donna450

Great!! How are you feeling? Mentally you sound pumped. That's the way to handle it. I hope I am over this jittery feeling when it's my time in about 2 weeks. Good luck on your postop and beyond.

Brittani-Thanks for the support. I live in Florida but originally from Ft. Wayne, IN. But I've been down here for about 26 years so maybe a Floridian. LOL I hope you are feeling better as each day passes. It really is hard to imagine not eating the way I've been eating and getting along with it so well and losing so much weight. It really boggles my mind. Thursday coming up fast and I'm already feeling the shakes from maybe having low blood sugar levels. But I am projecting, I know. One day at a time. I've got to learn to do that more. BTW you've been banded a little while how is it going for you? Are you seeing the healing process working smoothly? and with little pain? It's so much to grasp. Making this lifelong change makes it difficult to not to think of all the things that could happen. So there I go again. One day at a time. For me being 63 you would think I wouldn't be such a baby!! LOL. You have a great day. Kudos to you.

Good to hear you all are doing good, and in high spirits. Positives thoughts are vibing through me just reading the posts. 8-8 is coming up this Thursday and preop will start. 8-23 is my banding date. I'm a little nervous cause I take so many meds and have to have then changed to be able to take them after surgery. Some are psychiatric, which all of them come in chewable form. The others I saw my doctor today and the office called the pharmacy to check out the others and I was tld they all could be crushed. So I should be able to get off about 6 of them right away, but the others will be a little longer, except my psych drugs which I need all the time. I am willing and ready for this to happen. I just found out today that my doctor doing the surgery is dropping the insurance I use so as of the end of the year I'll need to find another doctor who does lapbanding and be sure he takes my insurance. I'm on an *** United Healthcare. So that'll be in the works after surgery. I don't want to get caught without one. This is too important. So another worry. Take it a day at a time. Best to all of you. Donna

I hear all of ya! My banding is the 23rd and I'm as nervous as a cat. But that means I'm determined to do everything right. I have most of doctors ordering liquid or dissolvable pills for me and the ones I won't be able to take because you have to take them whole I am going to wean off of as my preop starts 8-8. But those hopefully will be the ones I won't need to take anyway after surgery. My main worry is that I will be able to take the liquid meds after surgery as I have a tendency to get seizures if I don't take those certain meds. Scary!! Big breath......calming down....I know this can work out....it's hard for me to take everything for granted (that it will work out) I have to plan and make sure my end is as it should be and leave the rest of it up to God and the surgeon. I hope this finds all of you in good health and well being in the weeks and months ahead. We are all doing this because we need to for various reasons but health I would say is the best one. Kudos to all of you. Donna

I for one am 63. I had never dreamed I could do this until I found a friend who had tried it. I bet their are many people who don't even know these exist. At least the older people.Maybe I am being naïve, but it is soooo new to me yet here I am set for banding on 8-23. I gave it a lot of thought. I have multiple diseases and chronic conditions, 33 pills a day and not feeling too hot anyway you put it. Anyway I am so happy to be here. I am finding out a lot of new things, to do and not to do. I have questions for my doctor. I found out about plication the other day. So I'm going to ask my doctor about that. Some have had it done and love it. So why I ask isn't there more of it heard about ? I see all these youngsters doing this procedure and I feel envious that I hadn't tried it way before now. But I still have a few good years and I want them to be my happiest ever. I have had many problems over the years as most of us have. Give me some feedback on those of you who have tried it and how you feel about it and those waiting to be banded. I am holding my breath hoping to get through the preop and worried about the procedure and after. Just genuine curiosity. Hope to hear from you soon. Donna

Nursing...how r u doing? Still losing and feeling great? Keep up the good work and positive vibes. E.Cowin.....the 26th author coming up fast how r u feeling as the day is getting closer? cheznoel....super that banding is doing well for four. We all need any advice or secrets you've discovered. Thanks for stopping in. Plz come back anytime. Goodnight to all. Keep up the positives....steer clear of the negatives. Donna

Well it's getting down to the wire. Today is the 3rd and I start on the 8th. Like I said before I need to get some liquids stocked up so I don't dehydrate. But I know my liver needs to have a rest and get smaller. I had a diagnoses when I had my gallbladder out that I had an enlarged liver. So I hopeful this preop will help alleviate that and also some weight. What I am having a hard time on is getting chewable, crushable, or dissolving tabs for my meds that I take now. My psychiatric drug are covered. My Aricept is covered. But my migraine and muscle relaxant isn't covered as far as I know now. I'm still working on it. So hopefully before the 23rd I''ll have everything straightened out. you all have a good day. Donna

Hi all I can see we've had no returnees. I found out from my support meeting what plication and the nurse said they my doctor doesn't do it but I wouldn't need it anyway. preop coming up in six days. Just got my disability check so can go to grocery store to stock up on liquids. I have a good deal of determination. I start preop on 6th and dh is cutting back too when I go on preopl. We'll C I hope each of you wherever your at in your banding that positive thoughts and positive results are happening for you. Keep smiling donna.

