Miss Michelle

Thank you for your feedback. The more I look into Dr. Fielding, the more I am excited to have him as my doctor! I am scheduled to attend his seminar March 4th! I can't wait!

YES! I can't wait to be able to wear sexy heels! Torrid.com has wide width heels but even some of those don't fit me well. As far as learning how to walk in them (CHELLE B.) I'd reccomend starting off wearing them around the house to start. While you are doing household chores maybe? This way, if you happen to stumble and fall, noone ever will know, unless you live on the second floor apartment like me! I once slipped and fell on a wet kitchen floor, and I know my neighbors had to know what happened. What else would make such a loud bang? LOL!

WOW! We have soo much in common. I am 25, going on 26 this year and am married with a five year old son. I Always had a weight problem. The only time I was near normal in size was when I was 16 and on prescription weight loss med.'s. Those pills worked miricales as far as weight loss, but almost killed me! At my smallest in the last 10 years I wore a size 11-12. In highschool, I was still the bigger girl of my group of friends. Now that I look back, I wish I was a 12 again! Anyway, around age 18, I started gaining weight very rapidly and by the time I had my son at 20, it only got worse. Two years ago my mother began pushing me into Bypass surgery. I was totally against it. Finally she backed off, and I began realizing that I had to do something! Recently, on my own I found out about the lap band and am excited about getting the whole process going. My new insurance which covers the band surgery kicked in on Jan 1st and I am in the very begining stages of the process. I think I found a doctor I really like, and am excited about begining the journey to leading a healthier life. I wish you the best of luck on your journey too!

Thanx to all who responded! I have researched a few doc.'s but so far really like Dr. Fielding at NYU. He is also banded! I was scheduled to attend a seminar last week, but it was cancelled due to inclimate weather. Right now, just awating the next one in my area. I am sooo excited to get this whole process started! :wub:

Researching doc.'s still. Anyone out there have Dr. Fielding preform their surgery? He is one of a few who work with my insurance carrier, but he has also personally had the lap band surgery, which I guess is why he is one of my top contenders.

kiki: i love torrid! i have not tried the shoes though! i am gonna check them out online! thanx!

Apple, Thank God you said it cuz I thought I might be the only one who DOESN'T want to be a size 2. I am 5'6 and I would love to be a size 8 or 10! People think that because I want to have surgery that I cant wait to be super skinny! I do not mind having curves, I am just tired of being round! LOL! I just want to be healthy and my goal is to be able to buy clothes from any store rather than having to find a plus size store! Oh, and I can not wait to wear hot shoes! Needing to wear a wide width now, I can never find cute, fashionable, sexy heels, sandals or boots that fit!

OK, so I am a 25 year old female from NY and am in the begining stages of this whole process. I am still undecided as to which weight loss surgery I will pursue, gastric or lap-band. I am looking for any advice anyone can offer me! Thanx!:thumbdown:

Hi, I am a 25 year old female from NY who is in the begining stages of making a decision between lap band surgery and gastric bypass. I am open to both at the moment, just ready to make a choice and get things started. Hoping anyone out there has some advice for me!