I'm only 16years old and I had my lapband done 3months ago. I've been heavily overweight my whole life. I had tried everything and I even had a gastric balloon inserted and it barely did a thing I've done every diet you can think of, so this surgery was a last resort for me. I've had a lot of trouble with it I've actually been set back 3months because of wrong advice given to me by my doctor, who I'm no longer seeing because of this. I've only lost 8kilos, everyone tells me it's not bad its good.. But I know it should have been much more. I'm okay with that loss, I have to be.. I've also only just started at the gym. Only because I didn't know when I could start working out. I'll explain further about the f**k ups. I hadn't actually seen a doctor since my surgery. So last week was the first time I'd seen any doctor. That in its self was BULLSHIT! Keep in mind that I'm a 16 year old and I'd just had major surgery and was given the wrong diet plans and because of that f**k up I'd ended up in the emergency room TWICE! This had been extremely stressful on me, I'm even losing my hair! Doctors aren't supporting me like they told me they would, I've heard that you're meant to have fluid put in a few weeks after surgery or something like that, I had to wait 3months. UGH! It's been stressful and terrible for me... and all I really want is to feel pretty and actually be healthy for once in my life. I want to be confident enough to have a great 18th birthday party and have all eyes on me, in a good way.

This is just a bit about my story.