X Post: Are "vets" condescending?
I also think many vets moved on, but I feel that several left due to struggles with maintenance, agreed.
Karen
Ontario Recipes Forum - http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/ontario_recipes/ 
...although with that in mind I do my very best to remember that if it's a newbie asking or telling us about a slip up...we have all been there
ADVICE should ALWAYS be tempered with COMPASSION~!!
prior to surgery 323lbs....4 years post-op maintaining between 108- 114 lb loss.
life is AMAZING when you continue on the right path~!. Use your surgeons gift to the fullest~!
Mary
surgery done in Duluth, MN
Bonnie
I can do hard things, life is teaching me that I can.
Lost 222lbs with rny, 20 lbs regain.
Plastics, July 2010 with Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey, Mexico
on 7/18/12 3:30 am - Straford, Canada
I can not imagine anyone coming to this board except to see what newbie idiots like me ask and what "old" vets say to the posts. I am sorry I don't have time to always search old posts, so I apologize for repeating previously asked questions. But, having said that, the old posts may have been answered by other vets before current information is available, so I post to recieve current info, as older info may not be still valid.
I thank you "old" vets for your time and appreciate your responses, with or without a cranky tone! LOL Regards, Ian
Sandy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"
Mark Twain 
RW 272; OW 248; preopW234.5, CW 168
Referral August 2010, Ort May 25, 2011, Surgeon consult Sept 9, 2011, Surgery Nov 21, 2011
I see potential in a number of todays "newbies" as people to whom the torch can be passed and then there are others. . .the ones who wanted it sugar coated, couched and delivered with a bow.
As many have often said, advice is not always a pat on the back, a there there you are doing the best you can, warm puppies and pink puddles. . .sometimes advice is calling a spade a spade, not a shovel and if that gets me a parking place for my broom then so be it.
Oknee's just gotta dance 
Weight at the start of Optifast 378 T-1 OR Weight 352
Broke the 300 pound Barrier 13-Dec-2009 291.2lbs 01-APR-11 "onederland"
HGBA1C 5.2 d/c from the care of my Endocrinolgist 09-JUL-10 "diabetes resolved"
10-MAR-11 Extreme Sleep Apnea (dx 2007) resolved-"b-bye CPAP won't miss ya"
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IRON AND/OR http://theironmaiden.ca/
vets are the core support of the OH, If one feels that they don't like the answer they get throw it away or do some research and pick the best answer.
I keep the vets in my book, they just as good as gold.
Who best to ask but who as already done it.
Surgery date May 7 / 2012
Highest 312 lbs - Pre Op 297lbs - now 199 lbs
I know now that my location was never my destination.
Blu-Diva
I can pray for the same success as you have had and hope that one day I can provide answers to those who will follow me.
Carol
Referral April 2012, Surgery August 21, 2012
The thoughts here represent an invaluable source of information, humour and downright common sense and I would not be so comfortable in my decision process if I did not have this wealth of support. So keep the em coming and I hope that I can be helpful in my experience for the next one too! Remember the golden rule
