Obesity surgery

I respect your opinion, and I too watch Oprah very frequently (several times
a week, especially on tuesdays). I don’t think Oprah gets it. It is not a
magic pill. Magic pills are for those looking for aesthetic changes. For me
it is a cure for my obesity. It will put into remission my diabetes. It will
improve for me my quality and length of life.

I have a friend who was on 3 blood pressure meds, had RNY and left the
hospital on 2 meds. Within one month she was off all medication.

I have accepted that having this surgery may mean my giving up my current
handicaps (lack of energy, lack of flexibility, mild agoraphobia, etc) for a
different "handicap" (vomiting if I drink and eat at the same time, dietary
restrictions). The trade off is obviously in my favor.

I think if you went to any MD and told them that you had a medication that

could stop Type II diabetes, improve hypertension, relieve arthritis, stop
urinary stress incontinence, cure Gastric Reflux disease, sleep apna, and
asthma in some cases (am I missing anything), they wouldn’t call it magic,
they may say it’s miraculous.

Oprah will come around, and now that 20/20 has done an introduction she’s
sure to do a program on it.

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