Back when we (my husband and I) were in the pre-operative program for our weight loss surgeries, we had lots of meetings with a behavioral psychologist. I do not remember her once mentioning eating disorders being a possibility after gastric bypass. While she did refer to my husband as a "binge-eater," that was as far as the conversation really EVER went. It never delved further into the "what if, down the road..." regarding when things go too far. It was almost like these professionals assume we're going to fail at some level and regain anyways - that things wouldn't go too far - or become unmanageable.
I should mention also, that pre-operatively I didn't consider being just simply being morbidly obese an eating disorder, and I do now, at least without any triggering physical ailments that cause obesity without overeating.
This morning, I read another blog, another post roux-en-Y gastric bypass-er with a full-blown eating disorder.
Another.
This time, it's a girl just like me - same age, kids, husband, everything. The only difference, is that she explains that she had a severe eating disorder BEFORE weight loss surgery as a teen. I don't think she expected it to come back, so intensely.
Eating disordered post-ops are popping up all over, and it's so very scary. Here we are, cutting our guts up to cure this issue of morbid obesity, to only have those same (but different!) food demons come back so very fierce when we get to our normal body weights.
I know those ladies would love to know WHY.
Back when we (my husband and I) were in the pre-operative program for our weight loss surgeries, we had lots of meetings with a behavioral psychologist. I do not remember her once mentioning eating disorders being a possibility after gastric bypass. While she did refer to my husband as a "binge-eater," that was as far as the conversation really EVER went. It never delved further into the "what if, down the road..." regarding when things go too far. It was almost like these professionals assume we're going to fail at some level and regain anyways - that things wouldn't go too far - or become unmanageable.
I should mention also, that pre-operatively I didn't consider being just simply being morbidly obese an eating disorder, and I do now, at least without any triggering physical ailments that cause obesity without overeating.
This morning, I read another blog, another post roux-en-Y gastric bypass-er with a full-blown eating disorder.
Another.
This time, it's a girl just like me - same age, kids, husband, everything. The only difference, is that she explains that she had a severe eating disorder BEFORE weight loss surgery as a teen. I don't think she expected it to come back, so intensely.
Eating disordered post-ops are popping up all over, and it's so very scary. Here we are, cutting our guts up to cure this issue of morbid obesity, to only have those same (but different!) food demons come back so very fierce when we get to our normal body weights.
I know those ladies would love to know WHY.