i've talked about the fact that my mom is overweight before. she's not HUGELY overweight but shes gained at least 100 pounds in the last few years since we started living with her boyfriend. her bf eats really unhealthy food all the time and i guess she got into the habit and her health is really, really suffering. she can barely walk around the mall...not even short distances. her knees are really bad and she walks slowly and gets tired. I KNOW its because of her weight but she used to be able to walk everywhere with me...we'd travel and walk all over london and paris and it was so great. im really upset that she cant do that anymore...its like her entire life is miserable now because she hates to do anything, it makes her feel terrible.
shes tried to lose weight, living in this house with her boyfriend is not helping...nothing about their lives is healthy. they dont excersize and theres no way i could make them. so she went to the doctor and the topic of gastric bypass surgery came up.....she basically ruled it out as an option but i keep asking her to consider. But what I want to know is....is it WORTH me pushing? If anyone has experience with this surgery (yourself, family members, etc) and would care to share their experience i'd really appreciate it. I've heard good and bad things about it but at this point it seems like it'd just be her only option....and could potentially turn out so well. I want my FUN mom back
ETA: oops, this should probably be in general health discussion, i oopsed...can a mod please move it for me?
shes tried to lose weight, living in this house with her boyfriend is not helping...nothing about their lives is healthy. they dont excersize and theres no way i could make them. so she went to the doctor and the topic of gastric bypass surgery came up.....she basically ruled it out as an option but i keep asking her to consider. But what I want to know is....is it WORTH me pushing? If anyone has experience with this surgery (yourself, family members, etc) and would care to share their experience i'd really appreciate it. I've heard good and bad things about it but at this point it seems like it'd just be her only option....and could potentially turn out so well. I want my FUN mom back
ETA: oops, this should probably be in general health discussion, i oopsed...can a mod please move it for me?