Inside Brookhaven obesity clinic

sfeiner · November 25, 2007

I'm watching this show and it's unbelievable what these people are doing to themselves. I guess it's just featuring the cheaters (I hope there are some people there who really want help) I'm wondering who is paying for all these people to lay around in this nice looking hospital and get waited on and then have fast food and junk food delivered. I realize they have food addictions but I can't understand why they are there for help if they are going to rebel all the time. Is anyone else watching?

lauren0728 · November 26, 2007

i am, i saw it last night. I think think that if they are going to be in that kind of facility that they shouldnt have the access to those foods. Its like sending a drug addict to rehab and letting them shoot up whenever they feel like it. Brookhaven is doing an amazing thing for these people who would otherwise die, and it fustrates the crap outta me that they dont care...

wombat712 · November 26, 2007

I have seen a couple of those episodes. Everyone falls off the wagon or has a cheat meal. I don't have issues with that at all.

I do have an issue with the ones who are just blatant, obstinate, and act like it's all a big game! Watching those shows is one of the reasons I opted to get the band vs. bypass. They can gain it all back - of course we can too if we just stop going for fills.

KarenG. · November 26, 2007

I dont care for the show because the administrator guy is adamantly opposed to WLS and campaigns against patients having it. There was one episode where he explained his reasoning and was like "it just seems unatural to me."

lindaa · November 26, 2007

I saw some of it last night too, and it always gets to me too. I am sure there are plenty of folks that are sincere about following the program, so I don't understand why all the resources are basically wasted on thoes that do not want to comply. It seems to me that as long as the administrators and docs can find the funding, they will treat the patients who get in, regardless of the patient's willingness to follow the plan. I guess there are some things I just don't understand.

lisah25 · November 26, 2007

I dont care for the show because the administrator guy is adamantly opposed to WLS and campaigns against patients having it. There was one episode where he explained his reasoning and was like "it just seems unatural to me."

Yep - I didn't like that either. And more then once, they called WLS the "Easy way out". H*ll, better then having your health so bad you can't even walk.

He seems full of himself. All his talk about how he's decided how to handle cheaters and all.

anonemouse · November 26, 2007

I've always been very turned off by that show. You'd think that the administrator would realize that sometimes, the "easy way" is the best way, especially considering the health of a lot of his patients.

Chris_NJ · November 26, 2007

I dont care for the show because the administrator guy is adamantly opposed to WLS and campaigns against patients having it. There was one episode where he explained his reasoning and was like "it just seems unatural to me."

now let me read between his lines for you....

I don't agree in WLS because it will not line my pockets when my patients are no longer here.

Job Security! :biggrin1:

StephC · November 27, 2007

I don't like it either - I tuned in and tuned out within a matter of 2 minutes. I agree with the statement of it being the same as allowing a drug addict to get to drugs while in treatment - whats up with that? Sad.

lisah25 · November 27, 2007

now let me read between his lines for you....
I don't agree in WLS because it will not line my pockets when my patients are no longer here.

Job Security! :biggrin1:

Hum, I hadn't thought of that. Interesting!

destiny79 · November 27, 2007

THEY ARE AGAINST WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY BECAUSE THEY WILL LOSE MONEY. ONE GUY WAS THERE FOR 4 YEARS AND GAIN 200 POUNDS THERE. IT ABOUT THE MIGHTY DOLLAR THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOLLAR SIGNS TO THEM, AS LONG AS THEY THERE THEY ARE MAKING MONEY :faint: