[Dr43%er]

Didn't take it as a personal pop, but it did make me re-read my post and add to it as it did read very hard line. The first post made me think of a news story in Leicester a few years a go. A bloke in his 50's needed a heart/lung op (can't remember what one) But Glenfield Hospital (makes me think heart as it is the best heart place in the UK) refused to do the op till he quit smoking. He would not and just sat there on tv complaining that he had paid taxes all his life so he should have the op regardless of whether he smoked or not. The hospitals stance was that it would be a pointless op and he would be back there in a year with the same problems if he did not change his life style. So why waste what money and time they did have.

Sounds fair to me.

The other point is that any operation where you will be put under general anaesthetic is vastly more risky the more over weight you are. So you have less chance of waking up after.