Death won't make me thinner

[2x11 0]

Hello

For the last five or six years I was fat and every time I did a diet I lose weight but after a while I regain it all back It's like going back & forth so I wanted to end this problem every summer when I & my family go to the beach everybody goes to swim but I don't because I'm embaressed to take my shirt so that everyone could see how ugly I am. So I talked to my mom & my father I had hard times convinving my father but after he agreed so my mom ttook me to a doctor he told the cons & pros of the Lap-Band he said the if you eat candy, chocolate,sweets...etc that it won't work for you he advised me to do the Sleeve but my mom disagreed plus the sleeve costs more than the Lap-Band so hopefully I will do the Lap-Band on 11/2/11. Because I'm underage I'm a little bit scared I'm 16 so I'm so worried to die. Is It Safe did somebod did it when he was

16. Will the surgery kill me

[Cindy C 150]

In the US, you must be 18 to legally have lapband. I honestly think you should wait until your body finishes developing. You could hit a growth spurt and thin out naturally. It happened for my son. He started gaining weight at about 8-9 years old. By the time he was 11 he was 5'7" and zeroing in on 200 pounds. At 13, he started to get taller and by the time he started high school, he was normal size. Now he is 21, 6'3" and about 185. You need to do what you, your parents and your doctor decide is best for you, though. Rest assured that lapband is the least invasive of the bariatric surgeries and therefore the safest. The mortality rate is less than 1:1000. At your young age, you should be perfectly fine. Good luck on your journey.

[54Shirley 105]

You first need to discuss this with the parents& Surgeon.

If they are all in agreement, then you have to go threw the hoops of Dr.'s.

The Surgery is SAFE ! But all surgery has a risk, even Dental...

If you are willing to do this, (AND I KNOW YOUR SCARED !

we are always here for help, and support.

Were not Doctors ! Just some people that have been there, and done that.

If it is Medically necessary, then yes you should do this. If it's just a hope

and a prayer for thought... Then you should wait and see how you change with time.

But still do research, all the time. Because you change with the Band, as it changes you.

Surgery did not kill me, so NO ! I don't think it will kill you...

Shirley.

[THENEWME2012 0]

Well Im new at this but I am a parent who has teenagers and if my 16 yr old wanted it and it was for health reasons I would support them 150%..Now with that said I do not think that you should be worried about if the surgery would do you any harm. Im sure that your parents will make sure that they find a true professional. Goodluck baby I wish you all the "good Health in the world'

[honk 780]

Lap Band surgery is very safe. I highly recommend that your parents check out several surgeons. Make sure however that you like the surgeon and even more importantly their nurses/physicians assistants; since they normally care for you after surgery. That said I do think you should wait until you are 18. Many young adults are no done their growing until the late teen years (esp. boys). That said do I wish I had surgery YEARS ago YES.