Mar 23, 2011 1:42 AM GMT
She was an important person in my life, because she inspired me and was the first out lesbian I met when I started working for ODOT. She helped get me settled into the corporate culture and she was my template for how to navigate the insurance and FMLA processes to have Weight Loss Surgery.
Julie had her surgery 2 years before me and she lost almost 325 lbs. She was a sweet lady and I am so indebted to Julie and her partner, even though they broke up about 2 years ago.
Julie shot herself in the mouth......We all found out this morning.....I miss her already and will be in my Weight Loss Surgery support group Wednesday night, where we will all be able to remember Julie and get a better feel of what makes us different and the same.
According to the American Journal of Medicine, Weight Loss surgery patients suffer a rate of suicide almost 5X higher than the general population.....
I can almost understand this.
[url]http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2810%2900574-7/abstract[/url]
When you have been through the misery and horror of obesity and then get a "reprieve" and then realize that it is a "tool" and not a "cure"...especially, if you start to regain your weight if you don't get your diet and exercise together.....I know that I would rather be dead than go back to life as an obese person again.....and have put that into my "end of life" documents as a DNR statement.....but I have no intention of returning to my obese life, nor of commuting suicide. I know Julie felt the same way......This whole thing has been too much.....I'm sorry....I'm beside myself.....
Julie had her surgery 2 years before me and she lost almost 325 lbs. She was a sweet lady and I am so indebted to Julie and her partner, even though they broke up about 2 years ago.
Julie shot herself in the mouth......We all found out this morning.....I miss her already and will be in my Weight Loss Surgery support group Wednesday night, where we will all be able to remember Julie and get a better feel of what makes us different and the same.
According to the American Journal of Medicine, Weight Loss surgery patients suffer a rate of suicide almost 5X higher than the general population.....
I can almost understand this.
[url]http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2810%2900574-7/abstract[/url]
When you have been through the misery and horror of obesity and then get a "reprieve" and then realize that it is a "tool" and not a "cure"...especially, if you start to regain your weight if you don't get your diet and exercise together.....I know that I would rather be dead than go back to life as an obese person again.....and have put that into my "end of life" documents as a DNR statement.....but I have no intention of returning to my obese life, nor of commuting suicide. I know Julie felt the same way......This whole thing has been too much.....I'm sorry....I'm beside myself.....
