I was watching Oprah yesterday and they feature the child sex slave industry in Asia and America. I was about to be sick when they showed a brothel, out in public, with men lined up to get it, men lined up to go inside, to have sex with children the ages of 5-12!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Asian government is being bought off and therefor turns a blind eye! These little girls, when I saw the five year old I started to get a little hysterical, are being sold by their own families! They are being forced to have anal, vaginal, and oral sex with 30-40 men a day! They are being pulled, dragged, kicking and screaming on the floor to a mattress on the floor so a 40 year old man (%25 of whom are USA tourest) can have sex with her. Please take 5 minutes to go to Oprah's web site. On there you can catch the link to Congress.org or .com and put in your zip code to find your senetors emails and bush's. OPRAH even has an already compliled letter that you can cut and paste to these peole. The last time oprah did this show, a new bill was enacted. This time, if we write, we are trying to support a new bill that will help that bill become a reality. Please help these little girls. We are all they have!

Hi Cath, Have a look at this site: http://health.ninemsn.com.au/bodywork/default.aspx . Thats the nine Body Work site.. where my neice got her boob job for free lol. Now if you are really desperate ... what about contacting A Current Affair? On this site: http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/?_r=sc you will see a box saying 'Have a Story? email us' something like that. Anyway, what about writing to them with your predicament, use the discrimination angle (anorexics get treated, fat people dont), the gov. is pushing us to be healthy but dont help..blah blah... maybeeeeeeeeeee someone will come to the rescue.. or ask A Current Affair to use you as an example.. a work in progress? Am searching my brain lol. Another idea I had was to try some of the Yahoo Band groups to see if anyone else has contacts. Two groups are: Ozband and Smartbandsters. They are busy groups with lots of postings. Sharyn

Hi Cath, I had another one of those 'out there' ideas. A family member of mine offered themselves to that tv show.. Body Works. Think it was that one. Anyway, she got a $22,000 breast job for nothing in return for going on tv for the procedure. Just a thought...... Oh.. your GP should be able to tell you which surgeon in the public system does the surgery. If he/she isn't of much assistance I'd be looking for another GP. Last stop.. www.google.com.au let us know how you go.. Sharyn

Hi Catherine, I think you need to look into it a bit more. For example I know the John Hunter in Newcastle used to do lap banding in the public health system and only stopped last year. Have you tried the Canberra hospitals. There are a couple of doctors who do lap banding here, not sure if either do it publicly but worth checking it out, but be aware you are in for a long weight just to get to surgery in the public health system. Maybe find surgeons who do lap banding and then find out if any do it publicly. Good luck with it all. Cheers Kylie

Hello :-) Well I am scheduled to have my surgery on the 20th June. Am getting quite anxious about it and the changes that I will have to make, but am excited too. I am hoping to get some support from this site as I am not the 'talking type'. Sharyn p.s. wish they would get the date display right lolol