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HEY GUYS MY NAME IS HANNAH. AND I WILL BE GETTING MY LAP-BAND ON APRIL AFTER A LONG BUT WONDERFUL STRESSFUL PROCESS. I AM 18 YR OLD IVE BEEN BIG SINCE I WAS ABOUT 12 BUT NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT IT...UNTIL MY 11TH GRADE YR IN HIGH SCHOOL (LAST YR) I WENT TO MALL WITH MY FRIENDS AND I COULDNT SHOP IN ANY OF THE STORES THEY COULD THAT BROKE MY HEART...IT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND I WAS AN OUTCAST LONG STORY SHORT THIS SIZE STARTED TO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS HEALTH PROBLEMS ETC.SO ONE DAY ME AND MY MOM WERE TALKING AND I BROUGHT UP LAP BAND AT 1ST SHE SAID NO..BUT I SHOWED HER THE PROS AND LIL CONS AND SHE WAS READY TO GO FOR IT I AM NOW APART OF THE MORGAN STANLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK-PRESBYTERAIN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADOLESCENT BARIATRIC SURGERY =) WITH THIS PROGRAM ITS A STUDY APPOVED BY THE FDA TO GIVE TEENS AGES 14-17 LAP BAND TO IMPROVE THERE LIVES WITH THIS STUDY YOU MOST OF THE BEST DOCTORS IN NEW YORK CITY Jeffrey Zitsman, MD (THE LAP BAND MAN LOL) JANET SCHAUBEN MD (NUTRITION) ILENE FENNOY MD ( ENDOCRINOLOGIST) TO NAME A FEW THESES PEOPLE HELP SHAPE YOU FOR A LONG AWAITED SURGERY DATE..I HAVE BEEN APART OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE JAN/2008 AND I MY DATE IS APRIL 15..THE DAY THATS GONNA START MY LIFE...THE REASON I AM PUTTING THIS UP HERE IS BECAUSE MY DAD DOESNT WANT ME TO GET LAP BAND BUT I AM 18 YRS OLD AND THE SURPPORT OF MY MOM I AM GOING TO DO IT...DO YOU ANYWAY I CAN GET TO EM...HES NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS BODY ONLY ME AND MY MOM ...

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Hi, Hannah!!! Good for you!!! You are so young and you have so much of your life ahead of you - I can't tell you how many regrets I have about my weight over the years (I've been heavy since the age of 15 - and I'm 45 now!!) - How many events I didn't go to because I let my feelings about being heavy get in the way? How many cute outfits I bought with the best of intentions to lose the weight to get into them one day? How many experiences overall that I didn't let myself enjoy because I was overweight?

You have a chance to enjoy all of the experiences that a teenager should enjoy! The Prom, Spring Breaks, dating, making new friends - All of this awaits you!! I wish that this surgery was available to me many years ago! I wouldn't feel like I wasted so many years of my life thinking about my weight and letting it be an obstacle for so many experiences!

Your post drew my attention because I just got approved from my insurance company and my surgery date is April 14th - one day before yours!!

Best wishes, Hannah!!

Susan in Virginia

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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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

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        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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