SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

[Tom Morris]

I have three friends who have had gastric bypass surgery and they have had nothing but negative complications from the surgery. One of them nearly died and all three have gained back all their weight and then some!!

I am not a medical doctor, first and foremost, but I have been thinking! What would happen if we just wired the fat people's jaws shut. Just like you would for a person who has had a broken jaw. After two months you could take off the wiring and worst case scenario they put some the weight back on - best case scenario they don't. Sounds to me like it would be way less taxing on the body not having to go through a major surgery! In conclusion, Once again I am not a medical doctor, but irregardless it would be something to try.

 

[JF_Gophers]

Re: SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

How about you just teach them better eating and exercising habits, and if they don't follow through with it they are stuck being whatever size they end up.

 

[alfablue]

Re: SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

How about you just teach them better eating and exercising habits, and if they don't follow through with it they are stuck being whatever size they end up.

For examples, see Biggest Looser- hard to miss, since there's not much else on NBC.

 

[pirate]

How about you just teach them better eating and exercising habits, and if they don't follow through with it they are stuck being whatever size they end up.

Buzz kill.

There are lots of people I'd like to see with their mouths wired shut. We could start in DC and move out to Hollywood from there.

I think this is a brilliant concept...forced wiring of mouths...can we bind their feet and make their earlobes real big too!

 

[Hammer]

Re: SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

How about you just teach them better eating and exercising habits, and if they don't follow through with it they are stuck being whatever size they end up.

There is a lot of truth to this, to a certain extent. There's a good chunk (I'm not sure if that pun is intended or not) of people who need to realize that ranch dressing and gravy are not two of the major four food groups. Now, I'm a little heavier than I would like to be, but I don't need half my gut removed due to my inability to put down the cheeseburgers and chocolate pies.

 

[LynahFan]

Re: SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

Buzz kill.

There are lots of people I'd like to see with their mouths wired shut. We could start in DC and move out to Hollywood from there.

I think this is a brilliant concept...forced wiring of mouths...can we bind their feet and make their earlobes real big too!

Except that most of the (female) people in Hollywood need to be force-fed sandwiches instead... If their mouths are full, they can't yap, either.

 

[unofan]

Re: SOS -- Save our Stomachs!!

I have three friends who have had gastric bypass surgery and they have had nothing but negative complications from the surgery. One of them nearly died and all three have gained back all their weight and then some!!

I am not a medical doctor, first and foremost, but I have been thinking! What would happen if we just wired the fat people's jaws shut. Just like you would for a person who has had a broken jaw. After two months you could take off the wiring and worst case scenario they put some the weight back on - best case scenario they don't. Sounds to me like it would be way less taxing on the body not having to go through a major surgery! In conclusion, Once again I am not a medical doctor, but irregardless it would be something to try.

Maybe your friends should realize that a meal consists of two slices of pizza rather than two whole pizzas.

Seriously, it's called self-control.