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Hey Everyone!I had my nutrition class this morning and my pre-op appt this afternoon. I am supposed to be at the hosptial at 6:15 AM on Monday morning I am the 2nd surgery of the day! They didn't do my blood work today so they said they would do it Monday morning when I got there. The nutrition class was very helpful, she told us that she recommends us not eating anything over 15 carbs per meal (when we get to the regular "food" stage). went to WallyWorld and got my *YUMMY* Fleet Lemon something Soda for Sunday, gee that should be a fun evening I am not looking forward to experiencing. I have to take 3tbl spoons at 1PM and then again at 6PM, clear liquids only and nothing to drink after midnight.I went to GNC this afternoon and found some new Whey protein mix, you mix it with water or juice, it is Pineapple, Orange, Bananna flavor, It smells pretty good and has 50 grams of protein for 1 scoop, with no sugar, fat or carbs and only 120 calories. I figured it would be really good mixed with Sunrise Crystal Light orange. We are supposed to be getting 60 grams of protein a day, so that one scoop gets us a huge chunk of our protein for the day!!!I hope everyone had a great Friday!

Hey Everyone! I had my nutrition class this morning and my pre-op appt this afternoon. I am supposed to be at the hosptial at 6:15 AM on Monday morning :notagree. I am the 2nd surgery of the day! They didn't do my blood work today so they said they would do it Monday morning when I got there. The nutrition class was very helpful, she told us that she recommends us not eating anything over 15 carbs per meal (when we get to the regular "food" stage). I went to WallyWorld and got my *YUMMY* Fleet Lemon something Soda for Sunday, gee that should be a fun evening I am not looking forward to experiencing. I have to take 3tbl spoons at 1PM and then again at 6PM, clear liquids only and nothing to drink after midnight. I went to GNC this afternoon and found some new Whey protein mix, you mix it with water or juice, it is Pineapple, Orange, Bananna flavor, It smells pretty good and has 50 grams of protein for 1 scoop, with no sugar, fat or carbs and only 120 calories. I figured it would be really good mixed with Sunrise Crystal Light orange. We are supposed to be getting 60 grams of protein a day, so that one scoop gets us a huge chunk of our protein for the day!!! I hope everyone had a great Friday!

WOW all you folks just hopping and bopping right after surgery, I am hoping that I am that good after mine on Monday! All of you that have already been banded, where are your incisions and how big are they? How many do you have? I have been curious about that because I saw some folks only have 4, some have 5 and a few have 6, I was wondering what determines how many you have? Are you'll using anything on your incisions to hopefully not have scars? I went shopping today and got some Liquid Protein, they are in like little test tubes, I hope they don't taste to putrid, got lots of chicken broth and some Mosi *sp?*soup. The guy at the nutrition store gave me some samples of vanilla Cinnimon and German chocolate Protein shakes, he said they are the best he has ever had, I guess I will try them and see. He looked pretty BUFF so I am thinking he has drank quite a few!!! I also got a one serving blender. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

Hey Everyone! I have my nutrition class on Friday, June 8, at 8:00 AM, and my pre-op appt sometime on Friday too, I haven't found out exactly what time my appt is yet! My surgery is scheduled for Monday, June 11 with Dr. Schmitt! I am supposed to shoot wedding pics on June 23 so I am hoping I will be able to do it, I usually end up squatting up and down ALOT shooting wedding pics. If I am not up to it I guess hubby will have to do it for me. Tami, Congrats on your anniversary coming up!!! How long have you been married? With your surgery did you have the gas and shoulder pain that everyone talks about on here? Did your skin shrink with you? I have been curious about how many folks have to have a tummy tuck/surgry to remove excess skin. I am hoping I don't have to do that! What all do they do on the pre-op appts?

My surgery date got moved up today from June 19 to June 11!!! They had to cancel someone because they didn't have all of their requirements done yet! That is a week from Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know my hubby is happy that HOPEFULLY I will be able to do those wedding pics on June 23! That will give me almost two weeks to be healing!!! WOW I am so excited, I have my nutrition class and pre-op appt next Friday and then surgery next Monday! :clap2:

Good Morning Everyone! I think I only have to do a liquid diet the day before my surgery. Has anyone gone to their Pre-op appt? I am just curious as to what all they tell you? I am so excited and ready to get it done. I was hoping to get my date a week earlier because I am supposed to shoot wedding pics on June 23!!! I am thinking that my hubby will be doing wedding pics for me!!! Anywho, I am off to work, I hope everyone has a great day!!!

