Originally published April 17, 2009

This posting came about from my thoughts in a discussion on the forums over at bariatrictv.com – I’ll write more about the site later… let’s just say it’s a support forum for folks who have had or are looking in to weight loss surgery. It’s a small, but growing group of some very great folks… I highly recommend checking it out if you have been through WLS or are considering it as an option.

It started out with a sort of mini-rant about the term “morbid obesity” by one of the few other guys on the site. He’s typically pretty light-hearted about things, and I believe he was looking to generate a bit of good-natured discussion. I hope he forgives the fact that my response wasn’t quite along those lines. I’ve tweeked the following a bit from what I posted there, mostly just to eliminate a direct reference or such…