[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by susanmarie79 ↗

My daughter had same thing happen to her with treatment for stills disease

That's awful. How is she now?

The good thing is that they will be performing gastric bypass surgery on her, hopefully this will help to reverse the health problems she's having, she can barely move without help from her parents. But it can't fix the mental scars...and for a child so young to have to deal with what she's going through, those scars will probably take a LONG time to heal, if not a lifetime.

[Desensitisation]

Screw around with the brain, pay the price. Same thing happened to a university friend of mine who had a benign tumour next to her pituitary gland. She was a rake before the surgery. Six months post surgery, she had turned into Princess Frumpalot.

No amount of gastric bypass will help that child if her underlying metabolic system is screwed. They need to rebalance that if she has any hope of getting back a normal life.

[kellyhound]

hope they can "fix" this so they get back to their original weight.

[chefbob09]

She looks like honey boo boo

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

hope they can "fix" this so they get back to their original weight.

I think they said, optimistically, she could maybe look at a 50 pound weight loss. I'm not sure where they came up with that particular number, but I hope she can go further.

[Riddla]

Ill donate a treadmill if needed

[Shakey]

She should have had my parents. She wouldn't have gained a pound.

[commondenom]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

Holy crap...that fat girl ate the skinny girl!

hahaha, i love fat jokes.....fat people sucks... disgusting pigs..

and you can't cover your six chins with a beard either!!!! we can still see you're a sweaty lard bucket

[ro4eva]

So how do you fix her malfunctioning hypothalamus?

If she was my patient, I'd probably recommend a low dose of Vyvanse.

The problem with gastric bypass surgery is that if it's performed, the patient is required to adhere to a strict change in lifestyle.

More specifically, certain foods and beverages are actually dangerous to ingest.

Furthermore, at least some daily form of exercise is a must if the surgery is to be considered more of a benefit to the patient than a risk.

Does it state what type of gastric bypass surgery it is? Roux en-Y (proximal) is the most common, but it's risky, and usually considered too risky for any age groups other than young to middle-aged adults.

Anyways, the reason why gastric bypass surgery is an effective last resort option for morbidly obese individuals is because the volume of the stomach is significantly decreased. As a result, when the patient eats a meal, the much-smaller stomach - which becomes filled very quickly - will notify the brain's hypothalamus region that, "hey I'm stuffed!"

Sadly, in this girl's case, it appears that those messages will never even get through. I believe that she's putting herself at a far greater risk by having the surgery.

Have they not tried Rx meds on her? Xenical? Desoxyn? I know the latter of these two is a very potent stimulant, but that's why it's reserved for absolute worst-case scenarios, which I believe this poor girl's criteria meets.

You guys are correct in that kids can be very cruel to each other. I just hope this girl is able to live a normal life and not have to carry emotional baggage around with her due to being constantly bullied at school. It can impact her life in very serious ways, such as using drugs to numb her pain, or even suicide.

As a parent, thinking of my children suffering like that is something I hope I never have to experience. I'd do anything in my power to make them genuinely happy, including homeschooling if I had to.

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by commondenom ↗

hahaha, i love fat jokes.....fat people sucks... disgusting pigs..

and you can't cover your six chins with a beard either!!!! we can still see you're a sweaty lard bucket

That's fucked the hell up, did you even read the article?