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Go that day and explain to them that your having surgery. If you need your surgeon to be involved then do so. I would wait because it may only be your there for that 1 day. Call your surgeons office and ask. On the possitive side it will keep you busy and your mind off of things.

So I just got a call from the Drs office and they said they have to move my date from the 26th to the 28th and it wouldn't be till after 3...YIKES!!! I asked her if they had anything earlier she said i'll call you back and YES!!!!! My surgery is on the 25th at 11:30!!! Dr Appts...Check Vitamins...Check Dietician....Check Blood Work...Check X-Ray...Check Pharmicist...Check My Regular Dr visit...Check Kids spending the night at their friends...Check Hubby off work...Check Started my liquid diet for Breakfast and 1 snack...Check Next week i'll be on liquid diet until i'm told to go to the next step I am so excited!!

The Dr, dietician and pharmacist know and said those were great to take. Maybe each Dr is different on their preference. Why do you take prenatal pills?

I don't get the flu shot. Most of the people I know who get the flu shot get the flu anyway and the answer they get is there are hundreds of different kinds of flu and the flu shot doesn't help with most of them.

Lap Band surgery in 2 weeks!! Time is flying by

My prayers and thoughts are with everyone who has had surgery or gonna have surgery. Thanks for posting pictures you look great.

I forgot to mention that at Sams and Costco they also have protein granola bars

So today I went to the dietician and it was so exciting. She showed me the rooms and the where i'll be walking so I don't get blood clots. We went through whats gonna happen the day of surgery. She took a picture of me to have 1 as the before surgery picture. Also she said slowly switch to the liquid diet. So tomorrow i'll have a protein drink instead of lunch

So today I went to the dietician and it was so exciting. She showed me the rooms and the where i'll be walking so I don't get blood clots. We went through whats gonna happen the day of surgery. She took a picture of me to have 1 as the before surgery picture. Also she said slowly switch to the liquid diet. So tomorrow i'll have a protein drink instead of lunch

Do you have a Sams or costco card? Or know someone who is a member? You can go with them they use their card and you can purchase Protein shakes and the powder with your EBT, SNAP, or cash. They have vanilla and chocolate

I'm having surgery on the 26th and i'm missing not drinking so much so fast. I'm doing it now so I can be use to it. I know there's no drinking and eating but sometimes I forget. I never knew how much and how fast I really drank until i've learned to limit myself.

I want to be able to walk up the stairs at a Water park and not be winded where i've got to stop when going up. I want to be able to go on the waterslides with the tube and not touch the bottom with my butt because i'm too heavy. I want to be able to breath while barely jogging. I want to go sledding and not struggle to go up because I can't breath. I want to be able to buy snow pants instead of wearing 2 pairs of pants and freezing. I want to go somewhere with my friends and not be the biggest. I don't want to sit and watch everyones purses or drinks while my friends are dancing. I look around at the water parks and see all these skinny moms together, chatting and then theres me. Hoping and wanting to be smaller so that I don't get the looks(that eeewww look). I don't want be the one giving or getting dirty looks. I don't want people to judge me for the way I look. Sadly too many people judge and teach their children to judge. Oh the joys that I can't wait for!!! Small or big I want to do everything!!! Mostly I want my kids arms to be able to hug me with them being able to put squeeze me to tight that they can touch their hands so I can get the biggest bear hug from my sweet children!!!!

Good luck and enjoy your new journey to everyone who is having surgery this week!! Tomorrow I go to the dietician and find out when I start the liquid diet and the last details. I can't believe the days are going by so fast.

