Jendela

Hi All, I'm so excited that I'm getting banded tomorrow morning! I am not one bit nervous...I want this so badly. Jen

Hi All, I got home from the hospital a little while ago. I actually feel great! My throat hurts more than my stomach : ) It was a really good experience. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!

I'm getting banded tomorrow morning. I'm so excited. I'm not one bit nervous. I want this very badly and I don't have any reservations. The 14 day pre-op liquid diet really wasn't bad. The Opti-Fast was amazing. It took care of any hunger. I'm glad I chose that option. I'm actually surprised how quickly the two weeks went by. I've only told one of my friends about getting banded. My immediate family knows, but I just didn't want to tell anyone else. I have quite a few very close friends but I wanted to keep this to myself. The past few weeks have been interesting while trying to keep this to myself. I've had to do some minor fibbing during social events. That was probably the only hard part. At parties and get togethers I had to do some quick thinking to get out of weird eating situations so know one would pick up on the fact that I wasn't eating. Luckily my friend that knows about the band helped me out. During the last two weeks I've also had to miss social gatherings due to last minute pre-op appointments. I think missing out on these events slightly raised their curiousity, but my I think my friend and I smoothed it out. I'll be sure to post about my experience as soon as possible!!!!

I'm getting banded tomorrow morning. I'm so excited. I'm not one bit nervous. I want this very badly and I don't have any reservations. The 14 day pre-op liquid diet really wasn't bad. The Opti-Fast was amazing. It took care of any hunger. I'm glad I chose that option. I'm actually surprised how quickly the two weeks went by. I've only told one of my friends about getting banded. My immediate family knows, but I just didn't want to tell anyone else. I have quite a few very close friends but I wanted to keep this to myself. The past few weeks have been interesting while trying to keep this to myself. I've had to do some minor fibbing during social events. That was probably the only hard part. At parties and get togethers I had to do some quick thinking to get out of weird eating situations so know one would pick up on the fact that I wasn't eating. Luckily my friend that knows about the band helped me out. During the last two weeks I've also had to miss social gatherings due to last minute pre-op appointments. I think missing out on these events slightly raised their curiousity, but my I think my friend and I smoothed it out. I'll be sure to post about my experience as soon as possible!!!!

This is my first blog entry. We'll see how I do from now on. I'm on day four of my liquid diet. It's not that bad. I mentally prepared myself for this. I figure that I've eat so much junk over the years, that two weeks prior to surgery is the least I can do. I've eaten more than my fair share over the years. I feel great actually. My dr. doesn't allow any food other than sugar free jello. I'm doing Optifast. I love the convenience of it. I have 6 of them a day. I space them out about every two hours. It works really well. When I start to feel hungry, I have an Optifast and then I'm satisfied. I am SO excited about my surgery. Ten more days!!!!! I have NO reservations or concerns. I don't think that I've wanted something more. I feel that I'm mentally in a really great place. It's only been four days of liquid but I definitely think I've lost weight. My clothes are feeling bigger. I've been going to the gym and I feel great. Hopefully I'll write more tomorrow!!!

This is my first blog entry. We'll see how I do from now on. I'm on day four of my liquid diet. It's not that bad. I mentally prepared myself for this. I figure that I've eat so much junk over the years, that two weeks prior to surgery is the least I can do. I've eaten more than my fair share over the years. I feel great actually. My dr. doesn't allow any food other than sugar free jello. I'm doing Optifast. I love the convenience of it. I have 6 of them a day. I space them out about every two hours. It works really well. When I start to feel hungry, I have an Optifast and then I'm satisfied. I am SO excited about my surgery. Ten more days!!!!! I have NO reservations or concerns. I don't think that I've wanted something more. I feel that I'm mentally in a really great place. It's only been four days of liquid but I definitely think I've lost weight. My clothes are feeling bigger. I've been going to the gym and I feel great. Hopefully I'll write more tomorrow!!!

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Hi Everyone, I'm scheduled to be banded in August. I'm so happy that I found this site...everyone seems so great and supportive. Any advice would be great! Are there any other August 2009 or Connecticut Bandsters out there?

August 14th is my surgery date. I began my liquid diet today...so far, so good.

I'm so excited. I got the call from my surgeon today. My surgery date is August 14th. That is actually the best possible date!!!! I'm a teacher and I can continue teaching summer school right now and then I go back to work officially on August 24th...so I have 10 days in between. I can't wait!!!!!!

My date will be finalized next week. I'm pretty sure it will be in August. I'm hoping for early August...mid-August at the latest. I'm a teacher and school starts during the last week of August. I want to make sure I have enough recovery time before going back to work. I definitely can't take any time off of work in September. This is why I'm so desperate to get an early surgery date. Good luck all!!!

Hi, I'm also getting banded in August. I'm happy to find other people who are on the same schedule. I've already completed all my pre-surgery requirements. Next week I have one more meeting with my nutritionist and then we will schedule my exact date in August. I'm a teacher, so we are trying to get a date ASAP...before school begins at the end of August... Hopefully with plenty of time for healing. Good luck all! :smile2: