JosShavaughn

I'm not banded yet. If all goes well I will be banded in July. I'm 23. I am going to an endocrinologist sometime soon to find a treatment for my PCOS that will actually work. I was on 500mg twice a day, it didn't do jack, then I went up to 1000mg twice a day, that didn't do anything, so I've stopped taking metformin until I see the endo.

I've seen the thread, and it's VERY discouraging. After reading it I feel like I am never in my life going to get to my ideal weight.

I'm Bi-Polar as well and will be banded hopefully in July.

Sarah WOWOWOWOW... Looking at you now.. I would never think you have ever had surgery or that you ever had a need for it. You should be the posterchild for the lap-band.

Hello, I'm Joshlyn. I'm 23 years old and as of friday 3/20 I weighed 302lbs. I have always been overweight, but it's been in the last 4-5 years that I really started putting on the weight. I have a friend that had her surgery in August 2008 and she's 19 5'5" and weighed 287 when she had surgery and she's lost like 50 lbs. I have another friend that's had it, as well as my own mom having it. The reason I've decided on Lap-Band is because I know that it is possible for me to lose the 166lbs I need to lose to get to the recommended weight, but at the same time, the rate at which I would lose the weight would force me to REALLY learn how to change my lifestyle for the best. I like that you don't lose weight so fast that you run the higher risk of losing your hair and stuff like that.

I'm from waco but I'm currently living in Stephenville, which is an hour and a half north west.

My mom works at Tarleton and also has lap-band. She has lost about 60-70 lbs in 2 years, which she wishes was more.

Hello everyone, my name is Joshlyn. I am 23 years old from Waco, Texas... living in hell (a.k.a. Stephenville, Texas). I am currently going through my insurance required 6 month process. I am 3 months in. I still have 3 more nutritionist visits, a seminar to attend, and my psych eval. Yesterday was my 3rd nutritionist visit at which time I weight 302 lbs. I am 5 feet 7 inches tall. My BMI is 47 I believe. I have been overweight my entire life, in the last 4-5 years becoming obese/morbidly obese. In junior high and high school I played soccer, on a team and was a competitive swimmer for 5 1/2 years. My events were the 200 and 500 free, as well as swimming the 50 butterfly in relays. For those of you who don't know, a 500 is 20 laps in a 50 meter pool. I wasn't very fast, but I could just keep swimming and swimming. While being athletic I either managed my overweight size or gained weight. I do have Polycystic Ovarian Sydrome which does cause me to constantly gain weight. After high school I gave up on dieting and exercising because it had shown to do nothing for me. I wish now I would have just keep trying because even though I would still be overweight I wouldn't be so obese. I am scheduled to have my surgery either at the end of june or sometime in July. I chose the Lap Band because my mom has it and it has been a slow gradual lifestyle change that she has truly learned from rather than a quick easy change. I hope to lose 100lbs over the course of a year or two from my surgery. Once I've lost 20-50lbs depending on how I feel I will begin to exercise again. As of right now my weight has drained me of any ounce of energy possible. I get out of breath easily and my back and knees hurt from long spans of walking or walking up or down stairs.