DerickM

I went through CitiFinancial and was approved despite my age, not so great credit and lack of equity.

contacted the doctor and am waiting to hear back from him for consultaton...am nervous as hell :faint:

Well:nervous ... I am male and 22 yrs old pretty much anything turns me on :thankyou: That being said, I am not attracted to MO women but however large women, curvy women, etc...it depends upon face and initial personality.

dolphins are evil :heh:

No pictures exist of me at my highest weight of 470 lbs they were all destroyed for some odd reason but this is me at 350+ lbs

I have been in martial arts for 17 yrs and I do tournaments with sparring and would like to know if the band and/or port can "take a hit"? I would be willing to give up Martial Arts for a healthy body but...it would be hard.:phanvan P.S. I might as well admit I do Cage Fighting somtimes also...I know Stupid Men and thier testosterone! lol

My Health Plan (OHP, Oregon Health Plan) does not cover lap-band or even gastric bypass. :think Looks like I'm gonna have to self-pay...any advice on banks, etc?

I voted last week, Oregon has mail in votes so no hassle of going to the polling place.

Do Males and Females lose diffrently or react to the band in other ways? A niggling little fear that I have is losing muscle mass, I know I will lose some becuase hopefully I will not be carrying around a 160 lbs of fat but I do not want to lose too much. Have any of you noticed a loss of muscle?:phanvan This question may sound a little vain:embarassed: but, has your social life improved since you have lost weight?:cool: I have a BMI of 45 but I do not consider myself "morbid" I can get around under my own power (tying shoes suck though lol) and I work, I can do hard physical labor with few problems due to my weight. Will this hurt my chances when I go to the doctor?

Thank you Wheetsin.

I have been overweight most of my life, I am also hearing impaired (I wear hearing aids but I can speak very well) and wear thick glasses. Most of you I imagine will agree, School from K-12: SUCKED! I had spinal menegitis when I was 2 yrs old and almost died from it. The docs said I had a 50-50 chance on the meds they were giving me but even if I was cured I would be blind or deaf from the amount and types of meds they had to give me at my age and a good chance of brain damage, luckliy no brain damage occured and I ended up being Hearing Impaired (about 10% hearing in each ear, so hence the hearing aids) My mother was a druggie and more concerned with drugs and her freinds than me. She was physically abusive as well as emotionally abusive to me. Her idea of dinner or lunch was to pop a bag of popcorn or open a bag of chips for me. My father worked 2 jobs most of my childhood, he was not blame for any of this from my view becuase of stupid laws he had to wait and build his case in order to ensure that he got custody of his kids and not my druggie mother. So she left when I was 11 but the damage was done. Despite the best efforts of family my eating and weight kept going up, up and AWAY!. Becuase of my early upbringing and lack of...I dunno what to call it maybe "love", "emotional development", etc. I never connected with my peers at all (no freinds, and any that tried got pushed away, hard), no romantic life (trust issues as well as a lack of knowing how to connect with another human being). So I have had a few suicide attempts, and...yeah, thats kinda my story...any questions send them to me as a PM and I will answer.

Well, I guess I should start off with my stats: Sex: Male Age: 22 Height: 6'2 Current Weight: 370 lbs. All Time High Weight: 460 lbs:embarassed: Lapband: Not yet, still in the decision stage I have a few questions, but will lurk a little more to see if my questions have already been asked and answered by others . I know how annoying it is when a newbie comes in and asks the same thing that has been asked 1000's of times lol .