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Tree, I am SO sorry things worked out that way. How disappointing and confusing. Being in healthcare, I have a few thoughts. 1) you need to call your doctor first thing Monday morning and have a discussion about what exactly happened and why he wasn't present for your scheduled procedure. 2) is this a stand alone surgery center or is it within a hospital? If it's part of a hospital, there is absolutely no reason to send out a CBC (part of which is a WBC count). They should have that back in 30 min max. If it is a send out, and they knew they wanted it, why not have you show up earlier for the blood draw. 3) Anesthesiologists usually aren't willing to go to the OR unless they are satisfied with lab results. So this tells me that your WBC originally must have been known to them. If they didnt have your results, why prep you? Things happen in healthcare and things are missed, unfortunately. We are all human. However, before you make any decisions about switching, not doing the band, etc., you MUST have a discussion with your MD. I'd also request a copy of your medical records.

Thanks for the thanks, everybody! It was driving me nuts NOT having an organized list. I hate searching through threads and posts for one thing. So, page 16 for reference. I updated the list and the numbers. It was late at night when I made it so I must have counted wrong. We are at 86 people banded and scheduled for June. WOW! Lots of peeps being banded today. BEST of LUCK! Let us know how you're feeling.

Good luck to Mocha Lala and miswoo who are having surgery today!!!!!

The fourth week: JUNE 22nd TexasDy AlleyKat JUNE 24th Theoleage JUNE 25th nebulamystic slp640 mag1402 ready0714 makopp JUNE 26th ChattyMommy30 jdmart7 JUNE 27th thighhigh robinsom61 trisket JUNE 28th Erma Rosaria_33 Riker990 JUNE 29th blackleopard fericito No Date Listed? shellvw

The third week: JUNE 15th wafa125 TreehouseLady Megatron Ready2loseit treloud lauralou779 uiwleelee amycatem JUNE 16th ReadyfortheChange JUNE 18th hopingtobebandedsoon TexasSoccerMom lpeyton21 erveeen digitalkisses JUNE 19th cfmom716 LouisianaLisa snap228 lupediva JUNE 20th Bosslady84 sissy12 TBOZ66 Sandra07 JUNE 21st indyhandmade rlmeeks

The second week: JUNE 8th misslock Bigfoe Drpepper dliteful! mountainnurse JUNE 11th mbmama Randolph mamabear12 tweetychelle JUNE 12th pr2009 secondchanceatlife ldjstonband brunetty22 fefe10 JUNE 13th IL-MissKitty nadekusibe donna12 Kallets sap1021 JUNE 14th Mocha Lala miswoo

Okay, so I went through and wrote down when everybody is being banded this month to help people connect with those that are being banded around the same time. 96 JUNE BANDSTERS!! The first week: (if I have overlooked your date or misspelled your name, please message me and I'll fix it!) JUNE 1st Mariaband jc0031 mcaswellaust erin313 JUNE 3rd K6TYX JUNE 4th JulieC74 difa ready4change2 Lookingforthethinme missyb73 Dora24 chiflado ladyjfloral JUNE 5th iamcindylou liczwek Aummie58 akillam loribelle eileen27 wyldlove MemphisFan addunaway ready4animprovedme JUNE 6th mcuevas carolinagirl2012 ChubbyGal sbrown3121 VelmaDinkley JUNE 7th Sombra1718 cfurrey hollyelbert BreBre

Mine is the 21st and I'm nervous, too. Everybody asks me when my surgery is and if I'm excited. I'm mostly giving them a half-smile and a "yeah" right now I think it is only natural to try and second-guess these things. Stay focused on the positives.

fat.all.my.life 120 in the 4th grade. That's when I went on my first diet, which consisted of a "new" MD supervised prescription pill/ADA diet exchange type diet.This was in '88, I think. Lost 30 pounds over the summer. Thought I was hot **** going into the 5th grade, turns out I was still the fattest kid in the class. *shrug* I've steadily gained weight since then. Never known what it was like to be thinner, especially during those very formative teen/young adult years. My psyche is probably permanently damaged. Funny thing...I like to ride a scooter for fun and transportation. I was out tooling around the neighborhood the other day, and a Mustang pulls up on my tail and starts playing the ice cream truck music super loud. I went home and cried to my husband about it. I totally felt like a 14 year old girl getting picked on.

My husband has definitely expressed his worries. His ex-wife had bariatric surgery prior to them meeting, but it was during their marriage that she dropped a lot of weight and I guess thought the grass was greener on the other side. He's been having bad dreams about me leaving him. I do and say what I can to show him that not only is this surgery for me, but because I want our FAMILY to have a better life, too.

Congrats! I've never had surgery either, so please let us know how it all went! Best wishes for a speedy recovery

I ordered samples from Chike and tried the banana protein shake this morning. Pretty good! I only have to do a liquid diet for the day prior, but I thought I'd start incorporating a few shakes to get me used to the idea of a liquid diet. 9 days!!!

Hey everybody! I'll be banded 6/21. I need to keep on my current low-fat, low-carb diet until the day before, then Clear liquids. I'll friend each of you on here. Maybe we need a calander of who is being banded when. Let's all try to remember to send positive messages to one another!

Yay!!!

Had my pre op class today. I was the only one in the class so we zipped right through. I'll be on Clear liquids the day before. 1st week: full liquids 2nd & 3rd: pureed foods 4th-7th: soft foods 8th & beyond: solid foods I was planning on going home the same day, but they really seemed to think I should stay the night. 16 days!

Beat of luck!

Five Guys! don't remind me of these things

Good to hear!

I'm about three weeks away. I had my last order of biscuits and gravy and big juicy cheeseburger (neither one of which I could finish, go figure!) Don't really have much else on my must have list. Maybe a Blizzard

Good luck!

Hey everybody! Glad to see you all doing so well. My pre-op class is next Tuesday, so I assume I'll go on a more restrictive diet at that point. Yesterday I came down with a horrible stomach bug which caused me to lose 8 pounds in 24 hours. I was happy, yet worried when I saw the scale say 266 this morning! Luckily I've been able to tolerate fluids today.

266 as of this morning. Not how I wanted to lose it, though. I had been hovering around 277 then finally dropped to 274 last week. Then yesterday, I became incredibly ill with vomiting and diarrhea. Lost 8 pounds in one day. Just now starting to drink sips again. It was weird to see 260s on the scale.....happy and worried at the same time!

My knees are troublesome at my current weight. I have pain after doing moderate exercise (like couch-to-5K) and crepitis (that crunchy sound). Have you bandsters noticed an improvement in the amount of stress that your knees can take as the weight has come off? Oh, and I'd LOVE to see my kneecaps one day. I think I saw them back in the 6th grade.