So, you say I took the easy way out. A surgeon's perspective on Bariatric Surgery.

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2. It is of interest

I just don't check in here very often.

Yes, most people think surgery is some kind of magic bullet and don't realize that those of us that have had surgery have to take vitamins and be obsessive about what we eat forever. I have to be especially careful about what I eat because I'm a "late dumper" in that even small amounts of the wrong carbs make my blood sugar skyrocket and then plunge, leaving me hypoglycemic. I'm not quite at Atkins levels, but my diet is very low in carbs, which come mostly from blueberries, low-carb vegetables, and beans. My idea of a real treat nowadays is a bowl of oatmeal. I've come to accept the idea that I will never ever again have a doughnut.

On the plus side, though, I'm within five pounds of a "normal" BMI and can walk miles and miles. Before surgery, I was seriously worried that I soon wouldn't be able to walk at all because of knee and foot issues. I still have my collection of bone spurs and calcified tendons, but now they don't matter as much.