NJDanielle27

Hi! I had my appointment yesterday and all went well. I had a urine test, blood work, EKG and chest XRAY. I was asked 25 times if there was any chance I was pregnant. After the 3rd time, it starts making me nervous..like well I shouldn't be... My official diet for PREOP is one week of low fat, low carb.

Well, I had my pre-admission testing yesterday. I did a urine sample, blood test, chest xray and EKG. I signed all of the paperwork and I am good to go for Feb 1. So excited! I have to do a low fat diet for one week prior to surgery but that is it. I have been trying to eat healthy anyway so I am not worried about it. Did you guys go already?

Hi LapBand community - I am brand new here. I am getting banded on 2/1. I was not given a restripcted pre-op diet although they did tell me to watch my fat consumption the week prior. I really enjoyed going through these forums and reading what everyone had to say. I am not really telling anyone besides my bf and my family so it is nice to feel like I have support here. I have also watched hours of videos on youtube and they have been very inspirational! Any words of wisdom or anything you'd like to say, I look forward to getting to know you guys!! Danielle NJ

Did your doc tell you to eat a certain number of grams of protein each day? Have you tried watering down some protein shakes?

Wow Sam! 20 pounds! Congrats! How is the liquid diet going for you and how was the pain after surgery?

I just assumed it was my browser causing issues So when did you get banded? Your weight and mine ar every close - how tall are you? I am 265 and 5'6''. My goal weight is 170. I know that is higher than most people but I got down to 177 when I was 20 and I was pretty happy.

hi! surgery on 2/1 here! I wasn't given any strict guidanc eyet on a pre-op diet but I go tomorrow to fill out the consent form and get all the pre-admission testing done so maybe I will be told then. I am so excited!!

Hi everyone. I am brand new to this site so pardon my ignorance. I am having surgery on Feb 1st and go for my preadmission testing tomorrow! I had insurance cover since my BMI is just over the 40 mark. I have struggled with weight for 10 years now. I have always been bigger but not significantly until college. My highest weight was 298 and I went down to 206 in 2008/2009. Since then, it has been a slow uphill (story of my weightloss/gain life). I am trying to take control of my life now. I am so excited but I am so nervous to fail. I feel like if I don't succeed at this, my hope will be gone. Like...what happens then? I should probably go into this more positively but it doesn't help that I have been failing at it for 10 years. Any advice or good vibes are much appreciated!!!!