Gastric Bypass

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by monster

Razz, I hope she is recovering well. Now stop reading and skip to the next post

I'm sure Razz appreciates your good wishes and will pass your advice on to her diabetic mother as she recovers from the anaesthetic.

And you're damn lucky your secretary didn't sue you for harassment.

I'm sorry that your personal area of failure appears to be empathy towards other human beings, when all you need to do to not come off like an asshole are follow one simple rule. Ask yourself, is my self-absorped pre-prepared rant/advice going to help the OP in this case?

Clearly you experienced an epic fail here. I'll walk you through it for next time: In this case the OP is looking for emotional support as two close family members with diabetes undergo surgery. In what way is a rant about what failures her (diabetic) loved ones are appropriate here? hmmm? No, you're right, it isn't. It might be good advice, but go peddle it in a thread called "How to avoid Obesity the Joel Way". You might want to add having diabetes to the list of things not to do, too.

I'll 2nd that. Very few people WANT to be overwight. And whatever reason they have for NOT eating well and/or dieting, whether it's physical limitations or mental, it's a valid limitation.
It's easy to say all you need is discipline or motivation and drive when you HAVE it, but don't assume that just because YOU do that everyone does.
Placing everyone into your definitions of what they should be is a sure sign of narrow-mindedness and fuzzy logic.