barngal2003

I haven't been banded yet, but I have 2 tats. One a dogwood on the ouside of my right ankle and the other a sister-hood celtic tat on my left shoulder. I'm hoping that neither will be distorted once I've lost the weight, but I am seriously thinking about adding to my dogwood. I think I want to branch it down and across my foot and incorporate on the petals, the date of my banding and maybe some other important little things. :cool:

So, from catching up on the reading of the forum apparently just about everyone has a pre-op diet and a very long post-op "healing" diet. I am one of those that has no pre-op diet except for the colon cleanse on the day before. Otherwise I stick with clear liquids till the 2 day post-op and can then move to mushy foods and stay on them for like 2 wks or something. I'm trying not to look too closely at the details just yet, because I know I'll get more and more excited! I'm fairly sure that come dec. 19 I will have driven all of my family and friends crazy from talk about the band! I don't think anyone other than you all, who are also having this done can possibly understand what this means and how excited I truly am. I have 1 wk of classes, 1 wk off for thanksgiving, 2 weeks of classes, and then 2 exams and I'm done, with college, and the old fat me! I know the time is going to fly, but I really wish it'd go by faster! I feel like time is crawling! Is anyone else having their surgery as late in the month as me or later?

Thanks Pete for helping me out! I found and voted for the name! Ya know, I don't mind the cartoons. Makes me feel young and playful! In fact, my boyfriend and I went out and bought some spongebob, ironman and wall-e sets! Sad maybe but I'm excited about using them lol. However, I have to say I'm having a hard time with not guzzeling or chugging drinks. I am really hooked on caffeine and whether it's coffee, strong tea or soda when I get up in the morning, I have to have it. And the second I open up a bottle of water, soda can, or tea without thinking I've downed over half of it! I'm working on it, but if I don't really think about it before I start, I goof and do it again. Anyone else having these problems?

Hey guys, I'm still pretty new to the site, so where do I find the poll on names? Also, as far as the plates and silverware go, I bout baby silverware a while back, actually like 2 weeks after the initial meeting with the surgeon! I hadn't thought about getting plates, but after reading the previous posts, I may try to find some small plates and bowls so that maybe I won't feel so out of place with everyone else having full plates and me having like maybe 1/4 of a plate filled!

Hi there fellow December bandsters! I really can't wait for Dec 19th to come! I know, this is what I want/need to better my health both mental and physical but do you all ever wonder, what if it fails you just like the other diets? I can't see how it can as long as you stick to the diet it's not like I would be able to pig out like now, but I guess even after this long wait to even just have the date of the surgery, I'm getting a little shakey, a slight case of cold feet even though I know this is what I need....tell me I'm not alone..?