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thanks everybody. Well the good news is my mom and I are very close. We can talk anything or joke about anything. I was a very tough kid to deal with and I pretty much rejected authority. As a young adult I found myself in a not so good place. When my chips were down I called her for help and she was there. With her help I dusted myself off and started a new life literally. Through the years I have thanked her many times. Maybe I use that to her advantage. The bad news is she is the type of person who is scared to death of anything. That may have even saved her life once. I was young but I remember the phenphen craze and her saying h@# no I'm not taking that stuff. Smart move. She's never smoked. Has never in her life drank alcohol, no drugs. I know her and she's also affraid she will find out bad news about her health other than the obvious. Its going to be hard and take a lot of work. I will look into a seminar immediately. Someone had mentioned to me something about being too big for surgery. That she may have to loose x number of lbs before she would be elligible? These type forums are excellent. I want you guys to know that. When I quit smoking seven years ago my support group was a user forum kinda like this. Its hard to explain how helpful it was.

Hello everyone. I come here in search of help and encouragement not for myself but for my mother. I saw her the other day for the first time in weeks. She has always been extremely overweight but now it gotten worse. She's 62 and otherwise in very good health. She says she's at 350lbs but I think more. We talk a lot on the phone but not about her weight. When I saw her I was shocked and thats saying a lot. She's been married to her husband for several years and I had hoped he would be an inspiration for her but apprently not. To some degree he may be helping only in contining in the wrong direction. He's about 150lb but I'm going to stop short of blame or accusing anyone. She's lost a lot weight before but you know that story. I have to do something. She's about 100 miles away so travel is do-able. I've been reading on lap-band and I'm convinced it's her only hope. She's not going to get better on her own and its at a criticle stage now because she can't get around. Whats next being down, then what? So an intervention of sorts is all I can think of. I'll get my brothers on board too, but I'm sure I'll be the only one who is willing to do whatever it takes in terms of "making" anything happen. I know I cant "make" anyone do anything but I can try. I'm really having to restrain myself from calling her right now. I want to...arm myself first. I hope comming here might help. I admire you all for what your doing. I just wish my mom would be so brave too. thanks