"It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning."  Claude Bernard

Do you know why a duck's quack doesn't produce an echo?

 Neither does anyone else!

Do you know what the 57 represents on Heinz ketchup?

 Heinz once had 57 variety of pickles!

Did you know that 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled?

Did you know that ketchup was sold in 1830 as a medicine?

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OK, so what does this have to do with weight loss surgery? 

There are a lot of things we think we know that keep us of learning!

Example: During the last support group I attended in September, the topic was on Lap-Bands.  I don't have a lap-band, and had I not been doing a blog on lap-bands I probably would not have cared about lap-bands...not to sound disrespectful, but there seemed to be no reason for me to go the meeting.  But fact is, I learned a lot that was helpful to me as a gastric bypass patient. 

I encourage you learn all you can about weight loss surgery. Approach your next meeting or event with an open mind.  I've learned that support groups are not only for learning but for supporting others along the way...and while you're there, you might just learn something important...like:

by raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand...good to know! Right?

Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind damages space suit. 

 Now that might be worth knowing...

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

ps...some of these statements are true and some of them may not be...do you know which ones are which?