saleel22

Cherry Blue, I'll wish you lots of luck today as I am being done Wednesday as well and might forget. Nerves,you know. Sort of kicking in now and again.lol Saleel22

Good luck Jess. Saleel

Tamwritestuff, 100lbs Good on you. That's great. Saleel22

Hi Pattigail, You have done great. Has it been hard for you to loose? Keep up the good work. Saleel22 Being banded January 16th

Good luck for tomorrow Josh. I hope every thing goes smoothly for you. Saleel22

Good luck to all being done on the 14th. CoreynVA, acalpn, srbanker(Suzanne), grayl, cnukaya, Jessthat, Deedle, thinner-or-bust, gilliebean, greeniiii, mitch, WestCoastFatGuy Hope every thing goes smoothly for you all. Saleel22

Whoops sorry don't know why it appeared twice. Saleel22

Hi Hilary, I'm a bit of a night owl so will probably see you on here till you start sleeping properly again. hope you are feeling ok. Salee22

Hi Hilary, I'm a bit of a night owl so will probably see you on here till you start sleeping properly again. hope you are feeling ok. Salee22

Ms BearKat11 Hope every thing keeps going ok for you. Saleel22

Hi Comepickmeup, Sorry you had some complications with your surgery and hope all is well with that now, but I laughed out loud at the green pee and the look on the nurses face. Being an ex nurse from way back it appealed to my sick sence of humour. I hope all the gas is coming out ok. My turn on Wednesday 16th so getting nervous now. Saleel22

Hi Phyl, Wow 60lbs off is great. Good on you. Saleel22

Hi Hilary, Glad to hear you are doing so well. Good luck on the journey. Saleel22

Hi Karen, I think we all feel the same way waiting for the day to come. Good luck. Read every thing on here as it does help. Best of luck. Saleel22

Hi Aussiegirl, Thanks for posting such a great read. It gives a true insight of every day life with the band. I am being done on the 16th on the Gold Coast and am finding reading everything like this is the only way for me to stay calm. Good luck to you. I hope you keep on doing well. Saleel22

Hi Dianne, I'm with you, 50 is the new 30. Well I hope any way. Saleel22

Hi Sandy, It's hard to stay an age you want when your kids keep catching up,isn't it? I'm 52, have 4 kids and 3 Grandkids. I'm being banded on Wednesday 16th. Good luck to all that have been done and those like me with it coming up soon. Saleel22

Hi Thistledoe, Know the feeling. Getting nervous as well. Trying to keep calm and think of other things then it just sort of hits me. We'll be ok, I'm sure. Saleel22

Hi GraceUtah. You have done so great. Just looked at your ticker and noticed how much weight you have lost. You must feel wonderful. Good on you. Saleel22

Hi Fred, I think it would be worse luck to actually loose your rings when you have lost the weight than to not get them resized because of some superstition. If your marriage is good changing ring sizes isn't going to ruin that. Good luck. Don't stop loosing weight just to make the rings fit again lol. Saleel22

Hi Brez1015, Good luck for the 11th. I hope every thing goes smoothly for you. We'll be thinking of you. Saleel22

Good luck to all of you. I am being banded on the 16th January as well. VKO the horror stories always make some people feel better. My husband and I travel a lot and you can bet every time we are going to take a flight there is an air crash documentory on TV just to get my nerves going. You will be fine, just keep thinking positive. This is what I keep telling myself. I have had previous surgeries that I had to have but still feel nervous about this. I think that is a normal thing. Just keep reading all the positive things that people have to say on here. Good luck to every one.(including me). Saleel22

Hi Mary, I have copied something that I lifted from elsewhere on the forums. I don't think the person would mind as this is very helpful. I hope this helps you with answers to give to the negative people. Saleel22 The answer to people who think the lap band is the easy way out.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Soula, I went to a seminar this week presented by an obesity surgeon and was talking to him about the issue of people saying it's the "easy way out" and he said this... Well sure, the lapband tool is designed to make losing weight easier for people but isn't that the same with any 'tool' ???? Why should anyone judge us for that? So would someone say to a carpenter that using a nail gun is the easy way out when they should use a hammer? Would someone say to a baker that using a mixing machine is the easy way out when they should mix by hand? If a tool such as the lapband is available to us and makes losing weight easier (not saying EASY, but EASIER) than other methods and therefore saves our lives then whose business is it anyway? Probably the same judgemental people who make mothers feel guilt if they need pain relief in labour (as that's taking the easy way out rather than suffering!) geeez, some people should just find something more constructive to say. Anyway, I'm sure you didn't let that one negative person get to you Soula but for anyone else who gets that shit from someone there's the reply! If we weren't supposed to use tools that make life easier for us then we'd all still be living in caves eating raw meat without cutlery!<o:p></o:p>

Thanks Brenda, I have my son & his girlfriend visiting at the moment so have been trying not to think about the surgery but it is hard. I keep nearly saying something about it then stop myself as no one other than hubby knows I'm having it done. Saleel22

Hi every one , I just thought I should hop in on this thread as I am over 50. 52 to be exact. I am being banded on the 16th January and am trying not to be too anxious about it. These forums are a great read though as everybody on here is very supportive and helpful to every one else. Good luck every one. Saleel22