Speaking as a woman who is overweight and who has had to have TWO spinal surgeries since November 2004, I have strong views on this.
I understand why rationing needs to happen but not enough is in place to help those who need to lose weight. Plus for people like myself, I've put on weight because I've not been able to exercise and I've found out since my last surgery that I have an overactive thyroid gland. This to those who do not know, means my metabolism has slowed down causing me to put more weight on.
I talked to my Nuerosurgeon earlier this year and practically begged for help. The only way I can get help is if I'm an inpatient and given extremely strong pain medication; (stronger than I am already on) while I have physio daily. This will enable me to stretch out muscles that have lost tone and enable me long term to exercise more.
My Neurosurgeon wrote to my GP and my Pain Management doctor and there are two hospitals locally where I could go. (My Neuro doc is 3 hours away from me so to stay there is to far away from my kids).
My local Health Authority is so far in the red that this request was obviously not met. I'm left at home to play on my laptop, write my blog and do what little I can before my chronic pain takes over my life. THIS IS NO JOKE. Sometimes I can't get out of bed, sometimes I just cry. It is hard when you have kids though as I try hard not to let them see that. Sadly they have. You can't hide the truth can you?
Back to this. There are mitigating circumstances and to have a blanket rule is totally and utterly wrong. My Health Authority is not named in the News of the World (Thankfully) but it won't take long for them to follow the leader. I am not an old woman but a younger woman with children and a husband that I am supposed to be taking care of. Because of my pain levels, my husband and my children quite often take care of me.
Sorry for long rant. Get very angry with this government sometimes and my own complex condition and how I can't do what I want to do!!!!!!
Just remember it is not that simple. It is not all about fat people who eat too much. I cannot eat too much as I also have IBS thanks to my spinal cord sending the wrong messages. (Let's not go there).
Each person that has a body mass of over 30 is still human and has their own story to tell and there should not be a blanket ban.
Very angry