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Good luck and many Blessings to all that are being banded in the next few days..... fluffy.... I am doing a high protein low carb diet which is very similar to the Atkins diet... We are currently on the road, so I will be hit and miss with the computer.... My DH and I live full time and travel in our motorhome.... Colorado is my home and our home base is in Grand Junction where my youngest daughter and children live... My middle daughter and children live in the Denver area... My oldest daughter and children live in the Rifle, New Castle area...

It is so good to hear that all of you are doing well from your surgery.... Thanks so much for being the first brave souls to go in and for paving the way for all the resst of us..... Please keep checking in with us

Good luck and many Blessings to all of you going to be banded in the next few days.... I am on the road traveling to Colorado for my surgery...

Wow Holly, we sure do have a big groupie going on... That sure is neat.... Good luck to all of us TENacious TENS and Blessings to all...

Hello everyone and especially Topdownbug.... My surgery is scheduled for the 16th also and I am starting my pre-op diet tomorrow.... For all of the October band surgeries, check into the October monthly support group... Go to the home page and find the thread "Monthly Lap-Band Support Groups" and then go to "October 07"... There are over 80 people getting banded in the month of October and we welcome all to the TENacious TENS.... Please come join us... Check in at the "Roll Call" thread so Holly can add you to the list..... Good luck to you all......

Good luck and God Bless you on your day tomorrow.... Special (((Hugs))) to your precious daughter....

Oh no WASa... Are you doing ok??? Apparently it doesn't take much with the band to get tipsy... Be careful....

Good luck and God Bless..... Please check in on the new "Banded" thread that had been started for you newly banded TENacious TENS.....

Amen and many blessing to all of us with many wishes for a speedy recovery as each one of us is banded...

I don't know how common it is but, it sounds like it could be an allergy to something in your liquid diet or it could be from no sugar or caffeine if you have cut back on them or just plain stress because of the impending surgery... Have you talked to your Dr about it?

Sbee... Great idea to start this thread.... I sure hope everyone uses this after their surgery to check in with us... To all of you first ones, my thoughts and prayers are with you...

Best of wishes to all of the 1st and 2nd of October TENacious TENS who are making their journey into bandland.... lovekatz... realestwoman... woodsk... Shrinkage... Kloverdad and Klovermom... MistyDTX... mescla... Sbee... BigK... pvchickie... summer... BlyeEyedKitty... bbjerseygirl... gallygirl... You are in my thoughts and prayers.... I will be starting my pre-op diet tomorrow as well as embarking on my trip to Colorado to see kids and grandkids and have my surgery on the 16th.... Good luck to all of the others who are on or will be starting their pre-op's......

Here are many good wishes for a speedy recovery and blessings on your new journey into bandland for the October 1st and 2nd people.... Please let us know how you are doing as soon as you feel up to it... We will be thinking of you all..... 1st........ lovekatz... realestwoman... woodsk... Shrinkage... Kloverdad and Klovermom... 2nd....... MistyDTX... mescla... Sbee... BigK... pvchickie... summer... BlueEyedKitty... bbjerseygirl... gallygirl... Prayers to all....... Hope to hear from you soon....

Hi Fluffy.... Oh boy do I ever have worries about not being able to eat some of the foods that I so dearly love... I have been stressing about Thanksgiving for over a month now.... I will be on the road working my way to Colorado while I am doing my pre-op diet.. We will stop along the way to see relatives and I know they will want to go out to eat... On one of the stops we will be celebrating one of our grandson's birthday and that will have cake and ice cream... Yike's... I hope I can resist... Then in November there is another grandson's birthday and Thanksgiving and then our great-granddaughter's first birthday, then more birthdays and Christmas..... Sometimes I think I picked the wrong time of year to have surgery, with all of the celebrations going on.... I hope yours will be different...

