Most of us worry ourselves to death about our weight loss goals, beat ourselves up if we gain a pound or don't lose enough in a months time. We also ponder daily about what foods we can and can not eat. For alot of us it is the biggest most drastic change of our lives, sometimes wondering if we made the right choice in getting the band in the first place. But after reading this article today about these kids who don't have a choice, it really gives me a whole new perspective in life and how lucky we really are.

I realize that my years of bad choices is what got me here to begin with, but atleast I can say that as little as I eat today it is no comparison to what these kids and parents are going through.

I may occasionally mourne the absence of my pizza, I loved so much or miss eating a dinner roll with that cinnamon butter at Texas Road House, but atleast I don't have to live my life eating from a tube or watching others eat their meal while I eat baby formula just to get a little nutrition. I could not imagine what their life could be like, never able to enjoy the simple luxuries we take for granit. So the next time I have to get a fill and drink liquids for a day or two afterwards, it won't seem like the end of the world anymore after knowing that they have to do it everyday. Hopefully one da soony their will be enough funding for research to find a cure for these people. Until then, I think we all need to be thankful for what we do have and realize we were lucky enough to be able to have a choice.

http://news.yahoo.com/teen-eosinophils-esophagus-food-forbidden-142642060--abc-news-wellness.html

Just hit home for me so much..I lost alot of weight when I was 40 years old and kept it off for 12 years and now I am three weeks post op and am not able to drop the weight even with the surgery(so far) then I did when I was 40 and I am glad you wrote this as I am so in need of a prospective of what I can do now versus what I did then...I am older and need to realize my body is going to react to the surgery and my metabolism is not where it was when I was 40.

I thank u