Friday, July 10, 2009

Detour

A friend of mine, who is also a diabetic, was in the hospital last week. Being on insulin, her body grew bigger, especially around her tummy. It made her feel bad and she didn't recognize her own body. The tummy didn't feel like hers and she hated it. It's not like she was indulging or eating the fattiest food around. Not at all. On the contrary, she's really careful when it comes to food, making the right choices. She has other conditions that prevent her from really working out, but she walks a lot and on a regular basis. Nothing seems to help though. Her BMI is too high and she needed help, to prevent her from getting other complications like heart disease.

So her doctor suggested to have a gastric bypass. Meaning they would make her stomach smaller and remove a part of her small intestine. In that manner, the calories you eat, don't stay in your body that long, preventing them from turning into fat. It's like setting out a detour, making the food take a shorter route throughout your body.

She's home now. She had a lot of pain in the first days, but she coped. She knew why she had the surgery done. She's happy. She's hoping for quite some weight loss. I'm hoping the same for her. She's on my mind..


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