So we all heard, she removed her boobies (and planning on removing her ovaries) because she's high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. I think it's absolutely brilliant, my grandma and my mom both suffer from breast cancer, my grandma is doing well, my mom on the other hand not so much. The cancer has spread to her bones, she's constantly in pain, her bones always break doing simple things like tying her shoelaces. It's crazy, she's had radiation daily, chemo 2 or 3x per week and all sorts of other doctors appointments. Also she has lost her vision as a side effect of one of her meds. So yes, I applaud Angelina Jolie for avoiding a life like my mom's. Who in the right mind would want to go through this if it could be prevented?!?

So here I am, I want to have 80% of my stomach removed because I am at a high risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity related cancers and about a cazillion other things.

What makes Angelina Jolie better than me? We both wants to lower our risks for diseases.....why is society praising her and criticizing us? Yes, I can lose weight and yes she can overcome cancer, what the hell is the difference?

Oye!!

Prevention is prevention, no matter how you put it.

Amen! And let's pack for Africa

Should we take a boat? Get the full experience lol

I wish rollergirl where here because she lives in New Zealand also and she spoke in detail on her thread about just how discriminatory New Zealanders are against fat people!

So discriminatory in fact that at a 30 bmi she was judged and ridiculed on a daily basis -__-

Oh and I think what Angelina did was good for her, I also carry that gene in my family (my nana was tested before she died:( )

But a very important fact!!!

The company that markets the 3000 dollar test patented the GENE!! So no one else can do anything with it, like research/ testing!

It's in front of the Supreme Court now to see if its even constitutional (NO) to patent a gene!

I wish rollergirl where here because she lives in New Zealand also and she spoke in detail on her thread about just how discriminatory New Zealanders are against fat people!

So discriminatory in fact that at a 30 bmi she was judged and ridiculed on a daily basis -__-

Ooooh that's right she did! Them dang Znew Z-landers despise fatties! Could be she lives in a different bubblehood though

Ooooh that's right she did! Them dang Znew Z-landers despise fatties! Could be she lives in a different bubblehood though

Bubblehood! HA you crack me up!

Wonder how RG is doing? I haven't heard from her since she went to Mexico?

Ooooh that's right she did! Them dang Znew Z-landers despise fatties! Could be she lives in a different bubblehood though

Bubblehood, I love it lol

There is discrimination everywhere and any one who thinks it doesn't exist is the biggest bigot!

What's the saying? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

My family doctor is completely on board. She said the risk from surgery was far less than the weight related diseases I was sure to have if I don't lose weight now.

What's the saying? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

Amen!

My PCP told me I was being PROActive.......... where before I was on highblood pressure meds. and now I am on "NOTHING" BUT LIFE!.....and loving every minute of it.............. we all know the "STARS" get all the freaking attention, they can be married a month or 40 times and yet "EVERYONE LOVES" and follows them...........NOT ME............. YOU ROCK LI

You said that very well!,, feel the same wy

**STANDING UP & LOUDLY APPLAUDING!**

With all that you just said' date=' I also carry the same mutation gene in my family so I just had a long heart to heart with my GYN who is all for me having the sleeve but tells me to hold off on the double mastectomy because while I do have a 1st cousin that has stage 4 breast cancer, no one else in my immediate family has been dx'd with cancer. Also, reducing my weight will greatly reduce my chances of cancer as well. So I'm taking my chances on the sleeve to help me become healthier. While I'm not ashames of having that done, I'm also not sharing with anyone. Don't need negativity.

Hope your Mom & G-ma pull thru this LI Gemini NY! Big (((HUGS))) to you too! [/quote']

I am not sharing with ANYONE either. (Except my husband). Simply do not want to debate. I have made up my mind. That's it.

So we all heard' date=' she removed her boobies (and planning on removing her ovaries) because she's high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. I think it's absolutely brilliant, my grandma and my mom both suffer from breast cancer, my grandma is doing well, my mom on the other hand not so much. The cancer has spread to her bones, she's constantly in pain, her bones always break doing simple things like tying her shoelaces. It's crazy, she's had radiation daily, chemo 2 or 3x per week and all sorts of other doctors appointments. Also she has lost her vision as a side effect of one of her meds. So yes, I applaud Angelina Jolie for avoiding a life like my mom's. Who in the right mind would want to go through this if it could be prevented?!?

So here I am, I want to have 80% of my stomach removed because I am at a high risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity related cancers and about a cazillion other things.

What makes Angelina Jolie better than me? We both wants to lower our risks for diseases.....why is society praising her and criticizing us? Yes, I can lose weight and yes she can overcome cancer, what the hell is the difference?

Oye!!

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Amen! I never thought about that when I heard the news about her but your so right!

My PCP told me I was being PROActive.......... where before I was on highblood pressure meds. and now I am on "NOTHING" BUT LIFE!.....and loving every minute of it.............. we all know the "STARS" get all the freaking attention' date=' they can be married a month or 40 times and yet "EVERYONE LOVES" and follows them...........NOT ME............. YOU ROCK LI[/quote']

Thank you kindly, I'm proud of you for being proactive regarding your life and I'm glad you're loving you're life now. That's the way it should be! Congrats on your success!

And P.S. I used the discrimination example as a reference point to show stupid your "you should move" comment was. Why do I have to move because someone else has a problem?

I was being tongue in cheek but clearly the humour didn't translate. I meant you no offence. In fact, I am saddened when I hear of others who do experience this sort of negativity and was attempting (and clearly failing) light heartedness in my response.

But then I guess it shows how different people can be. I am fairly positive and breezy, tend to care little for what others may think of me or say behind my back, and that has meant I do live a pretty fantastic life because what I experience is overwhelmingly positive. I self paid for my surgery as an elective option when the only co-morbidity I had was apnoea. When I said before about the realities of my situation, that referred to explaining to someone how much I had yo yo'd with my weight, on the exercise and diet crazy cycle, for several years and how I knew I needed to get the sleeve as I just could not maintain any weight loss I had been successful with previously. I am a strong believer in the impacts of many years of abuse of our bodies leading to dysfunctional metabolism and disproportionate ghrelin production. So explaining this to the one naysayer did turn out in the positive for me.

So apologies if I offended you, it was not my intent.