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I'm really curious about surgery on my legs. I'm not sure if it's a leg left or liposuction that I'll be needing. I'm 19 and got the lap band when I was 17. I started out at 252 and now am at 131. I'm so soo sooo happy with my accomplishment. It's completely changed my life. However, the thought of all this and not being able to wear a skirt really upsets me. I'm 19 and I hadn't gotten to enjoy my body in those years, I really want to be able to wear a skirt for once in my life. But all this weight loss has taken a tole on my body obviously and the skin on my thighs isn't tight at all and looks very loose. Cellulite doesn't even begin to describe it. There's like saggyness and hangingness, I'm not really sure how to describe it. I'm wondering if this can be taken care of through exercise? I've worked out and I don't see improvemnet in the shape so much as weight loss. I'm thinking about going to a consultation, but I'm still lost as to if I should look into leg lift or lipo or what the deal is because I've been exercising and it's not working. Has anyone experienced what I'm experiencing? Any tips?

hi cassie i was banded in september and before i was, i did a bunch of research and always found you in forums and stuff. even though i never directly asked you a question, reading your answers was great help to me! anywayss sadly i missed the oprah show :[ me and my mom really wanted to watch it! any ideas on when it will be rerunning again? thanks :]

hiii perla im 17 too! ahh im sure youre so excited! i know i was when i found out te date. now to answer youre questions i was in pain after surgery my sholder and chest hurt from the air pumped in my stomach more than anything. i was really sleepy for like 2 days and getting out of bed was a big challenge cause i couldnt use my stomach muscles to help me get up. every four hours i took pain medication the docter gave me. the liquids fase isnt thattt hard cause physically i wasnt hungry, but mentally i was. its easy not having my friends know. well my best bestt friend does but shes the only one. i just tld y other friends that im on a strict diet watching my portions and all that stuff hope that helps :]

hey hannah ah thank you, same goes for you :] congratulations! i wasnt physically hungry just closer to the end of my liquids stage, my mind wanted solids, but the liquids kept me full. now eating soup kinda grosses me out though cause i had it so much hahah. i had my adjustment and i am starting to loose weight again :]

hii thanks! yeah i think its so great to have it done young. i wanna be able to look back on my younger years and have a few skinny years to go with the fat ones! hahaha

haahhah hmm uncomortable like the feelings that you took too big of a bite of something and it goes down sllloowwwwwwwwww and yu can feel like a lump going down your throat. but when he took some out it whent down good, like i could feel it but it wasnt like sooo slowww and it wasnt uncomfortable. just took a couple days to get used to. it did make a difference. when they put the band in during the surgery, they barley put anything to fill the band. mostly its just the swelling and all that stuff that keeps you full. so once the swelling whent down i couldn't eat like i usedd to be able to, but i was eating more than expected i guess? so i was a little bit confused on how my stomach was the size of an egg. but then the docter explained that since i hadnt had my first fill yet, i wouldnt be getting full as fast. once i got the fill i got full realllyy fast. but its great cause its as satisfying as eating a big mean when i didnt have the band, cause with the band i get full.

its definanntllyyy worth it! although i was miserable in the food deparment, i was soo happy i did it, cause i knew this would be the last time id evverr have to start something to help me looseweight. yessss sitting with them when on a diet is SOOO much worse! i just sipped on some tea and it kept me full. when getting a fill basicly theyre adjusting the band to decrease the amount of food intake. i layed down and the docter asked if i wanted numbing and i was like YES hhahahha. so he rubbed something on my stomach then injected the needle right where my band is inside my stomach and my mom was like thattss ittt ( i was freaking out about getting the shot, i mean a shot in your stomach is like weird area). and the docter was like no thats not it, that was the numbing. i was like ffffaaabbulouuss hahah. then he put the shot with the actual stuff that goes in the band to make it tighter and i didnt feel it at alll thanks to the numbing shot. then the docter was like "okay the shots in your stomach and im gonna have you sit up and drink some water" and i was like "WHAT?!" and he help me sit up. the nurse handed me a cup of water (meanwhile i could see this huge needle in my parifial vision) and told me to drink it. he wanted me to do this so he could see the right amount to fill in my band. i first sipped and it whent down reeallyyyy uncomfortably so he took a little out then i sipped again and it whent down slowly, lke i could feel it going down, but it was a good kind of slow so he left it at that. that was it, and i was basicly just being a big baby cause it didnt hurt hahah. if you didnt understand that cause that was a lot of rambling, let me know and ill clarify ahah

exactlyy! hmm the hardest thing, im not gonna lie, is the liquid diets. like right after the surgery i was on liquids for 2 weeks and after my fill which was two days ago i had to have liquids again for two days (i get to eat tomorrow, woohoooo haha). sitting with my friends today while they ate was annoying. the thing is, if i were to go on another diet, i would be hungry trying to stay on it, with the band im not hungry physically just mentally my mind is like, "whhhyy arennnt you eating more!", im sure its only a matter of time till i get used to it though

hii teri thanks for your responce. I got filled today and it wasn't bad like i thought it was going to be! I felt dumb cause i cried before and the nurse and my mom were like holding my hands haahha but the docter put a numbing shot in it and i felt nothing when he was filling it. I hope your son ends up going to get filled cause it was really easy :]

heyy! its great hearing from other people my age! especially cause where i live everyone is raillll thin so no one undertands what im going through! im really happy i got this done. its been 4 weeks and i lost 20 pounds. its kind of easy keeping it from my friends. i just told them im watching my portions cause i want to loose weight, and for the week i dissapeared while recovering i said i wasnt feeling well. i had my frist fill today and its really odd. like you can litterally feel the water going down your throat, so im imagining going out to eat with my friends now its going to be a little bit more noticible that im not eating a lot. so im basicly just going with "im watching my portions cause i want to loose weight". also if the secret does get out, i dont think its the end of the world. lots of people do things to improve their appearance, like getting nose jobs, and breast implants, and im doing something that will not only boost my confindence/ make me look better, but will help my health :]

I'm a 17 year old girl and I got my surgery a few weeks ago. None of my friends know and its so hard keeping this a secret! I wish I could just tell them but I don't want the entire universe finding out, and in highschool, secrets get out. So far I've lost a good amount of weight, but now its not budging which is kind of annoying. I've been on diets since i was very young, like eight years old and because I'm so young my parents are constantly involved, it especially makes sense now cause they payed for the surgery. (Insurance wouldnt even consider me! :/) They're concerned that my weight is stuck, and we're thinking that it's because I just switched to solids. I have my first adjustment this thursday. Im so nervous! I was wondering if after I get this adjustment that i'll begin losing weight again? And/or whats the reason for my weight not budging?