Hi everyone

Please join me on this journey. I am being banded on Tuesday 22nd April 2008. I am feeling anxious and a little nervous but excited all at the same time. I am going crazy on this pre op diet and can't wait to eat.............. Doesn't sound like a good start huh????????

good luck. I go monday and talk to the dr. to set up my banding. the pre-op diet is it all soups or what?

yep pretty much. In fact hate to say it but it is worst. because you cannot have anything outside of the 3 x replacement meals. so I used opti fast as recommended and I could only have 3 x daily - it does keep you full but you just can't believe how much you miss eating just for the sake of eating.

I had my band put in on Dec. 2005 an I went from 265 lbs to 193. Let me give you a little bit of realness in what to expect. #1 follow the diet they give you save yourself pain and misery and don't cheat. Getting blocked is the most horrible feeling in the world and it happens quick. Chew your food to a liquid always. Exercise will help you shed pounds faster and you will feel so much better, I totally reccomend exercise as soon as you feel up to it and don't stop, don't let you talk your self out of going for this or that reason just do it! My lowest weight was 179 and I looked terible, the more weight I lost the more cellulite I gained. now I am only 33 and I thought most of my skin would shring with me but it hasn't so be prepared gravity and cellulite are your enemy. You will miss eating so bad sometimes but don't worry you will be able to start being normal again after awhile 3 small meals a day with really most foods. STAY AWAY FROM RICE and PASTA THEY ARE YOUR ENEMY. If you experience any pain when you eat and you throw up your food see your docter. I just had my band removed Thurday April 23rd 2008, I had a slippage. My Xray showed everything was peachy but I had bee getting fill then pain and vomitting so I would get fluid removed and this was going on for months so finally after they removed all of the fluid and the pain and vomitting continued they did a scope of my stomach, fun. My stomach looked like it was inverted and nothing was getting through, lets just put it this way I lost 17 pounds in less than a month so my band has been out for a couple days now. I feel so much better and I am optimistic about my future we'll see.

thanks csandeen - good advice I will be sure to keep. I am sorry to hear about your slippage . That really is too bad.... are you goingn to put it in again??

I have to ask is it true you can't eat pasta or rice even if you chew it to a liquid??