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Hello, I too am looking for buddies to talk to, get and give encouragement to. I live in Illinois. My surgery is set for 7-20-12 and I will be off from work 4 - 6 wks depending how fast I bounce back. I have to be 100 % before I come back do to lifting and running around and such. I work in a Hosp Cafe and I am glad I will be home for sometime away from all that food. This way I will be in a routine before going back. Happy 4th of July!!

Hopefully Velvet, they were mistaken. It's definitely too soon. You need time to heal thoroughly before starting fills. I believe my dr. has patients come for the first fill (it's been a while, so can't remember for sure as I had my band in '07) at least 4-5 weeks after surgery. Good luck on your journey!

When I started this process the psychologist said one of the most important things in this whole journey is to just do something every day. It could be only 5 minutes on the elliptical, or you could run 5 miles. It doesn't really matter just be active above and beyond your normal routine. I'm doing something 7 days a week. Most days I will jog 3-4 miles. If I don't want to go outside to jog I will hit the treadmill at home and run for 20 minutes (I run 1 minute, jog 1, repeat). Lately I've also added in some workouts with the Kinect. My husband thinks I'm over-doing it since I never give myself a day off, but it's working so it's hard to stop!

Love reading your blogs. I am awaiting insurance approval, well, actually the dr. office is sending their write up in this week. I hope to be as optimistic as you!! Wishing you continued success....

I start my 10 day pre-op diet today, bleb..of course not happy about it..LOL. Things are only going to get better from here! Yeah!!!! Good luck to you.

My surgery is July 11th i have to do a 5day liquid diet good luck to both of you

My surgery is July 16th also. I found out today I have to do a 10 liquid diet-- so I start Thurs. I'm anxious to see how our surgeries compare. Good luck to you!! I'm not looking forward to the liquid diet either but I've found from experimenting that the protein stuff is filling. We shall see.