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I am surprised your your pains were not blamed on your weight. Every illness or injury I have had in the last five years was blamed on my weight by my MD; 1. You got struck by lightening, well if your were not so morbidly obese you would not have been such a target. 2. You just got attacked by a tiger, well if you were not so morbidly obese you would not have been as appetizing to the tiger now would you. 3.You just got shot by a criminal, well if you were not so morbidly obese, you would not have been such a big target. I guess you get the point. Good luck with your evil evil nurse.

Well today was day 1 of my liquid diet and exercise before surgery. After reading countless blogs I decided to try the Unjury product line. For Breakfast I had chocolate in milk, and that was pretty good. For lunch I had the strawberry sorbet mixed with water, and that tasted like feet! Blaaaa, it gave me a stomach ache for the rest of the afternoon. For dinner I had vanilla in milk, and that was as good as the chocolate. So lesson 1 strawberry bad; very very bad. Chocolate and vanilla good; very very good. Now for the exercise part. I work as a Supervisor for a hospital in the VA system, and my department is on the third floor. I decided to use only stairs from now on. Do you now how embarrsing it is to be passed by an 80 year old couple on the steps? Then to have them turn around and ask if I am ok? I am going to need work on this exercise thing. I felt like Rocky when I acutally made it to my floor. Hey I will take any victory I can right now. Tick Tick Tick my surgery clock is counting down. Thursday is stalking me.

Well here I go on the eve of the start of the rest of my life. I start my liquid protein diet tomorrow before my Banding on Thursday 02/05/2009. Well I had my "last supper", which consisted of an appetizer of Irish egg rolls, a 10 oz sirloin steak, Tully's chicken tenders, vodka lemonade, beer, potatoes, and peanut butter pie for dessert. Wow, I am short of breath just typing it. Now it is time to get down to the dirty business of changing my life and breaking all of my very bad habits. I am still very nervous about the surgery, and keep asking myself what the hell are you doing? Down deep inside myself I know I need to do this, my health has been in a downward spiral for the last couple of years. I have read countless blogs and they more than anything have convinced me that I can do this, and that it is the right decision. So I made a promise to myself that I would blog about my journey to help others. I am a 6 foot tall man who started at 345 pounds 8 months ago. Now I am down to 300 pounds and ready to go. So sit back and hold on, because HERE I GO!

One reason is so that you are more healthy for the Surgery. Another reason is like a good faith agreement between you, your doctor, and your insurance company. They like to see you loose as little as 5% and as much as 30% of your body weight to show that you are serious about losing weight, and that you can do it. The lap band is just a tool for weight loss, the actual weight loss is still based on your hard work. Biker

Well today was day 1 of my liquid diet and exercise before surgery. After reading countless blogs I decided to try the Unjury product line. For Breakfast I had chocolate in milk, and that was pretty good. For lunch I had the strawberry sorbet mixed with water, and that tasted like feet! Blaaaa, it gave me a stomach ache for the rest of the afternoon. For dinner I had vanilla in milk, and that was as good as the chocolate. So lesson 1 strawberry bad; very very bad. Chocolate and vanilla good; very very good. Now for the exercise part. I work as a Supervisor for a hospital in the VA system, and my department is on the third floor. I decided to use only stairs from now on. Do you now how embarrsing it is to be passed by an 80 year old couple on the steps? Then to have them turn around and ask if I am ok? I am going to need work on this exercise thing. I felt like Rocky when I acutally made it to my floor. Hey I will take any victory I can right now. Tick Tick Tick my surgery clock is counting down. Thursday is stalking me.

Well here I go on the eve of the start of the rest of my life. I start my liquid protein diet tomorrow before my Banding on Thursday 02/05/2009. Well I had my "last supper", which consisted of an appetizer of Irish egg rolls, a 10 oz sirloin steak, Tully's chicken tenders, vodka lemonade, beer, potatoes, and peanut butter pie for dessert. Wow, I am short of breath just typing it. Now it is time to get down to the dirty business of changing my life and breaking all of my very bad habits. I am still very nervous about the surgery, and keep asking myself what the hell are you doing? Down deep inside myself I know I need to do this, my health has been in a downward spiral for the last couple of years. I have read countless blogs and they more than anything have convinced me that I can do this, and that it is the right decision. So I made a promise to myself that I would blog about my journey to help others. I am a 6 foot tall man who started at 345 pounds 8 months ago. Now I am down to 300 pounds and ready to go. So sit back and hold on, because HERE I GO!

February 5th at 06:15 am. Does anyone hear that clock ticking?

Hello, I am scheduled to have my band surgery next Thursday 02/05/2009. I would be lying if I said I was not nervous. I keep asking myself what the hell am I doing? Well I started my journey about 8 months ago when I weighed 345lbs. I am only 6'0" tall. I could no longer ignore my bodies complaints; aching back, knees, neck, ankles, and copious periods of shortness of breath. Lets not forget the pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, high liver enzymes, sleep apnea (yes I have a pappy), and high blood pressure. Of course any illness or injury I have had in the last five years was blamed on my weight by my physician. (you got hit by a meteor, well if you were not so morbidly obese you would have been able to run out of the way!) I have tried just about every diet with limited success, for I was always hungry. At the end of each diet I would gain back all the weight I lost plus an extra 20 or so pounds just to add insult to injury. I have done lots of research, and read countless blogs and I have decided that the Lap Band was for me! I am not interested in replumbing my body, God I have enough problems already with out having to remap my digestive track. Well I would just like to say "hello", and I will keep you posted on my journey. Please bear with my stupid questions, but I am a technical guy. One nervous biker

I want to thank everyone for your support, believe me it is much appreciated! I will keep everyone posted on my progress. I am not going to back out now, My body, mind, wallet, and insurance have been poked and prodded to the point of no return. Thank you again for the warm welcome.

I get my Band next Thursday 02/05/2009. I am nervous, but I know this is for me. Besides after all the poking and prodding, of my body, mind, insurance, and wallet I would be crazy to turn back now!