New from Canada

argon · January 30, 2006

Hey guys,

My name is Mandi, and I am very close to finalizing my decision to get the lapband. I should have a definite decision tomorrow! I'm super excited, and a little scared.

I'm 25 years old, about 275-280 lbs. I started gaining weight when I was about 9 years old, and it hasn't let up! Despite many many many dieting attempts, I've continued to gain. Like I'm sure most of you, I dieted and was sometimes successful, but that always ended up with me gaining back my loss and then some.

I had originally been dead set on getting the RNY. But, the wait lists in Canada are just not acceptable for me. I know people do it, and more power to them. If I wasn't lucky enough to be able to borrow the money from family, I probably would be waiting too, if not for an RNY, then to save up enough money for the lapband (which probably woulda taken more than 6 years!) I don't want to know what life will be like for me in 6 years if I have to wait. I've wasted so much of my life already being fat, and I just want to get on with things. So after much research, I've decided that 'hey, I guess the lapband really can work for me."

I don't really know how much I want to weigh. 140 sounds good, but.. who knows. I've never been 140, at least not as an adult, when 140 is an acceptable weight. I might be just fine at 180. I dunno. We'll see when I get there.

So that's about all for me. You may be hearing from me again soon, with a WOOOO HOOOO! Got my consult date! post.

Mandi