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Originally Posted by Anarasha
I think that making fat people who need surgery lose an insane amount of weight is ridiculous. If they could lose 30 pounds on their own, they wouldn't need the bloody surgery.
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That is inaccurate. Frequently, when surgery is necessary (at the point the doctor is saying this, it's no longer a matter of choice) they make the patient lose weight because it decreases the risk of complications after surgery. Whether the person could lose the weight on their own is irrelevant at that point. And whether they would have needed the surgery if they had kept their weight down on their own is immaterial.
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