watching an old episode of ER

 Kelly.. I was a huge fan of that show and was thinking of that exact episode just a couple of days ago. Maybe take into consideration how many years ago that episode first aired... There wasn't as much knowledge about our surgical procedure then. Perhaps they didn't require as much education prior to surgery as they do now... ? I was thinking about the episode because I still ( STILL) have so much restriction in the amount of food I can eat. I'm not even getting in 1000 calories a day. So there I sat thinking about that guy being able to put away so much food... Kind of made me laugh cause for sure that isn't my story 

Yea I seen that one last week I went to the library and got episode 5 and 6 each had about 6 disc in it.. i LOVE ER. I looked at it all day and well into the nite until i finished it. That episode was in there. I thought wow, but my brother had his about 15 years ago, and he had to have open surgery, and as soon as he came out he started eating again, he would throw up and continue to eat.. now today he is over 500 pounds, that is a shame, he said that you can tell the psych anything they want to hear.. and that is how some people get the surgery, they tell the psych anything they want to hear to get wls and they are not ready, they think this is a quick fix and they don't have to put any effort or time into it.. I am 2 years out lost 170 pounds and on maintenance and loving life.. this is a tool and it works if you work it. I do not allow myself to get over 5 pounds, if I do I know where it is coming from unusually too much carbs and not enough exercise-- I recognize this and correct it.. But sometimes on here people will say I don't know how I am gaining weight, I don't see how that is possible I know when I am eating stuff I am not suppose to eat or I have slacked up on my exercise.. We are a people of habit and I have to be honest with myself cause it starts with me.. anyway I don't mean to get on my soapbox but I am talking this is how I feel about weight gain- When I look at my brother I am more determined to not be like him and live my life one day at a time and loving life :)

I imagine the story of most of our experiences wouldn't be a very interesting ER storyline. The whole point of the show is the crazy medical things they see in the ER. . . and that craziness COULD happen, just not to the very large majority of us that have the surgery.