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I'm really happy i found this forum, I started my lapband journey last month, I'm really hoping to get everything done and my surgery by early april. I like most everyone here have had a weight problem my whole life, I've done ton's of research and decided that this is the best way for me to take control of my life and health. Everyone here is such an inspiration to me the before and after pics and especially knowing that other people my age have the same issues and are making the same choice, also reading the success stories makes me feel like I can really do this. Since the process takes so long with all the appointments ( although I am lucky my insurance does not require 6 month preop diet). Someday's I don't feel like calling the doc office or thinking about it but i log on here and it inspires me to get this done as fast as possible, So that I can be a success story too. Anyway I just wanted to say that you all inspire me and thank you for sharing your successes and disapointments it really does help with understanding just what I'm getting into.

I wouldn't say this is the national percentage but I asked my surgeon when I went for my consult what the slippage percentage was and he said 5%. And they have never had one with the group I'm with.

once I talked to a guy on the phone for the first time after meeting him out at some random place, anyway among a million other really horrible comments he say to me is this" I mean you know I like my girls with a little meat on there bones" 1st off NOT necasary to say to anyone. 2nd I didn't just think for one minute that this douche saw me from across the room and thought to himself hay i've always been attracted to skinny girls but that fat girl she's special and I havn't even spoken with her yet.3rd I don't like chubby chasers makes me feel bad about myself. Anyway needless to say he did not get another phone call from me. yuck!

MY name is alicia and i have not been banded yet i have my first consult with my surgeon on 1/25 I'm so excited about getting this done it's really the only thing I can think about I have wanted to be free of my weight my whole life i'm 26 and 4'11" and needless to say i'm tired of the ompa lompa comments. I'm so glad I found this forum I truley feel like everyone here knows my struggle and why I would go to such an extreame to help myself. Thank you to everyone for your stories.

I'm in the same boat as you elle i'm 4'11" and I weigh about 230 I once weighed 125 like 6 years ago but it was a complete flute with medical issues and such. other than that I've been a short rolly polly ollie my whole life but ever since my last weight loss the lbs just won't stop at any point they keep sticking to me. anyway I havn't has my surgery yet I have my consult on 1/25 and already went to the seminar so i'm hoping there won't be any hold up's and I can get this done soon. My ultimate goal would be to be about 115 but really when i was 130 i was a size 5 or a girls 14 and that was perfect. I really just want this struggle to not seem so hopeless and that's why i'm opting to take this route I want health and happiness and my weight makes me unhappy for sure. Anyway so only 115lbs to go and hopefully never look back.

I'm officially going to my seminar tomorrow. I'm so anxious and I just want to get this done. I'm relieved to see that alot of people have not had to many problems getting approved and for the most part not to many people have to wait months and months for the surgery. I've been researching and thinking about this for about a year and my parents are giving me the money for the program, ever since then I've been on this non stop search for as much information as possible. Reading these threads have been extreamly helpful and helped me to confirm that this is the best decision I can make for myself I'm 26 and have struggled with my weight since I was 12. Its caused me alot of self esteem issues and in general just made me a lazy introvert. I just want to be healthy and happy and I really feel like this is my year. A few of my friends that i've mentioned my decision to have been a bit negative asking me if i've thought this through totally and dont' I think I could just try to do it on my own. But whats really made this choice so easy for me is knowing that this will help me to not have to worry all the time about my weight obviously this only a tool and I have to make extreme changes to my lifestyle but to know that this is giving me a chance at the life I dreamed about my whole life to be thin and beautiful and to not think every time I walk into a room that people are thinking about how short and fat I am. I just want everyone to know that the stories i've read here are so inspiring and i wish eveyone the best. Hopefully I will be joining the banded soon, with much less of me and more of a fullfilled life. keep your fingers crossed that every thing goes good.

Well I super excited I went to my seminar last night and got my appt for for consult with my surgen Dr Irgau. Its on 1/25. I'm so happy this process is really starting I never really thought it would

hi everyone! I'm so happy I found this 20's forum like someone said I can't really relate with woman in there 40's or 50's. I'm 26 and have been overweight all my life I lost weight once and got down to 125lbs but that was very short lived. I have not been banded yet but i've spoken with my insurance company and am going to the seminar tomorrow, I just hope everything goes smooth and fast from there. Although my main goal in getting this done is my health and quality of life, I do have to admit I really just want to be thin and shop for nice clothes and not feel like i hve to wear clothes that fit me and not clothes I like. vanity and self esteem are my major driving force I feel like i've wasted so much of my life like this I can't go into my 30's feeling so uncomfortable with myself. anyway great idea for a forum I feel comfortable knowing I'm not the only one my age going through this.