angwilliams

Health1st i guess it is a small price to pay just to be healthy i feel so much better and i am motivated to exercise; my son is 16 years old and he just found out he has diabetes and also he has sleep apnea cause by his weight. I am having a hard time getting him to eat healthy and loosing weight he weighs 284 lbs the doctor is trying him with a lot of medicine to see which one will help to get the diabetes under control but it is so hard to see him so unhealthy and unable to help him. I don't know if they do the lapband on kids his age but i would let him do it. I have a feeling he will have to wait until he is 18 years old. I hope he does not do too much damage to his body by then. If any one have any suggestion please let me know. I do have discomfort some times but most of the time i am happy that i have the lap bank

I had my band for two years and the problem i am having is there is scar tissues around the band and it is painful also there is a perminent pain in my left shoulder. Has anyone experience these things. I was 233 lbs and now i am 190 i am very happy because i have diabetes and also high blood preasure; since my weight loss i am taking less medication. I have a hard time getting things down and also have lost a lot of hair. I just started taking a hair vitamine and also a liquid vitamine i hope this will help. I got my band 4/3/04 i am happy with my weight loss because my clothe look a lot better and my health is a lot better. Lately i find out that i am choaking in my sleep if i drink water before i go to bed so i am not sure what is going on. I don't want to take my band out because i tried everything else and this is the only thing that made me loose weight.

My name is Vinette i think i will use that i had my band on 4/2/04 i was 233 and not i am 190 i have diabetes and high calestoral i now excercise by walking everyday and my blood sugar is under control also my calestoral. The only problem i have since my surgery is their is a pain in my left shoulder i am not sure what connection that has with the surgery but it hurts. Does any one have that problem. My son is 16 and he is overweight he also has diabetes and sleep apnea i am not sure what age they do the surgery but i want him to get it also he weighs 285 lbs