Holy Moly!!! My surgery is in less than 12 hours!!!! It's taken me a lifetime to get "morbidly obese," half a year to get approval for the surgery, and in less than half a day I'll be BANDED!!!! My insurance company did not require a pre-surgery diet...but my doctor required me to only take in clear fluids today. I would gnaw my leg off right now if I thought Blue Cross Blue Shield would cover the expense of a prosthetic. hehe I'm excited...and terrified...all at once. Not worried so much about the surgery itself (I've had my share of abdominal surgeries)...I'm more so worried about feeling hungry (like I do right now) and of failing. I want to be one of the success stories...not one of the "it didn't work for me" blogs. I want people to look at MY pictures and say WOW (like I have done with so many of the photos on this website). Jerrica has been a HUGE help ... especially considering I have no real support system away from this website. Thank GOD for post-bandsters like her!!!

By the next time I blog, I will have my band!!!

~ Annie in Carolina :redface:

Congrats.....I am so excited for you and I feel the same way you do about being a success story...I will be banded on the 14th..wow..less than a week away...keep us posted on your success!

You are going to do great. You have already made the decision to do it and that may have been the hardest part. You will succeed because you want it bad enough. That is what will make you a winner at the end of the day. I will be thinking about you and your surgery. Good luck and keep walking, it helped me.

Cheers!

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Annie- I am very excited for you. I too was to be banded on the 9th but caught a cold and now I have to wait another month. boo hoo - oh well, they say there is a reason for everything .

Annie - You are going to do great! Right now I just want you to get through these first few days and then the first few weeks. It is a lifestyle change but I just know you and I both are going to come out on top and feel somuch better for ourselfs and our babies! God Speed my new friend!

Jerrica