HEY GUYS MY NAME IS HANNAH. AND I WILL BE GETTING MY LAP-BAND ON APRIL AFTER A LONG BUT WONDERFUL STRESSFUL PROCESS. I AM 18 YR OLD IVE BEEN BIG SINCE I WAS ABOUT 12 BUT NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT IT...UNTIL MY 11TH GRADE YR IN HIGH SCHOOL (LAST YR) I WENT TO MALL WITH MY FRIENDS AND I COULDNT SHOP IN ANY OF THE STORES THEY COULD THAT BROKE MY HEART...IT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND I WAS AN OUTCAST LONG STORY SHORT THIS SIZE STARTED TO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS HEALTH PROBLEMS ETC.SO ONE DAY ME AND MY MOM WERE TALKING AND I BROUGHT UP LAP BAND AT 1ST SHE SAID NO..BUT I SHOWED HER THE PROS AND LIL CONS AND SHE WAS READY TO GO FOR IT I AM NOW APART OF THE MORGAN STANLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK-PRESBYTERAIN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADOLESCENT BARIATRIC SURGERY =) WITH THIS PROGRAM ITS A STUDY APPOVED BY THE FDA TO GIVE TEENS AGES 14-17 LAP BAND TO IMPROVE THERE LIVES WITH THIS STUDY YOU MOST OF THE BEST DOCTORS IN NEW YORK CITY Jeffrey Zitsman, MD (THE LAP BAND MAN LOL) JANET SCHAUBEN MD (NUTRITION) ILENE FENNOY MD ( ENDOCRINOLOGIST) TO NAME A FEW THESES PEOPLE HELP SHAPE YOU FOR A LONG AWAITED SURGERY DATE..I HAVE BEEN APART OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE JAN/2008 AND I MY DATE IS APRIL 15..THE DAY THATS GONNA START MY LIFE...THE REASON I AM PUTTING THIS UP HERE IS BECAUSE MY DAD DOESNT WANT ME TO GET LAP BAND BUT I AM 18 YRS OLD AND THE SURPPORT OF MY MOM I AM GOING TO DO IT...DO YOU ANYWAY I CAN GET TO EM...HES NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BODY ONLY ME AND MY MOM ...