The article cites a study showing patients who have undergone surgery to treat their obesity have shown significantly higher incidents of addiction in other areas such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. Are these people tragically trading one vice for another?
From the article:
...candidates suffer from binge-eating disorder and display addictive personalities, therefore after their weight loss surgery, they may replace overeating with a different substance... Patients documented noteworthy increases in the amount of substance use (a combination of drug use, alcohol use, and cigarette smoking) 24 months after surgery...
The good Dr. Ahmed and I shared many a good laugh while he was studying his craft at Stanford, or 'cutting', as he referred to his surgical skills. He thought of his mission on this planet as doing what he could to bring about victory in the global War Against Obesity. He called himself merely a foot-soldier on the front lines of the battle. Fighting the good fight one laparoscopic gastic bypass surgery at a time.
As tribute to my friend, his fight, and the good people he is helping, I wrote a short poem in his honor... My wife thought it was amusing, so here we go:
An Ode To The Warrior...
They seek him out, to ease the pain,
To stop the mass they gain again...
Poke the holes!
Drain the fat!
Sew them up....
... and that is that!
Bellies shrink,
...yet how they drink!
More, then more, struggling, stop.
Will other vices rise to top?
Hunger falls
into Abyss....
All the while, their saviour smiles...
Our good doctor delivers BLISS...
Keep cutting my friend! Victory will be hard fought but is not out of our reach!
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