There can be complications to any surgery. The success rate of GB has climbed from 1 in 100 deaths to 1 in 1000 deaths. GB has a lower mortality rate than gall bladder surgery.
The complications of diabetes must be more attractive:
kidney damage,
nerve damage,
burning foot syndrome,
vascular damage,
amputation,
indigestion,
diarrhea,
skin and oral infections,
frequent unwanted urination.
excessive thirst,
blindness,
coma,
deafness,
heart disease,
stroke, and
erectile dysfunction/impotence in men and pregnancy complications in women.
Diabetes increases the risk of having a heart attack as much as smoking.
We are all doomed: http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/spare-tire.html
As we age, men gain fat in their abdominal area, and women gain in their hips/thighs and later in their waistline. We can’t get rid of that extra gain with excessively working out and eating healthy. Thus, many resort to lipo, as in Al’s case.
Although a 1200 max calorie per day diet and an hour or more of daily cardio/strength training works for many people, it does not work for everyone. For the people it does not work for, they have other factors that work against them even though they exercise and eat a healthy diet. Some examples of things that go horribly wrong are linked to genetics, lack of sleep, sarcopenia, thyroid, adrenal hormones, other hormones, cushings syndrome, diabetis, medications, menopause, etc. The issue with many of the people who fall in this category is within the medical community not being able to determine the root cause of their problem and then appropriately treating the condition.