Closing Remarks

So once I posted yesterday, I decided to just type Sue's name into Google to see how much stuff came up...it was somewhere in the vicinity of twenty-something pages.  I scanned through, reading some, and then I decided to make a list on all the topics she wants to appear an expert. Ready?

• Breast implants


• Botox


• Aspartame


• Abortion


• Bodyflex


• Somersizing


• Cycling


• Software


• Violin


• Catholicism


• Tap water


• Hormone Replacement Therapy


• Germs from Communion Cups


• Abstaining from sex outside of marriage


• Weight loss Surgery


• Obesity


• Dieting


• Drugs for multiple sclerosis


• Jack Kevorkian

Quite a resume, yes?  She has written internet essays on all of the above.  Even more amusing, she has co-founded a Yahoo Group for high IQs.  Can you feel the self love?

Nowhere in anything I read did I find out she had ever been a nurse.  She lists herself as a software developer.  If you want some real amusement, read this.  That one was big fun for me.

Many folks out there share similar opinions of her, such as:

"Everyone,
Please bear in mind that this site is run by Sue W., an outspoken
critic of WLS who has been spreading mis-information and scare stories for
years. She is notorious for taking comments out of context to serve her
purpose."

"This author is totally anti-WLS, so of course she will skew her writings to show you the "worst."  Personally, the only thing that article shows me is that this woman puts a lot of effort into trying to scare people away from WLS."

"Sue W? UGH............................Bitter, warped, do more research on her. Take EVERYTHING she says with a grain of salt. DO NOT base any decision you make solely on her."

"This sounds very much like Sue W -- HARDLY a font of educated knowledge about WLS.  She is not a doctor, nurse or any other type of medical professional.  She is radically opposed to WLS, and for an insurance company to cite HER creed on their site as balanced information about WLS is unconscionable.  You should complain to the legal department of your insurance company."

"This once again demonstrates that Ms. W does not do very careful research."

So there you have it.  Many of these comments were made on forums where the initial poster had stumbled across something Sue had written and guess what?  Yup.  It scared the crap out of her, because that is what Sue does.  Again, in this article, a PHD has her for lunch because her research is incomplete and she fails to prove her own "facts" on obesity.

I hope that someone who has been frightened by this woman finds my little blog and maybe reads the last two entries and then does their own research as well.  It will help make them feel empowered.  When we sit especially on this side of WLS, we aren't always sure of what to believe and the unknown is always scary.  When in doubt, print it out.  Take it to your surgeon and ask them what they think.  Do not allow some goofball on the internet to frighten you with their own narrow minded agenda.  I let it happen to me until I started to do some digging.  Knowledge is power.  Know what you are getting into because you have researched it thoroughly; not because someone dictated something to you.