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Most of my friends are gay guys, I've only told one of them so far. Mostly cause I'm keeping it quite for now. Just my mom and him know, because he's basically my husband so not telling him I was considering something like this would really hurt him. We're so close, so he sees it as a positive for me. My other best friend, I haven't told her yet. I'm sure she'll be supportive, we've been best friends since third grade and have been through it all with each other. She's not an anti-surgery kind of girl, but I really don't know how she'll react to this. I know there are people in my life who will react negativily. In fact, I can list them out. So for now, I'm not dealing with them. I'm just keeping mum about the whole thing. I'll deal with them later.

Hey JennyLynn, I live in Glendale, I'm not banded yet (just getting the process started). But when/if I get banded I'll actually be going with Dr. Blackstone (who will be doing my mom's gastric later this month!), whom I see you went with. So, yay!

Hello fellow Arizonaians! I live in the Glendale/Phoenix area, and am strongly considering lap band. Looking at getting the process started and talking to GP about it. Ok, so yeah, hi!

Howdy all! I'm Emily, 21, bi. I don't have a girlfriend...or boyfriend, right now. Kind of dating around for the time being or something like that. I came out, officially to everyone, when I was 18. But a handful of people knew when I was like 15. And now pretty much everyone I work with knows. Some how we started talking about it one day, and someone asked me point blank, and well, I'm a sucky liar. Plus I swore I'd never lie about my sexuality. After all I went through coming out of the closet, I sure as hell ain't going back in. I'm so used to people knowing now, it surprises me when new people find out and seem surprised. I'm like "Oh, you didn't know? Oh right, we just met, of course you wouldn't know. But yeah, I am", takes me a minute. I live at the gates of hell, other people may know it as Arizona. I work at the front desk of a hotel and I'm a student. Too keep myself sane I write (guilty pleasure past time is fanfiction), and paint. I also can play three chords on my guitar. Oh, and I've recently discovered a new addiction of craig's list. I'm often on there looking at random stuff for hours on end. So, um, yeah, thats my nut shell.

I'm bi, my GP knows. He's known since I was 15. I went to him to ask to get tested for STDs (I'd started having sex and figured it was a good plan). So of course I get the safer hetero sex lecture and then he asked me about what I knew about safer sex with the same sex (um, not a lot, thats not covered in abstiance only sex ed, and frankly not an area mom is well versed in). I just kind of looked at him and he goes "Hey, its the new mellinium, I'm a with it kind of dude. Plus my son's gay, I assume nothing". So he's never had a problem with my sexuality. I don't know if I'll tell my surgeoun or not. If it comes up, fine, if not, fine then too. I don't have a partner, my mother is my medical POA, and I'm not sure it would pertain to the surgery. Now, if it happens to come up through conversation or I'm wearing one of my rainbow things, then I won't hide it by any means. I kind of feel, if it dosen't come up, you don't have to bring it up. Inless you really want too.

So far my goals are: 1. Tramp stamp (lower back tattoo)-I already have three tattoos, but there is something about a tramp stamp that just screams "skinny girl!". I've got it all planned out too. 2. Bikinni!-I've never worn one. Ok, well I did when I was like three, but that doesn't count. 3. Rock climbing-I so want to try it, but I don't feel comfortable (or safe) doing it at my current weight. 4. Hiking-I live in AZ, we've got great places to hike, but I get winded doing it now. 5. Crowd surfing!-This one is so insane and scary. I'm a mosh pit girl, but I wouldn't even think of crowd surfing at my current weight. But hey, once I'm a skinny girl, I want all kinds of strangers touching my butt! 6. Start a punk rock band-I get too out of breath to jump around on stage and scream into a microphone now. But I have big plans for later. 7. Suicide Girl/God's Girl-Yeah, its porn. I just want to try and see if I could be one, don't know if I could go through with it (or maybe I could). 8. Skinny girl in fat girl's store-Ok, you've all seen her. You go into Lane Bryant, or Torrid, or some other plus-sized store, and she's there. The skinny girl. Now she's usually in there with her friend, or sometimes wears the smallest size aviable. I don't know about everyone else, but I hate her. Ok, maybe not hate her. But damn it, she's a skinny bitch in the fat girl's store. There are pleanty of stores for skinny girls, we fat girls only have a few to choose from. I want to be her. I don't know why, and its probably a little crazy, but yeah, I want to be her. So yeah, I have crazy goals. But hey, I like my crazy goals :confused_smile:.

Hi all! I'm new, I'm Emily! I'm really hyper for no apparent reason! Anyways, I'm 21 and I'm strongly considering getting the band. I've been overweight pretty much my entire life. Obesity runs in my family, along with heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. I'm lucky, and so far have had none of those three problems. However I do have PCOS/Insulin resitance. I've been trying to take the weight off myself, but am seeing no real improvements. Well, thats not exactly true. Since I've been eating better I do feel better. But the weight isn't going anywhere. My mother is having gastric bypass on 7/28, she's 38 and has also been overweight for most her life. She has type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnia. She has problems with her joints, and this is all just the physical stuff. I love my mother dearly. I just don't want to be her in 17 years. Or sooner. I'm still not 100% sure, I'm planning on talking to my GP about it. We've disscussed it in the past as a maybe if diet and excersizie didn't pan out. If I do go for it, I'll be using the same surgeon as my mother. I've heard only positives about her, and I've had the chance to meet her several times and I really like her. She fully sees this as a lifestyle and not just a way for her to make money (some docs are too money-focused in my opinion). Anyways, thats my very long quick little intro.

So, I'm new, and I'm saying hi! So, HI! Anyways, I've been lurking around for awhile and figured it was probably time to introduce myself. I've been considering lapband for awhile now. I'm still not 100% decided, but I'm making an appt to see my GP to disscuss the opition. If I go through with it I'll be using the same surgeon my mom is going to for gastric (7/28), as I've already met her and she comes highly reccomended. Anyways, thats my lil' intro 'bout me!