The bariatric surgery should help with that, and slightly ruthless as it may seem to say, odds are the various comorbidities that've outlasted their cause will shorten his remaining life enough to make it unlikely he'll pick back up a significant fraction.
Considering all things: His life has greatly improved and he's enjoying the mobility he has. He enjoys food still - and enjoys that he has some control. The surgery gave him a way to learn that control.He also understands that gaining it back might kill him - and he regained a will to live some time back. These things make it more likely that he'll keep much of it off.
The biggest kicker, however, is that he's still likely not getting psychological care (it costs money) and loneliness is a huge issue. If these outweigh the above, it might not work out.
Even with bariatric surgery? Diets would require a lifestyle change to be made consciously and keeping that without falling back to old behaviour. Surgery kinda enforces that, though.
the surgery makes it hard to eat a lot of food at once, but patients over many years adapt by eating smaller amounts continuously, and then the stomach pouch also expands and the small intestine becomes better at absorbing calories...this results in some and sometimes all original weight returning
throwanem|9 years ago
Broken_Hippo|9 years ago
The biggest kicker, however, is that he's still likely not getting psychological care (it costs money) and loneliness is a huge issue. If these outweigh the above, it might not work out.
kolinko|9 years ago
ygra|9 years ago
elberto34|9 years ago