May 13, 2019
5 min read
When Care Providers Do More Harm Than Good
The dark side of therapy
“I printed you some information about laparoscopic gastric banding,” she said, handing me a stack of papers.
I stared at her, wide-eyed. I was flabbergasted and devastated, to say the least. In my mid-40s, and fully aware of the extra pounds I was carrying, I had never considered that I might be fat enough to warrant surgery.
