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Hey everyone. I am a 17 year old looking to have gastric bypass. My insurance does not discriminate against age, but i did find something rather odd. Has any other teens that had WLS had to have a Bone Scan?

My daughter will be 5 years old next month and weighs 83 lbs. She is 46 inches tall, and is obviously a thick child. Her abdomen is so misshapen, I worry that there is something more to the story. Her pediatrician says she is simply overweight, and that we need to maintain her current weight and allow her to grow into it. She is a fraternal twin, and outweighs her twin sister by 30 pounds. They were born 6 weeks early, and she was 4 lbs, 14 oz. at birth. Currently, she looks 7 months pregnant. Honestly. She looks pregnant.

When she was about 10 months old, we took her to the ER for a suspected bowel obstruction. They told us she has a slow ileus( or ileum, not sure which is the correct term). She suffered from chronic constipation as an infant, and also had an umbilical hernia.

I guess my question is, would her misshapen abdomen be indicative of anything? I am wondering if she might have a metabolic disorder, and am having her bloodwork done, but her tummy really scares me.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, I just had my RNY last tuesday and honestly it's not painful... I havent even been on pain meds for a few days. The lap band is a good choice, it's what I was origionally going to go for but when insurance told me they would only cover the gastric I decided to do more research and found some statistics showing how much faster gastric patients lose weight and the higher sucess rate, not to mention gastric being more permanent with less need for additional surgical revisions (keep that in mind if pain is steering you towards the lap band) Goodluck!

Hi angela,
You have identified a very common problem in our society today! The first issue is whether your son sees his weight gain as a problem. Until he does, your frustration and planning for getting him help are going to be fruitless.

You are only 2h from us in Cincinnati. We have one of the best NONSURGICAL programs for teen weight management in the country. Of course, we have a surgical option here as well, but I certainly hear you about the need to start with something like our HealthWorks program first and foremost. Look at the info on our website and make some calls, but only after he is engaged.

Here is the link: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/h/heart/clinical/healthworks/default.htm

best wishes,
tom inge