I just came across this article in New York magazine about life after bariatric surgery. It mostly focuses on folks with the bypass, but what interested me are the psychological ramifications of what happens to you. It's definitely worth a read.

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/health/features/11958/index.html

Hi Alex - see you at the next meeting - or in a shoe store!

Cathy

I live in CT and she was on the Today Show this morning. I was saw her, so much prettier then the articles picture...

Corgi

Thanks for posting this xoxocat (in my mind I translate it to "kissy-cat" )

The part where they talk about people people becomeing more angular as we loose weight has me thinking. "After losing weight, some bariatric patients develop almost an angularity to their personality. It’s not just their jaws and cheekbones that leap out, but a certain sharpness and assertiveness of character" (last page, near the top)

I don't know if I could get any more assertive... I'm already damn sure of myself. I think if I wasn't, I would have never stood up to the wolves.

Hey Cathy!! How's da feet?

There's another thread on this story already. (I think all the WLS boards are buzzing about it.) I have a very hard time identifying with any of what these other women have experienced, but maybe I'm just not there yet. It doesn't serve as a cautionary tale, which is what it seems intended to be, because I think all those case studies have much more to say about the people involved than in the process they went through. Does that make sense? Those who were vain and self-involved afterwards are those who were that way before. And those with level heads kept them in the aftermath.

Hey everyone, the woman on the cover is a lap-band patient of Long Island Bariatric Center, where I get my fills. Her doctor was Nick Gabriel, and they didn't even mention him in the article. I know all this cause is in the LIB office Mon. nite w/my daughter. They're quite upset that the band wasn't really discussed--what a great push it would have been for it cause everyone's always saying we can't lose that much, etc. Also, I think it was pretty bad that they didn't mention her doc.

Those who were vain and self-involved afterwards are those who were that way before. And those with level heads kept them in the aftermath.

Hey Alex, does this mean I get to be vain and self-involved?

Hey Alex, does this mean I get to be vain and self-involved?

Somehow, I don't think so.

Well fine. Not even a little bit vain?