Mum Worried About Teasing in School Dies After Failed Weight Loss Surgery
August 12, 2009 by Mohamed
Filed under Weight Loss
Here is a story I found over at MedIndia: http://www.medindia.net/news/Mum-Worried-About-Teasing-in-School-Dies-After-Failed-Weight-Loss-Surgery-56171-1.htm
Kerry Greaves, the mother of 3-year-old Melissa, was so worried that her daughter would be teased because she had a fat mother that she opted for weight loss surgery.
Doctors in York Hospital carried out a gastric band procedure, but complications from the surgery caused liver and kidney failure in Ms Greaves, eventually resulting in her untimely death. Anne Greaves, the mother of the deceased woman, is now urging caution before opting for weight loss surgery.
“She didn’t have this operation through vanity, she did it for her daughter. She had just started nursery and even though Kerry had never been bullied because of her weight at school, she thought other kids might pick on Melissa because her mum was big,” she said. “I tried to warn her about the dangers but she was insistent and told me that everything would be OK. My advice to anybody thinking of this operation would be to have more pride in yourself and don’t do it.”
Weight loss is important, and there are many ways to lose weight – fad diets, strange diets (like the 3-Day Diet, Carrot/Cauliflower/Cabbage Soup Diet), and surgery. Surgery is probably one of the most effective since it can provide very quick results – in a matter of weeks but there are risks with surgery as you can see from this article.
Regardless of your body type, size or looks you need to have pride in yourself. When you have that “inner pride/beauty” it will manifest itself on the outside. True there are people that may deal with weight issues all their life (I am one of those) but I’d rather be living and a good father to my son and husband to my wife than potentially ending up on the coroners table and 6-feet under.
Weight loss is a gradual process. It is about eating right, getting and remaining active – it is about lifestyle changes. Diet is DIE with a T tacked onto the end. Think of it as a diet and you will fail. Think of it as, and work at it as a lifestyle change and you develop healthy eating habits that stay with you forever. These are then the same habits that you can pass onto your children.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve (my wife and I) have been stressing the importance of staying active to our 6-year old and he’s picked up on it. After eating, he won’t sit down in front of the TV or computer or with his WII or DS. Instead his comments are “I need to stay healthy, right?” or “Dad, I want you to live for a looong time. Lets take a walk”.
There may be cases where surgery is required, but if you can do it – try things the natural way through a concerted effort and may making lifestyle changes.
What is bariatric surgery? Find out here http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/weightlosssurgery.html.
Here is to your health!
Mohamed
