StephanieO

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.

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?