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HI all...just checking in... Hey REdmntwolf....I live in Mesa too! Well, my day is almost here! UGH!!!! You all know the feeling of "Lets get it over...OMG...what am I about to do?" Yea, so I have to clean today and make sure I have everything in order.....I will be a busy bee! Take Care

Prayers to everyone!!! I have to use magnesium citrate...Like and epson salt preperation...on Tuesday and I hear I'll be on the pot for 6 hours! I am NOT looking forward to that but I'll pretend that I am loosing a bunch of FAT!!!! I am prepared with soft and moist wipes too! Sorry TMI I think tonight will be my last "Food" I am choosing this...then I will just have protein shakes Monday and Tuesday morning and then it is clear liquids from then on...they said I could have an egg and slice of toast Tuesday but....I usually just do a protein shake every morning so why change that????? I am also allergic to egg yolks...yea I could have egg substitute but I'm sure I'll be having plenty of that soon enough! I am also to put a motion sickness patch behind my ear at 10:00pm on Tuesday to help with the naseau! Anyone ever try that? Good luck and love to all Late Bloomers this week!

I have heard of people needing to sleep in the recliner so they are upright to I think it is normal...hope it is better today...good luck...I am banded on Wenesday! OMG!!!

Becky...thank you for the kind word of encouragement! Kaytay....as I go out...you will go in! Best of Luck.... I get mailed a Medifast tip on e-mail today and I thought it was especially good so here it is: So many of us think of ourselves as “good” or “bad” depending on what we’ve eaten or whether we’ve exercised. Resist making these kinds of moral judgments about your health habits. If you eat something outside the typically recommended choices of the 5 & 1 Plan or indulge in an “extra” treat when in maintenance, you may have set yourself a bit further back from reaching your goals. But you're fine! You haven't lied, stolen, or committed murder. One misstep on your weight-loss program does not equal the sum of all of your choices and character traits. Keep your pursuit of health in perspective! I thought it was well put. Best of Luck and Keep up the Great work! Shelley

Shelly! YEA SCHOOL IS OUT!!!! Good Luck!!! I don't know about the plane ride but if this helps, last year I had a complete abdominal (cut) hysterectomy...they took everything! 2 weeks later I flew to New York from Phx, AZ! OK...maybe that wasn't in the rule book but I did great...just got tired after a lot of walking the next day....but I will tell you that when the plane took off! OMG! I felt my entire insides fall down to the void where my uterus and company was housed! It was like the rollercoaster stomach lift but lower! My face turned white but I think it was because it shocked me so much. I emphasize...It was not painful just a WIERD sensation... So, on the way home I was fully prepared for this feeling again and it did not happen...perhaps because it all truely moved down south in my body! So, as for banding? You might feel a bit of something but who knows? The best of Luck and to everyone else who is about to enter the LAND OF BAND!!!! TTFN - Shelley

:thumbup: Jenlines ...thank you for your post! I am going to do great too! I need to believe that! Kathy good luck with the close of school.....Band day will be here before you kow it!:thumbup: I just saw my countdown ticker! 4 days! :thumbup::thumbup: I was so busy I never saw the 5 for 5 days! :thumbup: I am going to get the house in shape...clean out the fridge and freezers...sorry family...you may miss a few things that just gotta go!!:thumbup: Then I have an interview for a new position on Tuesday and then time to clean the pipes out...so to speak....and Band day Wednesday!:cursing: Like I need an interview this week! Wish me luck:sad: TTFN Shelley

OK Margo....you are my hero....I hope I do as well.....my banding is May 28th which is Wednesday! All you Jazzy Junes must be getting excited too! Good Luck to everyone! I can't believe my date is almost here...I have been scheduled since March. I was waiting for school to let out - I'm a teacher! Ta Ta For Now...Shelley

glad you got it figured out! I have just been doing what I've been doing because I am one of the "no real pre-op" diet girls....Tuesday I will have a light breakfast...soup for lunch....at one do bowl prep...and dinner just clear liquids...so....I am eating but very little...today I had 2 protein shakes and chicken and broccoli for lunch... I will continue to eat light the next few days....and then do all liquids starting Sunday so my bowl prep is easy...that is what i did before my hysterectomy last summer.

Fairysaddle...in the Jan or Feb American Medical Journal or one of them.... it said that AGB was the remission for diabetes...my endocronologist shared the article with me...it is at work but I KNOW it was banding not RNY.

I've actually never watched it...I need to some time!

Christine...me too! OMG a week from today I will be banded! It is coming so fast now! UGH!! I am excitied and scared and....Scream!!!!

