2ndchances

HI Snowflake, If I am not mistaken, I was in the office with you waiting and we were all talking and you stated this was going to be your first fill. Well I am glad to see that it is going well for you. Keep up the good work and hope to see you at the support group meetings:thumbup:

Jason R, Well its nice to meet you too on here. You sound like just the person I need around here to basically tell me like it is, Lord knows I need this and I like your honest no beat around the bush approach. I will not be going to the Nov 15 support group but I do plan to come to some of the others and hopefully will get to meet you and the others on here! Take care and keep up the good work!

I too am going to order the sample pack. I purchased at the Dr office the 2 lb of caribbean cooler and it is pretty good, if you like the taste of banana and coconut,, I heard some talking at the doctors office that fuzzy navel is good and the peach taste like a peach jolly rancher..

Hey Yall For those of you discussing Protein drinks that are high in protein and low in carbs and fats, I would like to suggest the Nectars by Syntrax. You can order a sample of all of the flavors from enjoyhealth.com:eek: I was on this site and saw that you could get 12 flavors for $22 which is a good deal for sample and see which ones you like and the good thing is the one I am trying right now (caribbean cooler) takes like a tropical drink and it is filling. Hope this post helps someone:smile2:

Hey Yall, I am writing to say me Hellos to this group. My surgery date is 11-12-08 and I am getting more and more excited as each day passes and less nervous about this. It's great to see this site for the patients of Alabama WLS. I am using Dr Schmitt and had my pre-op on 11-05-08.

Thanks for the info. Hey its info that we need so dont worry about offending someone. I might have this same thing and if I had not been forewarned I might have thought something was going wrong. :thumbs_up:

I cannot say THANK YOU enough to all of you have kept us posted about your surgery experiences. I still feel a little apprehensive but at the same time after reading all of your posts I am comforted also. I know that this not only applies to me but to the others who read this. Counting down to Nov 12th:tongue:

Well I will be a member of the november crowd also.. November 12th is the big day and I am getting more and more excited as the days tick away. I went for pre-op yesterday and that went fine and I am now reading all the info I can about how my life will change and what to expect. With that being said, I am very excited for all of us November babies, We need to put an end of month tally for weigh loss for the November newbies at the end of Dec to keep on encouraging us all as we bring in the new year. Take care and hang in there!!

Hi Reshma, Well I can understand what you are talking about, I was initally mad that my insurance made me do the 7 month wait, but now I am glad I did have to wait. It has gave me time to come to some stark truths about myself, some good some not so good and then I came to the point like you did about ready for a change. I am sooo ready for a change and I know that I in order for the changes in my life to occur as I want them too that I can not hide behind food any longer. During this long wait, I have learned how to face issues and for me personally the ability to say NO now is a blessed word.

I am writing to you from the beautiful state of Alabama. I am excited, nervous, and a jumble of emotions as I prepare to be banded on 11-12-08. I chose to join this forum for support, to give and receive and for accountability. As life gives me this 2nd chance, I hope to make the most of it and be successful. Life also gave me a 2nd chance at love. I just celebrated my first anniversary with my husband. We were high school sweethearts who were reunited at our 20th class reunion. I chose to have this surgery to become healthy, not just thin. I will consider the weight loss a "perk". Be there for me and I will return the favor and be your support also. Lets cheer each other on to victory!:thumbup:

yes, lets stay in touch! We can be each others tag team support! No liquid diet yet, I called my doctor and they stated when I come for my preop on the 5th I will start.

good luck with your surgery, My surgery will be at St Vincents in B'ham, are you using someone from B'ham or Tuscaloosa?

Wow!! Just reading all the posts is an encouragement by itself. Too share the excitement of knowing your life is about to change and to actually read about the weight loss already occurring. Way to go 31lbs and counting, Bama2--Way to go. This is very uplifting for me!