I see that all of you has wished they would have done it sooner. I do too, however, for me, I just found out about this not too long ago. I am at a point that I think physically, mentally and emotionally I can handle it. I've had a lot of mental problems along with being over weight along with many chronic conditions and diseases so I've got most of them under control and feel confident about myself. This adventure, this part of my life, I believe will only enhance the good feelings I have of myself today. So I hope this all finds you in the same frame of mind. I don't thik I'll like the preop diet but it is the beginning of the journey that will jumpstart the rest of my life. So I will look at it as a positive step towards the future. I'll be able to handle it and plan on handling all of it and sticking to the program as best as I can. I know all you will too. You sound determined and ready to begin this new chapter in this book of life. Kudos to you all. Donna

PatientWaiting, I didn't look at what day your surgery was for. But keep the faith, Kudos to you. The commitment is made now all you have to do is stick to the plan and away you go. I'm proud of you. As far as my pills are concerned I'm trying to get each doctor to either give it to me in liquid form, crushing it (some you can't crush) or dissolving on the tongue or under the tongue. I'll be doing that during the period of preop. I am bring all my med just in case I might have to stay overnight. Have yourself a wonderful day albeit hurting. I pray it's not too bad and you recovering nicely. Later, Donna

How long has it been since banded? If u can eat that kind of food it has to be awhile. How much have you lost? Have you heard of plication? Just seeing it around on boards from different people. Kudos 2 u for all hard work. Donna .

my band day is 8-23-13. I am starting my preop diet on 8-8-13. I have a lot of questions and paranoid thinking, but otherwise committed to this procedure. Keep up the good thoughts and positive feedbacks. for me there are no other options for me. I have too many diseases and chronic conditions because of my weight. I do have a lot of positive feedbacks from my mind at this time. Wait until preop diet. Then the thinking might become as little foggy. Then is when I need more reinforcements. I am happy I can come here. Kudos to all. Donna

I am having 2nds 3rds and 4th thoughts. I'm thinking of all the ways it won't work, but I know I'm just scaring myself. Look at the positive that will come out of it. Let the worries go to the back of your mind and replace them with a journal with positive feedback that you know will happen by doing this Leave notes around the house to uplift you. Have your friends write you and have them point out the positives they see. Don't go it alone. You can and will talk yourself out of it only if your dwell on the negative. NOT doing it isn't an option. Live or die? What are the positives for you? thanks for sharing. Donna

I am being banded on 8-23-13. I have some butterflies. I know I can do this but I still have so many questions. I know I should call my doctor and probably will next week. I am so concerned if I cough or grunt too hard - constipation that it might slip. I am worried that the silliest things will make it not work. I'm just being paranoid. So how goes the pre op diet? I have tea, coffee, broth crystal light to have only for 2 weeks and 3 days. I weigh 210 but my bmi is 37.2. So no real problems with surgery although I take at this time is 33 pills a day 23 different rx's. That put the doctor off. I had to get a clearance from 5 of my doctors before he would even consider me. Then my insurance turned me down because I hadn't been medically supervised counting calories. I was flabbergasted. I appealed and got a go ahead for surgery. They took my words to heart. The winning sentence I believe turned it was I have diabetes and all that entails, heart disease, high bp high choles. high triglyc. bipolar disorder fibromylgia and a host of other conditions and you're turning me down because I didn't count calories. hopefully everything will go smoothly as it possibly can. I plan on sticking to this. I have to. Not doing it isn't an option. I hope you all have a good banding experience pre and post and hope to be back here soon.Donna

Hi my name is Donna. I just got my date for surgery for Aug 23 a month from today. I do have concerns, but then I am a worrier. I am not worried about the surgery itself. I am worried whether or not if I cough too hard it'll fall off or have a hard stool push. dumb things like that. I know I can do this. I am grateful and thankful to my Lord and savior who lead me to this place and to my insurance company who is paying for this. I won't botch it up. I have soooooo many chronic conditions that the doctor was seriously considering not doing it since I take 33 pills a day for various reasons. But not to worry I am all set. I live near Tampa Florida and will be having surgery in Tampa. Dr. Grossbard was in one of the books about LapBand surgery and I feel confident that he knows what he is doing. As far as my pills go I believe in the beginning I'll be able to get off about 10 of them right away. I wish I had this 10 years ago, now I am 63. Better late than never. Here's to all who have self discovery through lapband surgery. Good luck to all. Donna