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I'm very anxious to see this -- I checked on Netflix and it's available as a "save" which doesn't mean too much... Do I recognize one of the ladies in the trailer (the one shown early on in a bathing suit and then driving with the gearshift being in her way) from the My 600 Pound Life series?

Zsaylnn s on my 600 lb life and in this show too I think. I've been waiting for this since last year, when I first learned about it. I posted in January noting the play date on PBS but stuff gets buried here.

Lynda

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Yes, I recognized her also. I am excited t see it too. When you say it's a "save" you can mark it to be saved now for the future viewing?

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Its airing next Monday the 24th on PBS.

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I can't wait to see this and I think it's absolutely awesome that they've made a show about weightloss surgery!

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What would be interesting is if they reported on all the issues from it. I mean more than anything that diabetes, after so many years, doesn't resolve like it did or the weight issues. The off complications, I can see them lightly addressing, but they still should be.

While I would still have the surgery done again, I'd want to see that they do address things that my surgeon apparently didn't know about or was familiar with. That way people know to get other help involved.

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I've got my DVR set to record!!!!! Hope they follow up with a series.

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so I had an opportunity to screen this film at a support group and meet one of the women.....as it was filmed in Austin....personally I didn't find it to be helpful from a WLS perspective....it felt to be more about the BBW subculture than about a group of women struggling with weight and the decision for WLS. I was actually disappointed on the focus and felt very sad for most of the women that were featured - maybe because I could not relate - because so much of their identity was tied to the BBW community - for which I never really knew anything about until this film....it felt exploitive to me. Curious what others thought

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What is BBW?. Big beautiful women?

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Yes. Big beautiful women. I had no idea about a lot of it. Some of these women met their husbands through events and stuff organized around BBW. Well no wonder the husbands weren't supportive as they all had fat fetishes

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@@anniemay How interesting. I have read a little bit about this bbw thing and it always seems super creepy. I don't think I would at all like being fetishized in that manner. :mellow:

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I don't remember the porn part but I was so in ah of the whole BBW world. I personally would have preferred the documentary to focus on a different group as the whole BBW undertone played so much into the psyche of these women I felt it missed the larger market of people who chose WLS.

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It did feel very creepy. One man told his wife point blank he would leave if she went through with if. Another took the money for the surgery and spent it. I guess what was missing for me was that so much of these women's lives centered around their size in a positive way. It was their identity and that of their friends. For me my size was a hindrance to my psyche so I didn't necessarily relate to them.

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When y'all watch it I would love. to hear your take on it.

(Ha! Y'all! Yep I'm a Texan!)

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Zsaylynn was in BBW porn for sure. I think a lot if the women in that group are.

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