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Baron Patrick · 07-27-2005, 03:12 PM

Hey Friends!

Here is a ROUGH DRAFT for the beginning of my book. Please keep in mind, this is not even close to a finished product. Please don't focus on grammer or punctuation - just the content and the message - let me know what you think! Suggestions are very much welcome and encouraged.

Thanks all

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The Story of

M.O.E.

Morbidly Obese Existence

“Baron” Patrick Burke

Forward –
This is not your ordinary book about a fat person. I’ve had a weight problem all my life. I am what the medical community refers to as morbidly obese. I must lose 130 pounds. I’ve tried virtually everything to lose weight. I have decided to have weight loss surgery. Although I do include stories and experiences from my life, this book is about a lot of fat people, and the things we’ve done to try to win the “Battle of the Bulge.” These are people who wanted to share their story. The struggles (sometimes life or death), of those who are, or have been overweight, and the physical and emotional pain we’ve gone through. Most importantly, they share why they decided to have the surgery.

Obesity kills, simple as that. Asthma, diabetes, and heart failure are but a few of the issues people like me face. Let me ask, if being obese is a choice, do you really think we would be willing to face these kinds of health problems? I’m unable to sleep on my back for long periods of time or I stop breathing. My lower back is in constant pain anymore, and my knees are beginning to voice their displeasure of the pressure I put on them. It’s beyond my understanding how people can think of obesity as a “CHOICE.”
The life span of fat people is considerably shorter than those who are not. Some say there is no excuse for anyone to be “fat.” Still, others insist that we are simply lazy. Fat people have been depicted on TV and in the movies as being stupid, clumsy, sloppy, and the subject of endless jokes.

Diets of all kinds are constantly coming out. We have dozens of low-carb diets, variations of the cabbage soup diet, and countless low-cal diets. We have celebrity, water and fruit diets, and celebrity exercise machines being hawked on infomercials. We also have organizations to help one lose weight. I called one, and they wanted over $300 a month just for their food! At the other end, we have super size fast food, restaurants that serve huge portions, and convenience stores pushing 144 ounce soft drink mugs with free refills. We have “natural” vitamins that claim to have “fat blockers”, or one’s that deal with the “fat gene”, and one’s that “burn away” the calories. We have energy bars, point systems, and all sorts of different ways to count those calories.

We have 24 hour health spas we can join. We have exercise gurus who encourage you to buy their products to help one lose weight. There are people who are bulimic and anorexic trying desperately to keep from gaining weight. And yet, obesity is still on the rise. This book will explore all these things, including surgery. Having done extensive research, and speaking with many people who’ve successfully had the surgery, I’ve decided this is the path I want to take.

By the way, the health insurance I currently have does not cover weight loss surgery. It sounds strange that many health insurance companies will treat the symptoms of obesity, but will not offer the one thing that has a high success rate, and has proven to reverse disease in the obese person. In fact, I’ve found that many will not cover the surgery, and many more are excluding this from their coverage. I will list these companies, and specifically what they will not cover.

Contents -
- The FAT person
- Diets
- A Friends Story #1
- Vitamins and Drugs
- A Friends Story #2
- Exercise!
- A Friends Story #3
- Eat Less, Exercise More
- A Friends Story #4
- Fake and dangerous weight loss aids
- A friends Story #5
- Fat People are NOT Jolly!
- A Friends Story #6
- More Diets that don’t work
- A Friends Story #7
- Weight Loss Surgery – The Different Types
- A Friends Story #8
- Surgery: The Choice is Yours; Choose Wisely
- The Pain of being Obese – real incidents from real people
- A Friends Story #9
- It’s a Commitment For Life

Information:
- Insurance Companies who Don’t Cover WLS
- Class Action Law Suit