Krystalx

ages 13-14+? I'm having so much trouble finding one, but my mom wants to find at least one or two before we decide to try out Dr.Kuri in Tijuana. Also, what did it take for your insurance to cover you? Not taking age into consideration for the insurance question. Thanks! P.S:Do you know if some who wont do the complete surgery will do fills on minors, and Kaiser surgeons do fills also,right?

Me and my mother(I'm under 18, and although we haven't contacted any U.S doctors and are still going to try we don't think they will) are planning on traveling to Tijuana to get my lap band done because i am actually very overweight and am gaining about a pound a week(usually more), i just realized i dont want to be in a wheelchair by the time im 15 and i want to live a, i guess you could say "normal" life. Any opinions?

p.s: Does anyone know what kind of questions Dr.Kuri asks to minors?

Thank you for giving me all that information, I've still been researching about this and still trying to decide between Mexico or America let alone having the surgery.The thing that got me started on my journey of weight loss is when i went to see my doctor and found out i actually went there exactly a year ago the day i was there, and she figured out that over a span of exactly a year i gained 40+ pounds, and that was when i realized i had a bad problem that needed to be fixed. I want to live a normal life and not have to keep missing school and especially go back to public school(i quit and now home school because of my weight, and i would always pass out when i had to run in physical education). I didn't want gastric bypass, or anything that involved them basically pulling my insides out because i realize im young and i don't want to make that big of a change to myself, which is when i talked to someone about the choices i might have and she suggested the lapband because her friend had went from weighing 300 to a little less than 200,and she got hers done in february.Oops, forgot to add. I'm 5'8 and as of 2 days ago 291 pounds.

I'm actually seeing my doctor next Monday but i'm just thinking about options now. I agree, shouldn't it be able to help me because honestly just the cost of this and knowing i have something helping me will encourage me to do something about it. I also know that you have to stick to the soups and mushy/pureed foods and I may be young but I'm not going to harm myself by eating a huge piece of steak and having the band slip, etc. P.s:I heard somewhere that the only reason most doctors in America wont let you get a band if you're under 18 is because they aren't mature enough to know what their heading into, not because their body isn't fully developed. Any proof of this?

RestlessMonkey, trust me, i have tried, i was actually vegetarian and dieting for 3 weeks and honestly i know it sounds like i don't have enough willpower but as much as i try to diet, the pounds never come off, which (as you should know, im sure this has happened to you too) discourages me and i end up quitting and not even thinking about it then regretting it later. I really think i need this tool especially hearing all the hype about it.