A thank you from the heart

poppysierra
poppysierra Posts: 79 Member
edited November 14 in Success Stories
Thank you to all MFP people everywhere. Your diligence and hard work losing all those lbs, stones and kilos is helping so many others. I work in a hospital and having to move our larger patients takes extra time, extra staff, extra equipment and ultimately incurs extra cost. The extra weight is detrimental to the patients' health as it takes them longer to recover whether it's from illness or from operations/procedures, which also take more time. These issues then impact the whole health system. Although we always do a risk assessment, moving larger patients is also potentially damaging to our own health as we could injure ourselves; backs, shoulders, necks and so on. I feel great empathy for our larger patients but I often feel that they don't quite understand how many others are affected by their weight - people they don't even know. So thank you to you all, you are helping to make the world a better, and a smaller, place.

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  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    thanks for that point of view. I know I see a lot of people wobbling along who cant walk because of weight. Food is good but it is not worth it. We need to think more of the consequences. This post makes me think, thank you.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    As the daughter of a nurse (she always worked nights), I'd like to thank YOU for all you do for your patients. Oh, and pass this thank you along to all your colleagues, you are all awesome.
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