Funny Surgery Waiting Room Story

My 345 lb  54 yr old husband was in the surgery holding area on Monday morning - just minutes away from his VSG - and an anesthesiologist type person asked him "NOW WHAT LIFESTYLE CHANGES DID YOU TRY TO MAKE BEFORE DECIDING TO HAVE THIS SURGERY?"  

His response , "NONE!"

Hubby's thinking, "Are you Fricking kidding me - minutes away from surgery - you want to talk about all the times I've gained and lost weight through the years?  You really think I'd be getting 85% of my stomach taken out if I hadn't tried all kinds of diets and lifestyle changes??  I'm not going there with you!"  

The guy was a little taken back but I guess they went on to have a decent conversation.  I don't think this guy was in the operating room with him cause our surgeon has told us he has a woman anesthesiologist that he likes to work with. 

 

 

Was the person asking the questions also overweight?  I've been asked that same question by a bunch of folks that were curious about surgery, and just didn't know how to ask.

Umm...Im not sure why this is funny. I suspect the person was just asking what he had done before surgery to get into the lifestyle post surgery.

Personally, i could have answered......I cut to a 1000 calorie a day diet, practised not drinking with eating, started counting 30 chews on every bite, ate more protein, drank more water etc etc

It's a perfectly reasonable question for a medical person to ask I would have thought.