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As of this evening my surgery is one week from tomorrow. I see the surgeon tomorrow afternoon and will get a lot of unanswered ?'s answered. Good luck to everyone.

It sounds like the after care is good. The other Dr in the center is being trained on the band and he has a wonderful reputation. I did find out that the dr has resigned from the surgical group but not from the hospital. So that has made me feel better. I am praying about it and others are also praying for me to get the answers I need tomorrow and the peace I need. I do know that it wouldn't be the end of the world for me not to overeat on the cruise. I just want to feel good! Thanks for all your support. My apt is 3:45 tomorrow.

Here I go again! I was calm, feeling good and confident about the surgery even though the Dr is leaving the practice a month later, even though I'm going on a 9 day cruise less than 3 weeks later. So she calls me up this morning and says I gotta tell I don't feel good about this and niether does my husband. Whats the rush. You booked the cruise. It's not everyday you book a cruise. He (my Dr) has jerked me around with the dates now 3 times. Are you sure you really want to go with him, he can't be the only surgeon out there ther has got to be others. We want you to be your fun crazy self on the cruise. What if something goes wrong. Do you really trust this Dr? AHHHH now not only am I starving today and my emotions are a reck anyway, now I'm second guessing everything again! I know leagally the doctor can't tell me where he is going. All I know is that he is leaving the surgical group. I don't know if he is opening up another practice in the area or not. I'm sure hoping he is. If it wasn't for the stupid cruise that we already paid for and can't get out of I would do the surgery with out second guessing. But, he is leaving and the only date I can get before he leaves is the 26th! Is there any way to find out if a doctor is starting a new practice before he leaves the old? Does any one has any insite on this. Also I'm I nuts!!!!!!

Good luck! From the way everyone talks on here we really have nothing to worry about!

The store had changed to a health food store....

Thanks... I'm not afraid about over eating I never do on cruises I'm just nervous about how I will physically feel. Plus I'm just to darn tired at the end of the day to stay awake for the buffet! Thanks for you input.

Best of luck to you, I'd really like to know why you have changed your mind? Please let us know, and do come back and say hi.

Thanks for all your support. I know I will feel better after meeting with him on Monday. Kim I hope to see you there. . We went out to dinner tonight to see the inlaws. We went to a resturant that usually has great soup. I had only had 1 protien drink and a pudding so I was at 270 calories. Well the resturant had lousy soup tonight so I ordered flounder and only had 1/4 of it. It was very wierd being in a resturant not being able to eat. I guess that to is something to get used to. Thanks agian!

Thanks! I think I will skip the mashed potatoes!

This may sound nuts but someone said they thought I could have mashed P's in my pr-op stage. Does this sound nuts to you.

Welcome, Were having it done on the same day! Good luck!

Oh MY today is your LAST SUPPER!!!! lol I'll ry not to think about what your eating! I"M SO HUNGRY TODAY!

That is GREAT NEWS! Congrats!

I am 12 days away from bandland! AHHH I'm emotional! Scared! Hungry! Excited! Grumpy! I want to do everything right! Do you have any advice to give me that I should do now before I go in on the 26th? I started my liquid phase on Monday. I am not in good shape physically which scares me. I know I should walk more and do more crunches and other exercises. What else should I be doing? And the grumpiness! Don't you DARE LEAVE A DISH IN THE SINK!

I'll be there. We should take an official count Sunday and plan to sit together. I have a 3:45 Dr apt with Dr V so I'll be hanging out, if anyone wants to meet me earlier let me know

Thanks, I bet I'll be bugging you a lot more!!!

Thanks, My surgery is with Dr. Voellenger is Charlotte NC.

Welcome home!

YOU NUT! I'm not cheating! Come on if I can do it you can! I found out that we can have SOUP! a can of tomato soup with 1/2% milk is 325 calories. I had this for dinner tonight and I'm so excited about it. So for today I had: 7:30 Whey protien drink calories 210 protien 30 glass of water 9:00 Carnation istant Calories 170 P-12 bottled water 11:30 Carb solutions Calories 110 P-21 12:30 diet coke 2:30 Carb solutions Calories 110 P-21 5:30 Can of tomato Soup Calories 325 P-10 water pudding 1/4 cup (tip, buy a bunch of the sugar free jello's and puddings already made, save the containers and then make instand pudding and jello in those used containers) If I added right I had 975. I feel much better than I did this time last night!! Now here is a question for you experienced folks.....can we had mashed potato's, yogart and cottage cheese now also? I'm guessing yes to yogart and no to the others. I know I shouldn't think about the scale, and I've been the one to always say I wasn't going to look at it, but on Monday (day 1 of liquids) I looked to get a begining # and then like an idiot I looked today. The # was the same! I know I should have waited until next apt. with doc, but I didn't! So Starr when we all meet on the 24th, we can order cream soup!

Vanesa did he say anything about maybe having to do it open? That is my fear also.

I hope you sleep good tonight! Good luck, I'll say a prayer for you.

I'm still waiting for my surgery, but my thoughts are I need to just do this for my health and heart! I want to be in as good a shape as I can be for the surgery date. After the 26th I hope to continue because I know how hard it is to not do it. Curves is GREAT! but I have back problems with it so I have to stop. Just be careful that you don't over do it there. It is a great place if you have ADD..lol..because you are only at your spot for 30 seconds then you move to the next.

WOW Sheila, I have the same scar also and my surgery is on the 26th. My dr did tell me that it would be more challenging but that it could still be done. The jerky Dr who did my gall blatter back in 86 felt like being a little differen't that day and desided to make my insision straight up and down instead of the sideways insision. What is the date of your surgery? and good luck! Are you on liquids yet? I started yesterday with mine.

Congrats! and welcome. Where in NC are you.

I'm screaming for you girl!!!! That is WONDERFUL!!!! Melissa you should try. Starr, what did they say about FU? I'm so excited for you! You were so down last night when we spoke! Melissa, don't give up!