ScaredtoDeath

Well i had my surgery 8-5-08 just healing now can't wait to start loosing. i haven't weighed myself i go to the doctor next week and have a fill in 5. don't want to weigh myself until i go to the doctor. so far so good

Well i had my surgery 8-5-08 just healing now can't wait to start loosing. i haven't weighed myself i go to the doctor next week and have a fill in 5. don't want to weigh myself until i go to the doctor. so far so good

My surgery is on August 5th. I'm scared to death. I am going to miss food so much. It's such a part of my life. Social activites, dating, celebrations and work. I'm starting to feel a werid vibe from some of my friends that are big too. I have been fat all my life and I don't know if everyone's ready for me to be thin. Some people are saying what about all the loose skin you're going to have. I just say I'd rather have that than fat. I don't really have any health issues yet, thank god, but I know that was just a matter of time. My only real health issue and the main purpose for this surgery is to help my back. I have severe back problems and I'm hoping this will help. I'd appreciate any advise and/or encouragement. This is my first time on a blog site so pardon the mistakes.

Sorry I haven't got back to you. I am sort of going through the same thing. I have a 6 year old and she's chunky. She was normal sized until she was 3 and then I don't know what happened. The last thing I want is for her to go through the same thing I did. I can remember being in 4th grade and having to get weighed and I was 160 pounds already and going to the bathroom and crying after that I stayed at about 180 until I was about 33 years old and now that I'm 42 I weigh 326. I try to talk to her but I don't think she quite understands it all. She says kids say things and I tell just to ignore them. I don't know how she got so big so fast. At school she eats the right stuff and I try at night but sometimes she cries that she's hungry. She's also very active I couldn't even get her to sit down to watch a movie until she was 4. I think when I have my surgery I'm just going to explain to her how drastic this is and I hope that she never has to do it. I'm also going to act like it's the most painful thing in the world maybe than that will stick in her mind. Well I'm at work so I need to go. I understand your hesitation with getting the surgery. I still don't know if it's the right thing to do. But I know I need to do something. The whole process to get to surgery day took about six months so you do have time to get ready, even though I don't know if I'm ready or not. ScaredtoDeath > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:53 +0000 > To: Sherali_9@hotmail.com > Subject: Reply to entry 'The Countdown has begun' at blog: ScaredtoDeath > From: noreply@lapbandtalk.com > > Dear ScaredtoDeath, > > Jess has just replied to a blog entry you have subscribed to entitled - The Countdown has begun - in the ScaredtoDeath blog of Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum. > > This entry is located at: > The Countdown has begun - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum > > Here is the message that has just been posted: > *************** > I appreciate the posts. I, like you "ScaredtoDeath" am in the process of trying to determine if it's actually something I will do. The Pro's definitely outweigh the Con's, but nevertheless it's surgery and the alteration of the body. My concerns? Leakage,weight gain after the first two years, but more than anything what am I to say to my kids. My son (9) is starting to eat more than his fair share and I see him having problems if I don't intervene. Question...how do you tell your kids to watch what there eating if you can't? It's a serious question that I haven't heard many people talk about. Once the surgery is done (I expect to have surgery Feb/Mar) what do I tel my son when he tells me he's upset with himself because of the habits he's engaged in. He's already had people make fun of him and will not take his shirt off at the pool. This is exactly how it started with me. I was 160 lbs in 6th grade, 300 in 9th grade, and now 350lbs at age 34. Although, I have lost 100lbs twice in my life it's never stayed off and my Doctor thinks I'm an ideal Candidate for this type of Surgery. As you can tell, I'm a bit twisted... > *************** > > > There may also be other comments, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum or blog again. > > All the best, > Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Unsubscription information: > > To unsubscribe from this blog entry, please visit this page: > http://www.lapbandtalk.com/blog_subscription.php?do=unsubscribe&blogsubscribeentryid=2517&auth=6e273263566918511a54571e29bc1e13 Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect your kids. With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. Connect on the go. --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: sherali_9@hotmail.com To: noreply@lapbandtalk.com Subject: RE: Reply to entry 'The Countdown has begun' at blog: ScaredtoDeath Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:04:46 -0500 .