Happy Saturday to all of us TENacious TENS!!! I hope your weekend is going great so far.... Especially all of those on their pre-op diets... Good luck to all of those that go to surgery first, we will be thinking of you and praying for a speedy recovery.... New Me.... The reason I am self pay is because I don't have any health insurance... If I did have insurance, I think I still would have gone self pay, especially if they gave me a bunch of hoops to jump through... Donna.... Won't it be fun to be in the pictures instead of hiding.. I'm looking forward to that... DH and I would like to have a nice professional photo taken of us... We have never had one taken since I didn't want to be in the picture... lafs.... That's funny about telling everyone, cause I have done the same thing and everyone is so supportive.... We will be waiting for an update after your surgery and don't forget to post an update on the Dr K thread.....

Hello all!! I have been lurking around for awhile and not posting much... I will be starting my pre-op diet in 2 more days and hitting the road at the same time for the trip back home to Colorado for the surgery on the 16th... Mal..... Great pictures of the great outdoors of Colorado... It brings a tear to my eyes when I see the beauty of it all... I am sooo homesick and sooo looking forward to coming back home.. Want2be.... So glad to hear you are doing much better from your surgery.... I heard that color Sunday on the 23rd of September was fabulous on the Grand Mesa... We would go to there every year to see the fall colors and have the dinner at the Community Center in Mesa. Have you been to it? It's lots of fun... Also, I'm looking forward to meeting you at Dr K's office on the 15th.... Lap Dancer.... Maybe we can schedule the November Red Robin get together while you are in Colorado... I will be there then and I would love to meet everyone.... Shesha.... Congratulations on your pregnancy... That is great and I'm looking forward to you sharing your journey with us... Blessing to all of the others I have missed and hope you all have a great weekend...

I am a retired Office Manager and Bookkeeper.... My husband and I sold our home, purchased a motorhome and hit the road... We now live and travel full time in the motorhome with our 2 little dogs.... Life is good for us...

lessnless.... You are to funny... The piss-and-moan-at-home-alone club cracked me up.... Thanks for the funny post.... Hope you don't suffer from a hang over tomorrow... :confused:

Hello to all the October folks... We have a group started for encouragement and support under "Monthly Support Groups" and the October 07 thread... We have a "Roll Call" thread that lists everyone that is having their surgery in October... We would like for you to come on over and get your name added to the list... Our group is called TENacious TENS....

Hey Holly...... Thank you so much for doing this list... I can't believe that there are 87 of us so far to be banded in October. I'm getting excited and looking forward to hearing from the ones that go first and following them along with their journey... There are 33 to be banded just through the first five days.... Good luck and blessings to them all.....

LilMiss... Thank you so much for posting the list... I have printed it and will get all of the necessary items for my october 16th surgery...

Hi Dave B..... Good for you in making the best decision to get the lap band. With 5 children, you sure do need to be active and healthy for them... Hop on over to the "Monthly Support Groups" thread and go to the October 07 thread and you will find over 80 other people who will be getting their bands in October too... We welcome all... Good luck to you on your journey...

Sending many good wishes and thoughts to all of you early bandsters.. May your surgery go well with no problems... My prayers are with you all.... Many blessings.

Hi fluffy...... I am having my surgery on the 16th, and I need to lose 100 lbs also... I am a little bit older than you and have 4 children, 9 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter... I am self pay and having my surgery done in Denver, Colorado by Dr Kirshenbaum... I will be starting my pre-op diet on the 2nd and he requires a high Protein, low carb diet which is essentially the Atkins diet.... I have been on that diet before so I'm not expecting any complications, however it does require portion control and lately I have been very terrible at that.... I have also picked up the bad habit of grazing all day... I have just about eaten up all of the junk food I have around, so I won't have an temptation laying around calling my name. :confused: I will be happy to give you support throughout your process.... I'm sure that others being banded in October will be here for support too.... :clap2:

Indiogirl.... Very well put... You have said it very eloquently... I am to be banded in 2 more weeks and I have been reading, reading and more reading for the past 2 months on the site and I feel very comfortable in the knowledge I have gained here...