BetterWithTime

Hey everyone! My name is Tabitha... But u can call me Tabz... I'm also 22 and I am currently at 264 lbs. I am getting banded tomorrow (woot woot) and I CANNOT wait. I am so ready to walk into any store and fit into ANYTHING. I'm young and I really wanna feel young and not have anything hold me back. Don't get me wrong, my weight has always been there and I have always lived my life & was happy, but i crave that new feeling where I can not have people notice me as the fat girl or describe me as such. I'm so much more. Needless to say I did it mostly because of health reasons. Diabetes runs in my fam and although I'm not pre-diabetic, I don't want that issue later on in live. But what also drives me is that I wanna be an example to my 2 young cousins that live with me (2 girls 10&11) who look up to me. I wanna change my lifestyle for them & show them the right way to live and to eat. That is my responsibility as a role model and I take it very seriously. I don't want them to struggle like I did. I don't want them to have body issues or to feel bad about who they are.
Tomorrow at 10:15 is my surgery and I couldn't be more happier. I'm so ready . I have such great support from my family & frm my ex-boyfriend and that's all I need. All of us are young here and I want us to be successful & look the part. We can do it!!!
I really wanna keep in touch with you guys especially cuz your young like me. I am apart of a secret Facebook group for lap bandsters. If you guys wanna b apart of it, just let me kno
Good luck to everyone

Hey guys... I too was banded on Dec. 22nd (yesterday)... The amount of pressure and gas I feel right under my chest & right collar bone was unbearable... It comes and goes but my tummy in general feels weird as expected... I'm really hoping it gets better with each day. Now I'm eating Soup broth & Water... Haven't gotten any Protein yet... Just hang in there guys... We made it this far, we can make it thru the rest...
By the way, I'm apart of a secret Facebook group for other people who have the lap band all over the US... If u wanna join, just drop me a line

Thanks all for the words of encouragement. I think everyday will be a little easier. I think one of the main reasons for my depression is that my Mom was with me! ha I know that sounds terrible. I love her with all my heart but she's a borderline anorexic so that should explain what life has been like with her. My hubby couldn't be with me because he's a cop and couldn't get off work. Her and my stepdad were with me. They came from out of state to go with me. I was glad they were here at first, but was also glad when they left. My dad hasn't been to our house and commented on how messy it was and that he could'nt believe I'd let it get this way. It just stirred a lot of emotions that I really don't need right now.
I'm so glad I've found this site. It's really nice to know there are others out there that are going through similar things. This is not something that started yesterday, and I know it won't be fixed by tomorrow.
@ Better With Time, please give me the Facebook info. I'm on Facebook, and would love to join the group!

Hmmm I'll ask him about plication as well. My sister is getting the sleeve and my mom is worried about her cutting part of her stomach out. Maybe plication could be the solution. Does he know if it is reversible?
My sister found out about. Dr.V. She was referred to him. I'm not sure from whom. I originally was gonna go to a different doctor but after she told me how good he was, I agreed to go to him. He's doing both our surgeries back to back. I'm so excited for her more than myself. She's a size 26 and such a beautiful person inside and out and I know that the surgery will make her so happy. Dr. V is very realistic and isn't out to make money. He didn't want to do the sleeve on me because he said I was too young and that the lap band would serve as a boost to me losing weight. And that in about 5 years he wants to remove it. I'm just dreading the adjustments. Every 5 weeks!? Lol but hey I'm ready to start my new life so I'm not complaining.