StephanieO

Hello I am researching LAP-BAND® for my son he will be 14 in January. I know a lot of you will probably say he is to young but he is 5'11 and weighs 355 pounds. He has type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Diets do not work he is constantly hungry and he complains of his knees hurting him even when he does not try to exercise. I am scared if he does not have surgery he will have a heart attack or stroke. Always has been a big boy even at birth I have run out of options on what to do with him. Family doctor has suggested he have the surgery. I have an appointment scheduled for the middle of October for him to see a surgeon and they want him to attend a seminar the Saturday before. If we decide to go thru with this I will be paying out of pocket. If this were your son would you let him have the surgery?

We have not made up our minds about surgery. This is to important of a decision to just do it on the spur of the moment. I have started writing down questions that I will ask about at the seminar. My son is so important to me I am doing all the research I can but it is proving difficult to find for his age.