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Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer. Oh and Beer. With a beer on the side please. Did someone say beer? If there's no beer, I'll settle for a Lager. What? Fine, I'll have a bitter... Good bye old friend.

As a non banded Christian, I figure I'll add my own thoughts to the melting pot. q. Is it a sin to perform WLS? a. God knows. I sure don't. There's strong argument that being so out of control is clearly sinful. Eating to the point of harming yourself is equally as sinful as drinking, smoking and a whole list of similar weaknesses. Fortunately, God seems to understand that we're weak and easily beguiled as we've been making the same mistake since Eve grabbed the apple. I think its entirely desirable to achieve the weightloss naturally, but what if its just not possible? What if you've tried and fallen back into harming yourself, time and time again? WLS is the ultimate mark of determination and desperation to change your ways. God can be seen as the creator of all inspiration and therefor, the lap band could be seen to come from Him to resolve a very difficult problem to overcome. When my wife decided that this was her last ditch hope and wanted to go for it, all the parts fell into place. The money showed up, the pre-op stuff flew by and before we knew it, she was banded. Do I think her a sinner for needing WLS? No more than I think myself a sinner for needing to change my own diet to lose weight. To summarize my view: We are inately sinful. All we can do is try and be all that God would have us be. I personnally would rather have WLS than continue to commit the sin of gluttony. And here's a side note on my personal testimony for WLS. To give you some background on myself, I've struggled with weight since birth, and I haven't struggled hard enough. I am now also losing weight, thanks to the lapband that is installed in my wife. I doubt I could easily have done it without it (I haven't achieved permanent weight loss yet). As for why I am losing weight, its simple. I'm legally blind and I have no means ot transportation other than my wife. As she is now banded, junk food has evaporated from my world. I can't get it, I can't order it, and so, thank God, I am protected from it. So, if WLS is a sin, I thank God for using that sin to help me. There is a bottom line here though, we can all question and guess, but only one person has the final ruling on what is or isn't a sin. Pray on it, and God bless you all.

Patty, When it comes to liability it comes down to lack of knowledge. They don't have any knowledge of who did the process and by accepting you even as a fill patient, you become their patient. This means they are then liable for complications (like erosion, slippage). Consent forms are all well and good, but it doesn't generally exclude next of kin going after the doctor if something bad happens. There may well be a financial aspect to it as well, there's no doubt that the Boise doctors are expensive.

First post on the Board (photonut is my missus and I figured I could get something out of this, even unbanded). I hit morbid obesity by medical standards by... hell damn near by birth (10 lbs + baby). There's all sorts of reasons I can point at for my overweight status: Genetics (Brother, Mother, Father (before he died) - all fight with their weight) Parents (You eat all of that or no dessert for you!) Friends (wanna go for pizza?) Beer (I'd love to go for a beer). Inactivity work (desk job) Hobby (online gaming, programming) food (I like the taste of food!) Speed (I eat way too fast) Trouble is I can only give two really good reasons why I am fat: Lack of self control. Greed. I certainly didn't eat out of hunger. I ate because: It was time. It was there. I am fat because food was available, I'd eat whether I was hungry or not. I would eat all that was there from greed and lack of self control. Harsh but, for myself, true. I wish I could rely on my big list of reasons, but in my heart I know its not true. My body has now started screaming at me if I abuse it. Wish it hadn't come to that!