luckylinds

Thank you everyone for all of the great advice, and sharing your own fears with me! Kevin - I always forget that aspect, thank you for reminding me! Okay - I'm leaving for my surgery in a couple of hours...happy thoughts everyone! When I post here again - I'll be a bandster!! :blushing:

Thanks Cindy - that was a huge help! Sometimes I wonder if it's worth all this trouble to be skinny....but then again, it's been so long, I forget what skinny feels like. It's funny, ever since deciding to do this band, it's like all of the annoying and troublesome things with being overweight start to get worse. And I've never noticed before how much my legs and knees hurt when going down stairs, or how my lower back aches when I walk too fast...the little things. Well, I'm flying down to my appointment Wed morning, and that should be the last time I ever have to ask for a seat belt extender!! (I travel a lot, and I have to say, fitting comfortably into the airplane seats is a BIG motivator for me!) Congratulations on your weight loss success so far, you must feel very proud and empowered with your new life! Thanks for your happy thoughts and prayers, and cheers right back at you!

Loyoyo - I read that you were getting the surgery the same time as me and my mom on another thread, too cool! What day is your surgery on? Maybe we'll run into each other :-) Good Luck, all the best!

By the way, I'm already down 10lbs with my pre-op diet, not bad at all!

Brenda - I went through Belite (with Jessica) and it has been a great experience. She's answered her phone every time I phone, and always answers her emails quickly. She's provided me with tons of great info and answers to my questions. She's really put any concerns I had at ease, and while the whole process isn't complete yet, so far so good. Please don't pay any attention to skinny's comments, this person has posted the same negative comments on other threads. Really, you must call around and find out for your self, there are a lot of misinformed fear mongers on this site! Good Luck, and thanks to everyone for the tips, amamastime - chapstick, I never would have thought of that, and yet, I always need it! Thanks again, best of luck to everyone! :thumbup:

My mom and I are going into have the surgery next Thursday (28th). I've heard only great things about him, I'm looking forward to it! Any tips from you bandsters to make the surgery experience smooth, and thing you wish you had done differently?