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WOW good luck! That is an awsome undertaking.

Hey sweetie, there is a special thread just for teens. Just go down the left side of the main page until you find age groups and it will be in there under teens. Good luck on your journey.. I am sorry I can't help with the insurance thing. I was self pay. Hope you can get some answers soon.

Cherylita, Hello...It is a natural state for people to loose their "courage" as you put it. Yes there are people that eat around the band, sabatoge themselves..ect.... The band is a tool only. We are still fat people mentally. It takes time to change your mental state of mind. Usually most people are only like this for a moment or a day..This is a life style change..but some still look at it like a diet. Hence a bigger chance at eating around the band. (mental thing) Diets did'nt work, or people wouldn't get WLS. It's just after a while they start looking at it as another diet. Not a tool, not a life style change. Then you have the ones who really want it, but then they start being afraid of what life will be like. (mental thing again) They want to stay in their comfort zone. I personally think everyone needs to face their demonds before having any WLS done. That way there is a better chance of the tool actually doing what it was ment to do...WORK! Sorry if this is so long and rambling. Did you make me mad ...No. Did you make others mad...I don't know cause I can't answer for them. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

I think this says it all!

Leigh, you are hysterical. I am glad the surgery went well! good luck with you journey

Sherrie, it is very normal> I am almost 3 weeks. I slip a mushie in now. Just don't overdo it. I went for more than a mushie and got sick last night. Daughter fried chicken and I had a bite. That was good. Then I put up the food, that was bad... I took several more bites... I could have really screwed up. Just be careful and nothing unless it is a mushie and not much.

Talk to her about what it is like being your size. Talk about the band have her ask questions. Ask if she is afraid of loosing ya'lls freindship because of you loosing weight. She might feel this and don't know how to deal with it. Just Talk

good luck. I go monday and talk to the dr. to set up my banding. the pre-op diet is it all soups or what?