AshleyB

Hey All. thanks for the encouraging words. I really needed them. This is what I want and NEED for me. No one else. Its my life and Im taking control of it. I just have to come up with the funds to pay for the procedure, or apply again for financing once Im back at work. Thanks again for the support and encouragement. I truly believe that no one really understands any of this weight battle, unless they've experianced it themselves. Good luck to all of you! I hope to see you around here soon, and hopefully my post will be something like "Im getting banded!!!!!"........

Well just thought I'd share this. My financing fell through, so I needed a co-signer or the money my parents put away for me in a savings account. So I called my mom and told her. She flipped, saying I was a coward and taking the easy way out. And that she doesnt support it, its the wrong decision and that I can go ahead and kill myself... Amongst some other very horrible things she said to me. So yeah. if your gut instinct tells you NOT to tell your family. Lie if you have to. DO NOT tell them.

Im just waiting on financing, and if that falls through scrounging up the money to cover the procedure. I dont know if I should schedual an appointment. Maybe I'll email and find out. Im praying, but trying not to get my hopes up. I dont know what I will tell family. Maybe that Im going to visit a friend out of town? I dont know LoL. I've never left my daughter before so they may pick up on that I'm being dishonest.

Im new to the forum. But I dont plan on telling people My husband and my one close friend will know, but I dont feel comfortable telling other friends and family. I know my family won't support it, and the last thing I want to hear is another person tell me that I should just "exersize and eat less".