Jacek

Hey my name is Ashley and I'm new here like a good amount of others in this thread. I want to get lap band surgery but I am just at a loss where to even start. I attended a meeting for people who would like the know more about the surgery with my mother (who had gastric bipass about 10 years ago with huge success) but I just feel at a complete loss on how to go about getting this going in the right direction.
I'm 23 and weigh 400 pounds. It is taking a toll on me and I finally have come to accept that all the pains I am feeling now are because of my weight, and they'll only get worse in time if I don't act now!
I wasn't always overweight. I was a very energetic, athletic child growing up until my father left. It wasn't due to depression on my behalf of his leaving, it was my mothers. She wouldn't cook anymore, so she would just bring us home fast food each day. My body was used to it, and craved it, and I kept those bad eating habits into my adult life. I've tried dieting time and time again with little results and I feel getting a lap band is the right direction for me to go in my life to get the kick I need to live healthy. With the results I saw from my mothers gastric bipass, I originally wanted to take that route, but I have not heard the best of things about it in the long run. So here I am, looking for help in finding the path I need to take on getting my life back. I'm only 23, there is so much more in this world I should be enjoying. Not being in pain each day, not out of breath walking the few stairs to my house.
Hopefully that wasn't too terribly jumbled of a mess. I look forward to meeting the lot of you and hopefully getting some good information as well. Thanks!

Actually getting a bra that fits right (sheesh, I guess big girls can't be barely a b cup)
Stop paying 40-60 dollars for one damn pair of jeans (thanks lane bryant, now how about upping the quality on the fabric now that they are that expensive)
Wearing short sleeve shirts without a long sleeve over them.
Wearing shorts (haven't worn shorts in 10 years, no matter how hot it is, I wear jeans)
Getting off of painkillers so I can get through my day at work.
And being able to dance without fear of being that fat girl that the skinny girls and the "hot" guys make fun of, because I got moves.

Hey my name is Ashley and I'm new here like a good amount of others in this thread. I want to get lap band surgery but I am just at a loss where to even start. I attended a meeting for people who would like the know more about the surgery with my mother (who had gastric bipass about 10 years ago with huge success) but I just feel at a complete loss on how to go about getting this going in the right direction.
I'm 23 and weigh 400 pounds. It is taking a toll on me and I finally have come to accept that all the pains I am feeling now are because of my weight, and they'll only get worse in time if I don't act now!
I wasn't always overweight. I was a very energetic, athletic child growing up until my father left. It wasn't due to depression on my behalf of his leaving, it was my mothers. She wouldn't cook anymore, so she would just bring us home fast food each day. My body was used to it, and craved it, and I kept those bad eating habits into my adult life. I've tried dieting time and time again with little results and I feel getting a lap band is the right direction for me to go in my life to get the kick I need to live healthy. With the results I saw from my mothers gastric bipass, I originally wanted to take that route, but I have not heard the best of things about it in the long run. So here I am, looking for help in finding the path I need to take on getting my life back. I'm only 23, there is so much more in this world I should be enjoying. Not being in pain each day, not out of breath walking the few stairs to my house.
Hopefully that wasn't too terribly jumbled of a mess. I look forward to meeting the lot of you and hopefully getting some good information as well. Thanks!