mean they are supposed to do their own continuing education like any other professional.
I don't think a patient should have to educate them.
Obesity is an epidemic in the US. They should be researching what they can do to help their patients.
If they aren't keeping up to date on some general things in their field how can you trust them?
I don't code but I keep up on code for my career. If you are a serious professional you keep up to date on your profession.
The bottom 10% of the class become Doctors just like the top 10%.
Don't fix them, replace them.

chrissygeorge25 reacted to VSGAnn2014 in GP says to do Weight Watchers instead February 19, 2016

When I brought up WLS to my doctor 3 years ago (after he had seen me lose and regain 45 pounds on a medically supervised diet overseen by his medical practice) he said, "I'll support you in anything you want to do. But I would strongly urge you to find a good therapist and try to understand why you are unable to care for yourself. You have lost weight many times. You've proven that. But you can't maintain the weight. I think you need to understand why you take better care of everyone else than yourself."
It's one of the best things he could have ever said. I did (eventually) find a good therapist who has been great. I have (finally) understood that living healthy (including living healthy after WLS) is purely about your self-care abilities. In my case, everyone else and their needs were more urgent to me than my own. I have gradually made myself #1. No one else notices. But that change has made all the difference to me.
Later on (still pre-op), I asked my PCP what was his experience with WLS. He said, "About 50-50. Some do well, some don't." And that's what all the research about WLS says -- 50% success rates.
I know you don't think this, but let me just underscore that the WLS surgery alone is not the panacea some think it is. To make WLS work well for you it requires a lot of mental switches. It requires a lot of discipline. It requires a lot of humility. It requires a lot of head-shrinking -- whether done on your own or with a therapist or a smart doctor or whoever works for you.
It's probable your PCP did not say what he/she said just to be a pain in the butt. Sounds like he/she has seen a lot of people not be successful long-term with WLS. There's much to be learned from negative modeling -- who failed and why did they fail and how can I not do the things they did (or fail to the things they failed to do) that will lead me to that same kind of failure?
This journey is not about being "right" all the time, but about learning continuously what will lead you to a better destination than you've arrived at in the past. So keep learning!

chrissygeorge25 got a reaction from Jessee3897 in Weak and Swollen :-( February 13, 2016

I'm only 1 week post op, but I'm super tired too. I had a follow-up with my Dr today and he said it's all normal, given the trauma from surgery. Hang in there! I'm ready for a nap right now....hehe...