Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 Bob-- I don't think you're being overly negative at all. I agree with your opinion. I couldn't figure out how that gal could eat cookies, candy and--of all things, my favorite!--Twizzlers, when I can't even eat a bowl of Rice Crispies without dumping--big time! I guess that the mom's eating was pretty consistent with my own experience. Though I couldn't eat much, I did eat pot roast the night before I was discharged from the hospital. So, the forkfull of yogurt didn't impress me too much. --El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 In a message dated 1/21/00 5:48:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, Elfeline@... writes: << How many of us dared watch the show last night? >> I meant to watch the show. But I put on 20/20 while I was looking for 48 HR. All I remembered was that the show was about the morbidly obese. 20/20 had a segment on a man weighing over 600 LB so I thought I had the correct program. It showed how he has adjusted his life and accepted his weight. He is a teacher (I want to say middle school/junior high school), and the effect he has on his students and what they think of him. The kids told how he told them " I may be fat, but fat does not make me stupid or lazy. " That was probably the best line in the whole show. He also plays the piano for his church choir, and relaxes by playing the sax. He told how he does not go out to eat except to a few select places that he frequents because they know him and he knows he won't break the chairs. He told about how dependent he is upon his wife: to get things he needs from other floors/rooms of their house and their church, etc. He told about the humiliation of being so large: Going to see Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me. When Mr. Big (a seriously obese character) first appeared in the movie, he and his son (weighing 400 lb. himself, in his early 20s) felt they became the focus of the audience watching the movie. It changed an evening out with his family to watch a comedy into making them the side show. There was some talk about the role of genetics. BUT NOT ONE WORD ABOUT WLS. He was on-line after the show on 20/20's web page; but I forgot to go there to see what was happening there. In Charlottesville, VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 -- You can check out the entire broadcast, in print of course, including a video portion, on www.cbs.com. It even has pictures of the people introduced in the segments. Sorry I missed 20/20--guess there really is competition. Wish I had 2 TVs. --El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 Thanks, El, for the website to catch a rerun of this show. Going there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 I agree, it was pretty good but did not cover enough. And I think the mother daughter team was very good except that the mother was not represenitive as far as eating constantly fairly quick after the surgery. Also the woman that was 2 years out was portrayed as her house only had sweets and that's all she ate. I feel it could have been more represenitive I hope I don't come across as negative I don't intend to. One thing struck me was we are the heaviest people in the world a title that I never sought :) Bob (Sog) open rny 6/6/97 down 190 lbs. And holding sog@... 48 Hours From: Elfeline@... So-- How many of us dared watch the show last night? What are everyone's opinions? I thought for the most part that the content was accurate enough, though the way it was portrayed, the only wls procedure out there is the Fobi pouch version of the bypass, and that done only on the west coast. Well, they do wls here in the east too! BTW, were any of you guys out there on the broadcast? --El --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 I understand what you ar talking about in the Power's Movie about the FB charecter--I cried the first time I watched the Nutty Professor with Eddie . Kat in Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 Thanks sog@... Re: 48 Hours From: Elfeline@... Bob-- I don't think you're being overly negative at all. I agree with your opinion. I couldn't figure out how that gal could eat cookies, candy and--of all things, my favorite!--Twizzlers, when I can't even eat a bowl of Rice Crispies without dumping--big time! I guess that the mom's eating was pretty consistent with my own experience. Though I couldn't eat much, I did eat pot roast the night before I was discharged from the hospital. So, the forkfull of yogurt didn't impress me too much. --El --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2000 Report Share Posted January 22, 2000 I wish that shrink would have talked to my shrink, who would like to see more of her obese patients try WLS ! That was the part that really got me, this air headed woman talking about how everyone who has weight loss surgery ends up in a " prison " ! I think my diabetic lifestyle was the real prison, and the surgery busted me out... she was just plain stupid.... Jan C> 3-11-98 RNY 48 Hours >From: Elfeline@... > >So-- > >How many of us dared watch the show last night? What are everyone's >opinions? I thought for the most part that the content was accurate enough, >though the way it was portrayed, the only wls procedure out there is the Fobi >pouch version of the bypass, and that done only on the west coast. Well, >they do wls here in the east too! BTW, were any of you guys out there on the >broadcast? > --El > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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