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I think you should go for it...I'm in the process of getting it. I just turned 17 this summer. I think it will be very life changing in an awesome way! I don't think it will be horrible to where you need a TON of family support...your going to need some though of course. It would just depend on how sensitive you are.

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Lost another 16 pounds since last month. =]

almost 100 pounds down since Surgery December 10. :thumbdown:

Hope everyone's well.

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heyy, im nikki. lol i am 15 too i am actually gettgin the lapband on tuesday so ya. i have my grandma who got the gastric which isnt too different from the lapband and she looks amazinggggg uhm i am actully 247 well i havent been weighed yet since ive been on the diet. im not too goood at writing this stuff so feel free to message me :bored:

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heyy, im nikki. Lol i am 15 too i am actually gettgin the lap-band® on tuesday so ya. I have my grandma who got the gastric which isnt too different from the lap-band® and she looks amazinggggg uhm i am actully 247 well i havent been weighed yet since ive been on the diet. Im not too goood at writing this stuff so feel free to message me :thumbup:

hey nikki, congratulations on getting tha lap-band!

i was banded on tha 13th, mii had tha gastric done too, so i decided to get tha lap-band!

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hi ryan im cynthia and im 15. I 2 want this band done. i can't stand how i look and most of all i cant stand how unhealthy i am. I also support you 100%. I know what its like to be in your shoes. it sticks. So yeah im in the prosses of getting reviewed. So far so good. i think people like me and you need to give it all we got when the time comes...and it will haha well hope everything goes well. I havent had the surgery, but if you have any questions feel free to ask also any advice for me would be great :thumbup: we hope to talk to you.

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hi ryan im cynthia and im 15. I 2 want this band done. i can't stand how i look and most of all i cant stand how unhealthy i am. I also support you 100%. I know what its like to be in your shoes. it sticks. So yeah im in the prosses of getting reviewed. So far so good. i think people like me and you need to give it all we got when the time comes...and it will haha well hope everything goes well. I havent had the surgery, but if you have any questions feel free to ask also any advice for me would be great :scared2: we hope to talk to you.

Good luck to you, if you work the Band the way it should be, it's an amazing tool. =]:)

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Hey, I'm currently fif-teen, 304 lbs and 5'5". I just got approved (after the three denials) and am schedualed for sometime in the summer. Before I got approved I wasn't scared at all, but now that it's happening I'm starting to get butterflies.

If anyone has any advice, please help. I can't not go through with this, my body won't be able to take it.

I hope that I have the same results that you have had and congrats. =)

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Hello I was hoping you guys might be able to help me. :]

I'm 16 I'll be 17 in nov, I'm 5'1 so I'm really short and I weight 197lbs. It may not seem like alot compared to some people looking to get this done but I'm sort and my BMI is 37.5. I've tried so many diets even unhealthy ones. I just want to be healthy. I'm now in a size 20 tightly All I seem to fit now is sweats. My biological father is over 300 lbs I don't want to end up like that. My back hurts all the time and my hips are sore and my ankles and knees hurt alot. I can't run for maybe more than 5 minutes.I really think this could change my life so so much. Do you think I might meet the requirements?

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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