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Amen, with Joanne (and for you), keeping in prayers Mike, Pete and all 2b-banded this week! Our great forerunners, we are a blessed month of Decembers...cause miracles are happening, now! BTW, did you all see our Poster Guy Pete..the brave hearted guy on the Home page? You go Pete, I am still shy bout doing that! lol Just keep the kind heart going, and now getting it healthy! :cursing:

Welcome back Sue and Sooverit! Sue...so glad you are still doing well, and thank you for the reacher tip(I am short 2, lol), I will have that by my bedside! Sooverit, Yeah, you go, another forerunner, and more lbs. biting the dust!!! I am fortunate that I am a planned stay over, hospital 2 hours from home, yes, still Kaisers closer (just in case). It is so cool getting the reports, helping our prepping...one week! And for one of our fearless leaders, JoannMarie, blessings to you, quick healing and recovery...as she is prob banded by now! BTW, did you all see Florida Pete's pics on the home page? You know he has the biggest of hearts! Have a blessed day in preps, surgery and recovery!:cursing:

Hi Sue, another forerunner you are, cool, sounds like you are doing well! Thank you for coming back so quick with a report, helps us still in the 'pre-op' stage! Also for the hint on the hurts...had 2 C-sections, so that encourages me, and will remember to keep on top of pain (even if its nasty medicine - like Bugs Bunny said! hehe) Have a blessed recovery!:smile2:

YEahhhh Trina! Our first Dec bandster, the forerunner! Thanks for posting so quickly, am hoping others will too. Good job on the walking, you go girl! Glad to see you starting us all off well!

Cool...hey I will even be thankful for 10!!! I know, I know, how about the threederland, twoderland, onderland!!! Yeah!!! Ok, guess I am getting really ready, only a week away, so stamina, endurance and hope to all who are being banded this week!:cursing:

Thank you for your creativity Pete! I even added my date!!! We pray that the kindness, and time you give to others will be returned back to you during your time of surgery, travel and with your family! So what is the next art creativity...25 lbs lost? hehehe Have a blessed day! :cursing:

Hi Ladies, just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing, am starting a Lean & Green Pre-op today (2 shakes, 1 meal). Is everyone having jitters like me? 1 week to go, before I go down to San Francisco, and so much to do to prepare, nesting! Hope everyone is WELL, not getting sick at all and ready!:thumbup:

2b-banded, will be a prayin for you...you have worked so hard for this! Please keep us updated on your surgeries... Say Pete, is it possible to post some kind of calendar? Been writing them down (from Do you have a Dec Date Thread). Would be cool to have name/state perhaps? Thanks for the siggies, gonna go get mine! Hope pre-ops and a walkin are going well! :thumbup:

Go forth December Bandsters...will be a praying for each of you this week, for steady handed surgeon teams, no complications and kind nurses! Will be excited to see your stories! :thumbup:

Hi December Bandsters! Don't like to do stats, but it is a good measure before, then for the after I suppose! 48...want to be Phat for 50, 12/10/08 Dec Diamond in the rough, Kaiser, South San FRancisco, Sunny California (but NOT sweating the recovery...literally!) Started at 230, now bout 213-210... so we will seeeeee! Have a blessed rest and Pre-op with steady handed surgeon teams! :thumbup:

Thanks Fran & Pete for the encouraging words. Welcome, Bandtastic! As Fran said, I believe ANY exercise we get moving in now will help with the surgery, just getting the muscles and blood a pumping, if even to help our body relieve the stress we can be going through in preparing for the surgery! I am so amazed at how my blood pressure esp. just DROPS from walking consistently. Something I am surprised at, I am now looking to park a few more spaces away, instead the very front one, because I CAN walk more steps because I want to! The challenge goes on with us as a team, and preparing all over for the new life on the horizon!:rolleyes2:

I did it! I did IT! Today was our 5K Mercy Ministries Run/Walk (of course I walked) and did 19 min miles, with a 60 min time! It really felt good, last year I did it at about 20 lbs. +, and came in very last place. This year, I jogged in the last quarter and wasn't last! Amazing what 20-25 lbs lost can do...excited for it to be more, but in slow, steady and sure phases, why the band!:thumbup:

Hi Mjenkins! Am right there with you in the Pre in Pre-op! Did you happen to see the 21-30-51 challenge? The 30 is for those who are about 30 days, lil less now, for 30 min challenge before surgery! I have done it on and off, but now I am challenged (have since Mon!) to do it for the 27 days left til our week of dates! Please join us! Esp, if we don't, Florida Pete will win, and we can't let that happen, he is a guy! hehehe, Just kidding Pete...lead the way (only cause his wonderful Wife is helping):Dancing_sorry:!

Greetings Pete, your wonderful supporter wife (sorry don't know name yet), Trina and Dec Bandsters! Sounds like you guys are on your way! I have been walking 30-40+ minutes each day, which is wow, esp, since I am fighting congestion & cough...which would stop me before...but NOT now! Want to be ready to literally 'walk" thru the recovery! {{Is everyone doing lots of walking? I have been told getting moving before the surgery really helps in recovery. Fran in Florida Band Date 12.10.08 }} I too have been blessed with a spouse who truly supports me, he has lost weight recently (I think to prepare for us together), and also a good support sister who is now helping me to pre-op well! Learning that the support is going to mean a whole lot in the upcoming weeks. Have a good day!

Hi Pete, Hi Trina, and Dec Bandsters! Thanks for taking up the challenge! There is something about accountability and working with others that gets me going, I have walked 30+ min ea day, when I could've easily excused myself (gotten lazy). Amazing how quick our bodies respond to just the simplest of efforts, my BPressure just drops when I get consistent! That is one of the medications I am hoping to lose, among others. I also found a pretty good heart rate monitor watch at Walmart for about $35., it is a Mio. It really helps to watch my rate while exercising, and then cool to see how my heart rate is still working at a good percentage after exercising! Have a blessed day of exercising and activity!

Wow...Pete...you are a hoot! I really like that siggie, so whatever our name will be, will you make it right? Esp like the Dec 2008 Bandsters under it! btw...the cartoon dishes aren't so bad...being that we are hoping to get healthy enough to feel like kids again! Isn't that one of our rights in life...to embarass our kids? hehehe Have a blessed day of healthy choices! :thumbs_up:

Hi Goose! Cool, we are increasing in numbers...hopefully more brave souls out there! I have heard of the one incision procedure, sure would be only that scar (+ the port?). It will be great to compare notes with everyone too! Have a healthy day of good choices! :thumbup:

Hi December Bandsters...soon to have a or 3 names...lol Carol & Joann, Great thought, cause I have bought a couple of kids silverware (to make it fun) but have not used them yet, maybe now is the time! I have been using the smaller salad fork more. Hey, even you are forerunners, I and a few others 2BBandsters, go within a week after! Will be looking for your endearing posts!:rolleyes2:

Cool Pete...just wanna say YOU are a braveheart just in the midst of these ladies! Have read your posts, and hoping you and your wife find the perfect jobs, blessed by the Lord above! It is in trying times, just stay on track, and con't to take good care of you, who knows, with all the energy you will get, maybe new job or promotion on the way! Have a healthy day of good choices! Roseyyyd1:rolleyes:

Yeah Mjenkins, you found us! Can you imagine how our lives are about to totally change in just 5 weeks?! Yes, let us support one another, as a major help in this journey is just that! Where are you located (state), I am in Northern California. Also, don't forget to vote in the poll for the December Bandster name! Roseyyyd1:rolleyes:

Happy Early Anniversary Fanny! So glad you posted in here...a true forerunner for us...looks like you are doing well! So...what was it like, amidst the holidays and winter season? I believe this is a really good time to get banded...but knowing we are brave to do this through the holidays. What a way to celebrate NYrs' Eve and going into 2009!

Thanks Tamra for putting up the poll! I voted for 3 (hope is ok) so we could at least get it down to finalists. Congrats on your December Date, I like to say, it is a good time to get banded, so we don't 'sweat' the recovery...pun intended! We have a strong group and all of us will do well! Let's Go December Bandsters!!! (til we decide the name, hehe):biggrin:

I do! I do! It is my 3rd one (date) and believing it is the charm! Only 5 weeks to go, let us 'walk' it together! I will be having it done in San Francisco, couple of hours from where I live. So, is anyone 'nesting' like me, preparing, and what other ways, like shopping (bought my slippers & shakes)? So excited, we will be set for the new year, finishing up 2008 with a great tool...to be & feel fine in 2009!

Hi ya,,,Kaiser Band Patients, and TO BE's...like me! Congrats Riley, that is great. Wish I could go with you, for support, but you will learn alot! Any questions, right here for ya, perhaps someday we'll meet up! My Pre-op is Nov. 25th, and new date is Dec. 10th which is cool, what a way to end the year, and start 2009 with a tool to look (AND feel) Fine! Hi to you to Minx, hope you are doing well, where are you on the journey? So, the cooler weather is here for us, which is good, so no 'sweating' the recovery, literally! Have a blessed day of good choices! :smile2:

Hi all December Bandsters! Thank you Joann for presenting the list! I would like to vote on 3: December Stars Holiday Hotties December Degrees Just really like having December in the name, so how about December Holiday Hotties = DHH? Just a thought, whatever it will be, will represent us who are brave during this holiday time to step forward! Roseyyyd1:rolleyes: