Slimming : Chris Oliver's story
The Slimmer's WardrobeSlimming is never easy.
A life time of frustration and yo-yo dieting, often to to avail. For those with serious, life threatening obesity one of the options is gastric banding.
The brief mention of Chris Oliver’s blog in this week’s BritMeds attracted a lot of interest. Chris is an eminent orthopaedic surgeon in Scotland and has particular interest in upper limb problems especially involving the hand and elbow.
Chris tells his own slimming story.
As a youth Chris was a keen sportsman; white-water expedition kayaking, kayaking sprint and long distance racing, power-weight lifting, marathon running, cycling, surfing, skiing, sailing. And then, somehow, for whatever reason, he started putting weight on. Lots of weight. Lots and lots of weight.
He peaked last summer at 162 Kg, which is 357 lbs, which is 27 stones 7 lbs, giving Chris a BMI of 50.5
In February 2007 he had a gastric banding operation and then started on a radical exercise program.
How is he progressing?
Take a look at Chris Oliver’s own slimming story. It is inspirational and told both with insight and good humour.
Chris has now kindly agreed to open up comments on his blog.
Labels: Chris Oliver, diets, slimming
9 Comments:
I'm so glad that the issue of weight loss surgery is being highlighted here. My BMI is currently 50 and I'm desperately fighting with my PCT for this operation (well, a gastric bypass rather than a band). It's such a shame that provision of an operation which saves the NHS money in the long-term is so patchy.
Good on Chris for taking the plunge!!
Wow. Weight loss is indeed difficult; the struggle with food is a really hard one. It can become a comfort; a friend, almost (it did for me). Good on him.
A GP question - I hope you don't mind. When I register with my new GP (I'm moving away), will he/she actually read my notes, or just ignore them.
I have a lot of MH stuff following me around, and I was hoping to start with a GP who doesn't panic. The thought of having to explain myself is scary, so I'm wondering if he/she will call me in to discuss it.
Thanks.
anonymous: it may depend on the GP, but I know that whenever I've moved, GPs have picked up on long forgotten bits from my notes. People do recover from MH issues sometimes though, and GPs should be in tune with that.
I think your advertisement for the legislation of offensive pornography that appears immediately beneath your picture of Maddie McCann is extremely offensive.
"I have a lot of MH stuff following me around, and I was hoping to start with a GP who doesn't panic. The thought of having to explain myself is scary, so I'm wondering if he/she will call me in to discuss it."
not all GPs would want to see you. If a new patient registers with me, I like to look back through the notes to get an overview of their medical history. The larger the set of notes, the closer I look. But i don't get them in.
Most docs will take patients at face value, & if you say that it is all behind you, they will accept it.
davidb
anonymous said...
I think your advertisement for the legislation of offensive pornography that appears immediately beneath your picture of Maddie McCann is extremely offensive.
Monday, July 02, 2007 1:32:00 PM
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You have got me there, anonymous.
don't understand.
To which advert are you referring?
John
Great work promoting Mr Oliver's honest and intelligent blog.
It's a heartsink when patients read things on the internet, but this is actually a good one. I hope Mr Oliver keeps up his blog and continues to be an inspiration to others.
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