No coverage for medical treatment when obese..

‘Too Fat’ Patients Denied NHS Operations

The NHS (National Health Service) in Britain is under such a strain trying to meet the health care needs of everyone that people with bad habits are being denied care ... bad habits such as being overweight.....

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Patients are being denied operations on the NHS simply because they are overweight or smoke, a Sky News survey has found.

Nine primary care trusts have a specific policy to refuse joint replacements to obese patients. And four will not consider orthopaedic surgery if patients smoke.

Despite living on a pension a patient has taken out an £8000 loan to pay for surgery abroad!

Read more at:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1263268,00.html

Example of a positive outcome from obersity surgery

I liked traveling by plane, but as I got older and my weight crept ever higher, travel was more draining and I felt flying was literally "brutal". I got big enough that I had to fly first class to get a wide enough seat, and even then I needed a seat belt extension, and it was usually still too snug.

Well, two years after my gastric bypass, I travelled again in the back of the plane and could get into the seat!

Being able to fit in a cramped airliner may not sound all that great, but when you can't do so, it makes a big difference.

Just one postive outcome of obesity surgery. What about you? Some positive outcome you like to share?