Fredbear

I've been lactose-intolerant since I was a very small child, so all I need is a little cheap ice cream or soft cheese... that's enough to layer the house with a toxic green fog at night that even the cats avoid.

I've been lactose-intolerant since I was a very small child, so all I need is a little cheap ice cream or soft cheese... that's enough to layer the house with a toxic green fog at night that even the cats avoid.

If you were hosting the get-together, you should have asked this person to leave. Otherwise, I simply would have left myself, while calling the bastard out.

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

At the lectures I've been to, surgeons have indicated that their general goal is to get you to Overweight, or straddling the Overweight/Healthy BMI of 25.
Their argument is that statistically, Overweight people live longer than people with an underweight or healthy BMI. (I don't have the study names, but I do remember that making headlines a while back)
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

If you were hosting the get-together, you should have asked this person to leave. Otherwise, I simply would have left myself, while calling the bastard out.

At the lectures I've been to, surgeons have indicated that their general goal is to get you to Overweight, or straddling the Overweight/Healthy BMI of 25.
Their argument is that statistically, Overweight people live longer than people with an underweight or healthy BMI. (I don't have the study names, but I do remember that making headlines a while back)
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

Buy clothes off the rack (and not in an overpriced fat guy store)
Not having to give every chair the eye before sitting in it
No diabetes
No money going down the tubes for medications
No more insulin injections each night
Energy to get out and do things
Less neuropathy
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

"Doctor and staff to whom I've paid thousands of dollars to, I don't want to intrude by asking pertinent questions you are trained to answer, and that I've paid for you to provide. " "When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

"Doctor and staff to whom I've paid thousands of dollars to, I don't want to intrude by asking pertinent questions you are trained to answer, and that I've paid for you to provide. " "When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

*shrug* When you volunteer unnecessary information to strangers, you expose yourself to being subject to their opinions.
If you don't want their opinions then either stop sharing personal information, or put on your big girl panties and tell them you don't want or need their opinion.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

"Doctor and staff to whom I've paid thousands of dollars to, I don't want to intrude by asking pertinent questions you are trained to answer, and that I've paid for you to provide. " "When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

I've got to have a rant- sorry guys but there you have it.
I have noticed that there are so many people starting threads/posting on this site recently with questions for other members. However, they are normally questions that they should be asking their surgical team as they are the people who are qualified to answer. They will be in charge of care so ultimately it's their necks on the line if anything goes tits-up. It's them who will have to deal with any lawsuit that ensues due to anything that might go wrong.
For every bit of surgery I've had (and believe me as an old hoofer there have been plenty of orthopaedic bits of mending and replacing on my knackered carcass) I did as I was told by my surgical team.
If they had asked me to whistle Dixie whilst standing on my head farting the National Anthem and air dancing the Marseillaise I would have done it. Apart from my VSG all my surgeries were paid for by the National Health Service (NHS) and that included my hip replacement. I did as I was told pre-surgery and then post surgery. I read all the info and watched the DVDs that I was given. I had to give myself the anti-blood clotting jabs every morning and wear those REVOLTING AND UNCOMFORTABLE anti-thrombosis socks for WEEKS after my hip replacement but I'd been told to do it so I did it!!!!!
After my VSG (which was self pay as our NHS here in the UK do very few) I stuck like glue to all the info that I was given. Any questions I had I knew that I could call or email my team for their help and advice.
It appears that there are a lots of newbies (and sometimes more experienced WLS patients) who really don't want to adhere to instructions that they have been given. They post on this site in the hope that they can find someone who will give them the answer that they WANT. Not the answer that they NEED! My answer to those people - JFDI. Just as you're told by the professionals who are in charge of your care.
Maybe Alex you should start a forum with the title 'Half-arsed Questions from Those Too Lazy and Arrogant to Listen to Their Surgical Team'.
Rant over. Happy Monday. It's pissing with rain in the UK so could start a rant about British summertime but.........................!

I think it would probably be beneficial to a very small group of people with specific medical conditions.
But for the average fatty? It's complete folly.

People who call and don't leave voicemail.
Now my voicemail message says, "I go through my incoming calls regularly, and if I see your number twice and there's no voicemail, I'm simply going to blacklist your number. You have been warned."
The best part is I've blocked so many numbers that I rarely get any spam calls.

Just think how awful it's going to get when the hand-held, safe-zone, helicopter-parented, everyone-gets-a-trophy-just-for-showing-up kids start showing up demanding "support" from the forum.
Oh wait, I've already seen posts like that here... shucks.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

This site has too many forums as it is. The reason people post in the wrong forums here is there are a bewildering array of (mostly inactive) forums. You need fewer forums, not more.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

Many thanks to Lipstick for indicating how to block users!

Having been a member of many forums on a diverse array of subjects, I would say that the the people who "ruin" forums are the Thought Police who try to force people to post things their way, like the OP.
"If you don't have anything nice to say, keep it to yourself" is simply code for "if I don't like what you have to say, I'm going to deny you the ability to say it."
We're all adults here; Pollyanna syndrome isn't attractive nor is it warranted.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

Just think how awful it's going to get when the hand-held, safe-zone, helicopter-parented, everyone-gets-a-trophy-just-for-showing-up kids start showing up demanding "support" from the forum.
Oh wait, I've already seen posts like that here... shucks.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

This site has too many forums as it is. The reason people post in the wrong forums here is there are a bewildering array of (mostly inactive) forums. You need fewer forums, not more.
"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "