dralee26

I decided to go the wedding and work my surgery date for another time. I'm going to see if I can postpone my starting date for my new job. If that doesn't happen, I will try working my surgery around some holidays at the end of this year or very beginning of next and use a couple days of sick/personal time.

I need some advice. I was scheduled to have Lapband on September 4th. I was offered my dream job, so I had to cancel that date. The only available date my surgeon has for me to do the surgery is August 5th. That is 2 days before I was scheduled to go to my college roommate's wedding. The wedding has been planned and all expenses paid (non-refunable) for over a year. Now, I am trying to figure out what to do. Do I cancel my wedding trip plans to have the surgery? Or postpone the surgery for a year? I have never had such a hard decision to make. I have been counting down dates until both the wedding and my surgery. I haven't seen my old roommate in 4 years. I'm sooo torn. I want the surgery to improve my health. But, I know that I probably won't get another chance to see my college roommate for many many years. What would you do?

Strange... I met with my nutritionist yestarday. She told me to use straws for all my drinks following surgery. Surgery date is September 4th. I didn't think that I would be using straws at all prior to meeting with her. Made me happy! :biggrin: I don't like germs or the thought of drinking out of glasses in public places.

I can't wait! I'm so excited about my surgery date - September 4th. I have been going to all of my appointments and finding out as much as I can about the surgery. I only have a couple more appointments left until my new life begins. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the three week long pre-op liquid diet. I'll manage though. I can't wait to be thin and healthy! :biggrin2:

My email is dralee262004@yahoo.com. I work really screwy hours right now, so I'm not sure if I'd be able to make the meetings. But I'd love to attend for the support.

I'm in the process of planning my LB surgery with Dr. Ingram. I went to a seminar at the beginning of May. I really liked Dr. Ingram when I went to the initial consult with her. Her office staff is super friendly and very cooperative. I have my LB surgery scheduled for September 4th. I can't wait. I have been looking forward to this lifestyle change. I'm in the process of going through all of my testing to gain surgery clearance. I know I won't have any problems since I was referred by both my PCP & gastro.