What the heck does he know? Some people probably do have bad experiences with WLS - most don't. LOTS of people have problems from being overweight - how many of your therapist's clients are in pain from obesity????? I'd dare say more than a few!
A lot of people - and especially people who consider themselves authorities - are down on WLS, but mostly it's an ego trip for them. They pounce on the small numbers of people who have bad experiences (from doctors who shouldn't be doing the surgery in the first place) and use that as a rule to pooh-pooh the whole thing.
And a LOT of people have the attitude that fat people should "just" eat "a little less" - yeah, right.
It IS true that weight loss surgery is not the single, one thing fixes everything solution for obesity - it is only successful for those who are ALSO willing to commit to a total change of lifestyle when it comes to food and exercise.
It's true that if you make that kind of a commitment, you can lose the weight without surgery, but few of us are superhuman enough to make it without this wonderful tool to speed us on our way.
We all need to educate ourselves better on the statistics that show that WLS has a VERY good track record in helping people keep their weight down over the long term - better than just about any other way to do it - so we can counter these arguments with some realistic statements about this.
Okay, I'm climbing down off my soap box...
Totally against it....
Obviously I can't count on him for a letter of recommendation. I have had so much negative feed back that I sometimes wonder if I am wrong for wanting this. I doubt that the years and years of failed diets were enough, like maybe I wasn't trying hard enough because there are so many out there who seem to think I can just do it on my own. What have I been doing wrong and what do they know that I don't? I still haven't heard anything from my ins about the referral although my PT referral went through the day they called on Friday, how long should I wait until I call to see where things stand?
QueenB 
Don't get discouraged
or I like to think so. The reason I say this is that we had to fight for our surgery and struggle to get approval. Every hang up makes us that much more determined to do good and never go back to our old selves.. not saying this is a scientific thought process I had, just sayin is all.. it's for my own benefit since I had hang ups and I like to think to myself that because of those hang ups that I will do better?? 
Huh?
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