I've heard a lot of great ways to respond to people when they ask how you lost or are loosing the weight. I don't like lieing so this to me is the best way to answer the question......lots of water, protein and exercise. This way you choose if you want people to know about the surgery and your being honest I started telling people over a year ago when I was researching and of course there were good and bad comments. Now i'm approaching the surgery date 9/26. My kids kind of know but I haven't talked to them about when. My reason why is because the 2 that I would tell are 15 and 10 I want them to have everything go as normal. I've arranged for them to spend the night at their friends, my oldest who's doesn't live here, and my youngest will stay with my husband. My husband says its up to me. The reason I don't want to tell the kids is because they won't want to go to school, worry about everything and when I had my 15 year old worrys so much she gets ill. I'm blessed to have a wonderful husband who supports me and is here for me. He tells me that i'm perfect and don't need the surgery but has seen me try and fail at other diets and trying everything. My sister doesn't know because she's been really busy but when I did tell her she said she would like to do it after my research and my surgery. My mom would worry to much and she's an epileptic and I don't want her to have a seizure. My husband told his brother and he said why and says that he's here for me. Am I doing the right thing by not telling everyone? Do I want them to worry? Is it better to tell them afterwards? Or to tell them at all? Ok now that i'm done babbling. I just have had this on my mind a lot and now that i'm done this has helped me get this out. Its weighed heavy on my mind and shoulders. I feel in my heart that i'm doing the right thing by not telling and worrying everyone.

Not everyone you know is gonna be supportive but you need to remember that this is about you and nobody else. Have your husband go with you to the Drs. My husband is worried but says he supports my decision and will be at my side. I've tried diets, diet pills, support systems, and yes I would loose some weight but as soon as I would go off of the pills, or try something else BOOM the weight goes back on. I've researched about the surgery for 2 years and decided this is a life style change that will help me forever. I'm having lap band surgery on the 26th and I won't be changing my mind.

I'm new here also. Seems like a great group with a lot of knowledge. My surgery date is Sept 26th. Your surgery date is my 1 week visit with my surgeon. Welcome and congrats

For pre op I had to see my regular Dr and then have blood work, EKG and a chest x-ray. I did this on Thursday. I know I passed the EKG and haven't heard back about my blood or x-ray. Also I had to make an appt with the dietician to discuss and get things for the liquid diet. I go on Monday for this appt.

Congrats!!

I wear size 20 but have a few shirts that are 22/24 and also some 14/16 that I haven't let go of when I use to wear them.

What advice would you give to someone who is gonna have the surgery in 2 weeks? Would you have done something that you didn't? What did you do that helped you? I sip Water all day I don't snack I measure what goes on my plate I started taking Vitamins I exercise I gave up pop but do have a few sips if I get a headache(because of the sugar withdrawl)

Call 1-800-Wal-Mart and talk to them. Its considered as a food item and is covered under your SNAP card. Also if you have a Sams or Costco card they both accept the SNAP card and you can get the protein bars there, shakes and other food or drink items. Even the dollar stores if they have something with protein will take your SNAP card. You can not use your SNAP card for the vitamins

I take the Flinstones and buy them from Costco.I like the purple ones best but the price makes me chew the other ones HAHA! I take b-12 gummy kind from Wal-Mart and the Caltrate chewables I get from Wal-Mart

What if we do a clothing swap? We can help each other by saving money. If we have to ship it then that person could just pay for shipping. Would anyone want to do that?

I'm getting the lap band and thats because i've had some friends that had it done and they're doing really well.

I told people when I started researching about 2 years ago. My kids I talked about with them the beginning of the year. Sweet kids that I have told me that i'm perfect the way I am and don't need to worry because they love me no matter what. My husband says that I don't need the surgery because he loves me and that i'm beautiful and shouldn't mess with perfection:) I haven't told anyone that I have a surgery date. My hubby knows, he told his good friend at work and his brother and will be taking off for 2 days and then its the weekend. Our kids don't know that i've got a date and the night before we were gonna have them spend the night at their friends so they wouldn't know. I don't want them to worry about anything or miss school. I heard this for and thought it was great to say and of course it isn't lieing. People would ask her how she lost weight and she said lots of Water, Protein and exercising. Which is very true. She just left the part out about surgery. So I think i'll be using this when people ask me and I may add in the words of stress or kids keep me going