The Cat Posted 27 January, 2011 Share Posted 27 January, 2011 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3372590/Fattening-up-for-weight-loss-op.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3372590/Fattening-up-for-weight-loss-op.html This is precisely why we should be devolving treatment decisions to GPs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 it was so funny seeing him in his Pompey slippers standing on the scales. As a citizen though it makes me sick seeing these people trying to suck the NHS dry in their selfishness. The money needs to be used for the truly sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 If he put the same effort into exercising rather than his increased eating he may not need surgery. Plank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 Sure he should do his bit but the principle of the postcode lottery is something he is right to highlight. I have no idea whether a BMI or 45 is clinically the best point to consider this surgery, or 42 as it in in sussex, but we should at least have a national standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 If he put the same effort into exercising rather than his increased eating he may not need surgery. Plank! This. All skate baiting aside, I hope hedoesn't get the op. Less food and more excercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony13579 Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 If you google for it you can find forums where people are trying to get gastric band opps. Some of them only weigh about 12 stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 They should offer gastric band ops with enough Tesco club card points. He could afford it in a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 Um, last I checked diabetes, which he suffers from, is an illness As in this case you often gain weight over time so even if he exercised he would still probably continue to gain weight. So aside from wherever he comes from the correct medical treatment for him would be the operation. Being turned down as he is not big enough is just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 Um, last I checked diabetes, which he suffers from, is an illness As in this case you often gain weight over time so even if he exercised he would still probably continue to gain weight. So aside from wherever he comes from the correct medical treatment for him would be the operation. Being turned down as he is not big enough is just wrong. He might have Type 1 diabetes but I'm guessing he's got Type 2 diabetes and that is usually caused by being overweight in the first place. The medical advice for controlling diabetes is to lose weight and to exercise. If he doesn't control his diabetes, there's a good chance he will have a heart attack, lose his sight, and / or possibly lose one or more limbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 28 January, 2011 Share Posted 28 January, 2011 Lock the fat **** in a cage with a giant hamster wheel and feed him bread and water if he's that interested in losing weight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 29 January, 2011 Share Posted 29 January, 2011 What I don't get with the super-obese stories is that there must have come a point at which they became immobile. You know the ones - been in bed for three years or whatever. Why do they not seek help at that time? Surely they must realise that 12-egg breakfasts and three-pizza snacks aren't normal? Don't their friends and family realise the problems, even if the person involved doesn't? The country as a whole needs to get a handle on this problem fast. Few people realise the enormous and totally disproportionate amounts of NHS money that is being spent to deal with a relatively small percentage of patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllyd Posted 29 January, 2011 Share Posted 29 January, 2011 Lock the fat **** in a cage with a giant hamster wheel and feed him bread and water if he's that interested in losing weight ! Sounds good to me. He can power the floodlights at Nottarf at the same time as losing weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carljack Posted 29 January, 2011 Share Posted 29 January, 2011 Fat Fishy Fooker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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