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} Sorry I haven't got back to you. I am sort of going through the same thing. I have a 6 year old and she's chunky. She was normal sized until she was 3 and then I don't know what happened. The last thing I want is for her to go through the same thing I did. I can remember being in 4th grade and having to get weighed and I was 160 pounds already and going to the bathroom and crying after that I stayed at about 180 until I was about 33 years old and now that I'm 42 I weigh 326. I try to talk to her but I don't think she quite understands it all. She says kids say things and I tell just to ignore them. I don't know how she got so big so fast. At school she eats the right stuff and I try at night but sometimes she cries that she's hungry. She's also very active I couldn't even get her to sit down to watch a movie until she was 4. I think when I have my surgery I'm just going to explain to her how drastic this is and I hope that she never has to do it. I'm also going to act like it's the most painful thing in the world maybe than that will stick in her mind. Well I'm at work so I need to go. I understand your hesitation with getting the surgery. I still don't know if it's the right thing to do. But I know I need to do something. The whole process to get to surgery day took about six months so you do have time to get ready, even though I don't know if I'm ready or not. ScaredtoDeath > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:53 +0000 > To: Sherali_9@hotmail.com > Subject: Reply to entry 'The Countdown has begun' at blog: ScaredtoDeath > From: noreply@lapbandtalk.com > > Dear ScaredtoDeath, > > Jess has just replied to a blog entry you have subscribed to entitled - The Countdown has begun - in the ScaredtoDeath blog of Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum. > > This entry is located at: > The Countdown has begun - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum > > Here is the message that has just been posted: > *************** > I appreciate the posts. I, like you "ScaredtoDeath" am in the process of trying to determine if it's actually something I will do. The Pro's definitely outweigh the Con's, but nevertheless it's surgery and the alteration of the body. My concerns? Leakage,weight gain after the first two years, but more than anything what am I to say to my kids. My son (9) is starting to eat more than his fair share and I see him having problems if I don't intervene. Question...how do you tell your kids to watch what there eating if you can't? It's a serious question that I haven't heard many people talk about. Once the surgery is done (I expect to have surgery Feb/Mar) what do I tel my son when he tells me he's upset with himself because of the habits he's engaged in. He's already had people make fun of him and will not take his shirt off at the pool. This is exactly how it started with me. I was 160 lbs in 6th grade, 300 in 9th grade, and now 350lbs at age 34. Although, I have lost 100lbs twice in my life it's never stayed off and my Doctor thinks I'm an ideal Candidate for this type of Surgery. As you can tell, I'm a bit twisted... > *************** > > > There may also be other comments, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum or blog again. > > All the best, > Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Unsubscription information: > > To unsubscribe from this blog entry, please visit this page: > http://www.lapbandtalk.com/blog_subscription.php?do=unsubscribe&blogsubscribeentryid=2517&auth=6e273263566918511a54571e29bc1e13 Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect your kids. No message is selected Click any message to view it in the reading pane. Attachments, pictures, and links from unknown senders are blocked to help protect your privacy and safety. To show messages automatically when you select a folder, change your reading pane settings 1 message is selected Mark as safe | Mark as unsafe

Well in Lincoln, Nebraska there's only one doctor that does the surgery. Now I wish that I never told anyone about my surgery. They're all going to be watching what I eat and if I eat something I shouldn't I'll be getting the "Evil Eye".

My surgery is on August 5th. I'm scared to death. I am going to miss food so much. It's such a part of my life. Social activites, dating, celebrations and work. I'm starting to feel a werid vibe from some of my friends that are big too. I have been fat all my life and I don't know if everyone's ready for me to be thin. Some people are saying what about all the loose skin you're going to have. I just say I'd rather have that than fat. I don't really have any health issues yet, thank god, but I know that was just a matter of time. My only real health issue and the main purpose for this surgery is to help my back. I have severe back problems and I'm hoping this will help. I'd appreciate any advise and/or encouragement. This is my first time on a blog site so pardon the mistakes.

Also I'm not sure how this site works. This is the first chat site I've ever been on.

Hello everyone this is my first time on this site. I am planning on having lap band surgery August 5th. I am scared to death, hence the name. I'm afraid I'm going to miss food too much. As of right now the only medical problem I have is a very bad back and hopefully having surgery and losing weight will help.