Gastric Bypass

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Razz, I hope she is recovering well. Now stop reading and skip to the next post

Originally Posted by joelnwil

Well, I hope it works out.

However, the thought of surgery made necessary because of a lifelong lack of discipline just horrifies me. It indicates that you have been a failure in a rather important part of your life: diet and exercise.

I mean guys and girls, here are the rules (not exactly made up by me): correct diet, which is not that difficult, and exercise regularly. None of this is rocket science, just self control.

If it gets to the point where you need surgery, it is because you have failed to follow some simple rules.

But the excuses for not exercising are all over the place, which is why we need lots of physical ed in the schools. I once suggested to my secretary that she take up running, since there was a dressing room at the office, and she said "But I would get sweaty and my makeup would run."

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I'm sure Razz appreciates your good wishes and will pass your advice on to her diabetic mother as she recovers from the anaesthetic.

And you're damn lucky your secretary didn't sue you for harassment.

I'm sorry that your personal area of failure appears to be empathy towards other human beings, when all you need to do to not come off like an asshole are follow one simple rule. Ask yourself, is my self-absorped pre-prepared rant/advice going to help the OP in this case?

Clearly you experienced an epic fail here. I'll walk you through it for next time: In this case the OP is looking for emotional support as two close family members with diabetes undergo surgery. In what way is a rant about what failures her (diabetic) loved ones are appropriate here? hmmm? No, you're right, it isn't. It might be good advice, but go peddle it in a thread called "How to avoid Obesity the Joel Way". You might want to add having diabetes to the list of things not to do, too.