Hey Everyone! I found out today that my band date is going to be June 19th! I am so ready!!!

Congrats on your new journey!!! I hope you are feeling ok and have a fast recovery!

Hey Everyone! I got my letter from BCBS yesterday saying I had been approved, I am just curious how long it normally takes to get a surgery date after insurance approval? The only pre-op thing I have left to do is meet with the nutrisionist and they told me not to do that until I was approved so I am wondering how long I should expect to wait for a date.

Thanks for all the replies everyone! I called my Dr's office this morning and they had not received the approval letter from BCBS so I faxed it to them. I made my nutritionist appt for June 8 *next Friday*. My surgery date is going to be June 12 or 19, not sure which one yet. I am hoping it will be the 12 because I am supposed to shoot wedding pics on June 23. I guess if it is the 19th I will have to get my hubby to shoot the wedding pics, ohhh boy is he going to love that!!! :love:

Good Morning Everyone! I just wanted to day Hi! I got my letter from BCBS yesterday saying that they have approved my band surgery!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! How long did it take you'll to get a surgery date?

Think about it like your job, you just took a "vacation" and now it is time to go back to work! Everyone hates going back to work after their vacations but you still have to do it! Just remember how much better you feel with your weight off! I have faith that you will get back in the swing of things!!!

:notagree UUUGGGGGGG I am sitting at work, I have to work midnight to 8AM in the morning which is absolutely no fun at all, the only perk to it is that I will be off work Friday so I get a really long Memorial Day weekend !!!!! The meeting went great this morning! Today was my first one and I got my hubby :love: to come with me. I think he really enjoied it also. Tami told everyone her story and she did such an amazing job and is so inspiring. :humble:

I understand about weight killing your spirit, believe me I've been right there with you for a really long time. I finally got to the mind set that I am who I am take it or leave it. If your friends are anything like mine they are all skinny and don't have a clue what it is like to even be 5lbs over weight, much less 100lbs. (One of my best friends made the top 5 in the Miss Alabama Beauty Pagent) What does your hubby think about pay for the band? You would probably come out alot better $ wise if you went to Medi trim or somewhere like that, which is overseen by a Dr., so that would count towards your 7 months for BCBS. Were you going to have to see any other Dr's *Cardio, Psych, etc.* Does your regular physician have a problem with surgery?

Hey K-Kat, I am BCBS Federal, not BCBS of AL. Federal doesn't make you jump through as many hoops as AL does. My papers were submitted last week so I figure it will be a few weeks before I hear anything from them but Neaomi at Dr. Schmitt's office told me that they usually approve it pretty easily. I actually had already done the 6-months of Dr. supervised weight loss (more like 3 years) so even if they made me do that I had already done it before I went to Dr. Schmitt. I have had a weight problem as long as I can remember, my mother had me in a child nutrition class when I was like 8 years old. I had just gotten used to the fact that I was going to be big all of my life but when I had my son my body just completely changed and I am heavier than I was when I was 9 months pregnant and no matter what I do I just can't get the weight off. That is what made me decide to try lapband. Hopefully I will get approved. Are you going to the group tomorrow at Medical Center East? It is at 10:30 AM and anyone is welcome.

No offense Cajun, but you BF sounds like a total and complete jerk face and you deserve so much better than that. Now take this from a complete DISNEY FREAK, there is absolutely nothing at Disney World that has a weight/size restriction and you can rent a scooter if you can't do alot of walking around the parks. You need to get rid of the BF and take a friend with you to Disney World and have a great time!!! If you have any questions about anything at Disney World just send me a message and I can tell you anything you would like to know!

:wave: Hey Everyone!!! My name is Season, I am from Birmingham, AL. I had my first appt. with Dr. Schmitt at Medical Center East last week. All went well, my papers were submitted to BCBS (FEDERAL) and hopefully they will approve it. :banplease: I will be at the support group on May 19th, it looks like I will see some of you there, I look forward to meeting you! This is me, if you see me please say hello!

Hey Everyone! I was just curious if anyone has had a problem getting a clearance letter from their primary care dr? My PCD is not a fan of the lap-band surgery because he thinks that everyone should be able to loose weight on their own, which if that actually worked all of us woudn't be here in the first place!

I am right there with you, my first appointment is this Thursday (5/10). I have gotten my medical records from my doctors already so I don't know how many hoops I will have to jump through, I guess I will see pretty soon! I hope all goes well with your Dr. visit, let me know what to expect!