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Tammy has indeed had bariatric surgery. The surgeon was the same surgeon Amber is now seeing…Dr Eric Smith of Kentucky Bariatric Institute…not Proctor. I have no doubt that is why Amber chose him specifically given she had other options in Lexington. If he would perform surgery on Tammy and her brother, then Amber would expect she is even more likely to be approved than Tammy.So Tammy actually received some kind of surgery? Jesus fucking Christ... That doctor (Procter?) ought to lose his damn license. Like I said. ZERO DOCTORS (the ones with ethics and professionalism) will approve of Hambutt getting surgery--or even WASTE TIME in an exam room with her. Hambutt is a different case than Tammy, but not by much if we're talking about ethics and professionalism. No doctor who cares about their patient outcomes or their very license, will so much as entertain Amber even speaking about WLS.
As for the ethics…sure it’s questionable. However, Tammy has already had at least three lucky escapes from death in the past 2-3 years. This surgery has the potential to save her life, whether it does or not doesn’t really matter, because she’s going to die anyway. I’m sure that both TLC and the surgeon would frame this surgery as giving her a chance to turn her life around when there is no other chance.
Amber on the other hand, doesn’t appear to be at that point yet…plus she’s not being filmed by TLC cameras (as far as we know). The surgeon’s expectations of Amber may be much higher as a result. We need to remember that Amber, by her own admission, has not even met with the surgeon one on one yet. Her only experience of him so far is through watching him on a contrived, heavily edited, and chronologically screwed up TLC show, and his brief chat to a group of potential patients at an information session. He is likely a very different beast in the presence of a 500lb plus tub of lard in the privacy of his consulting room.