Good for you for not cheating:smile: I went to my pre op today...it all seems a go! I even had lost more than my required 10% of excess body weight! OK so I had lost 17.5 since my weigh in there at the end of Feb! Yea for Me!!!! Now, I just have to not blow it this week...but I'm sure I'll be fine! FYI...she gave me a Rx for the patch that goes behind your ear (like motion sickness one) so that the night before I put it on and it is supposed to help with nausea sp?.....I tend to get sick from the stuff they knock you out with:drool: So that is about it...Here is a group hug for us all!:wink2:

Allison and Shelly!!! And anyone else! WE ARE ALMOST IN BAND LAND!!!!! Don't you feel like a kid saying, "Are we there yet?" Well I say, "Yes...soon...we will be there!" I go to see the surgeon tomarrow! I have not "seen" her ever except at her seminar! In Feb. I saw her PA so this is sooooooo exciting! I used to have so many questions, but since I have researched and talked with all of you and all...I don't have that many anymore! So, thank you to all of you for sharing and posting! It truely helps you know what to expect and all! YEA FOR US!!!!! SHELLEY P.S. BIZZYBEE I KNOW HOW THE LAST WEEK IS AND HOW CRAZY IT IS! HANG IN THERE!

Interesting....I think the whole analogy of a washer machine...as in your stomach with food in it....churn, churn, churning... makes me want to wait to put in anything too soon. I will ask doc on Tuesday. By the way, Kat...thanks for the advice!

I see my doc on this Tuesday.....I am strongly thinking REALIZE too! Good Luck everyone in making your choices and your Band day!

efan82...my prayers are with you! Thanks Beckn for the update and info....I plan to walk walk walk and say yes to the Verset (liquid courage!) I had it both times I had surgery...I said some funny things but at least I was happy going under. They say the way you go "out" or the last thing you think of is what you awake remembering...So THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS ALL OF YOU AS YOU GO INTO OR!!!! My day is soon coming......WOWOOO Happy times to all those this week!!!! YEA!!!!

Shelly, I KNOW how it is and how you feel...except I also know I work hard all the time and I DESERVE to have this done for ME...ME....ME! I think of all the money I have wasted on Diet Centers.....bigger clothes, diet food, diet pills, and such...Then I think about how many Doctor bills I would have if I continued on this Morbid Obesity Rollercoaster and how all the health issues are just coming in now.... Not to mention...I'm sure I have strained my knees and hips with a 300 plus weight for at least 7 years or more?....So ....money on the lap band? Well, just the food savings alone should make up the difference if that is what you want to look at...We were bad about going out to eat.....now...I can split, do a side only.... or bring home several days "lunches" at every meal. Being a teacher, we are so used to doing for others and not ourselves...fairly common in the profession...Well...This is our time! Good Luck! Shelley

Hey you all! I just had a long week at school and am sooooo ready for it to be over next week...and then it is Band Day! OMG!!!! I am a bit nerveous but all of you have helped sooooo much! Bandfan 1...Good for you at cutting back the coffee!

Thanks for the info Nikki...I go to see the surgeon on Tuesday this week so I will discuss my choice then...I think it will be REALIZE...I went to a support meeting and it was about equal between the people.

:thumbup: Anyone want to come to Applebee's for lunch on Saturday, May 10th at Noon? A few of us are getting together....some banded or in my case, some not yet! See you there! :thumbup:

Daisy May...what a great post! I am 13 days out and my doc did not require anything special except loose 10% which I have! I have been dieting since December so..... I think I may switch to liquid only about 5 days before but I really try to eat light now...the day before it said have a small Breakfast like an egg and a piece of toast, lunch was Soup and then only clear liquids after that...also do the bowl prep...so I am not sure what I will do about solids the day before? Did anyone else eat the morning before your band day? TTFN Shelley

I certainly have had the same feeling at times...Now I am on the countdown at less than 2 weeks and the temptation is even harder....I had to loose 10% of excess body weight and I go in on this Tuesday to meet with my doc!!! I am there if I control myself this weekend! UGH!!! It is hard but I can do it! Good Luck!

Hey you all!!! Just checking in.... Caffine and coffee...I have had some but am not starting my day with it so...I guess I'll be completely off soon??? soda...no problem.. fast food...no problem... Sugar....A PROBLEM! I am not having a lot but I still crave and give in once in awhile...had 3 cookies...small...at school today but I used to eat like 20 so.... Hey Bandfan1....I LOVE that you are off your meds and that you used my exit logo ...as in Ta Ta For Now... TTFN...Shelley Hang in everyone!

Thank you for the words of encouragement Sweety!!!! I am so happy you have done so well...YEA For You! I am sure you never thought you would hear a doc say your weight was so great!!!! No more obesity! You go girl!!!!! Stay in touch too!

[quote=SueAZ;839549]I'm using Dr Daniel Fang out of St Lukes. I started with Bridges weight loss group. :tongue2:good for you! I will be at Scottsdale Shea Campus....I live in Mesa though! :thumbup: