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How can I join this dear group? I am in process, trying to move my surgery date from Dec 7th to the 14th....so as soon as I have it firmed up I can get on your list? I like the Stars of Bandleham. :confused: we are all gonna be stars Sara 49.4 BMI weight 332, ideal goal 150, but will take 170. heh heh :ohmy: we could also be called GOOD HUMOR [no pun intended]

HI everyone! I got the call a few days ago with a date for december 7th but am trying to re-schedule it for the 14th or 16th...my husband will be out of town and I will be finished with a project by then. Am waiting for the call back with the firm date in that week of mid December 2009. This is too cool! I will go out tomorrow to try to buy my pre-op diet stuff. It took me four months from the time I made the decision to go with the band, to get in for ym first appt right around Labor Day, and then now, at the end of November to get a surgery date.

I wish some who are cnsidering would write me privately, because I really do not want to post my experence there publicly...and let me know what stage you are at, etc. you can email me at dhiaibrahim203 at yahoo dot com

I wish some who are cnsidering would write me privately, because I really do not want to post my experence there publicly...and let me know what stage you are at, etc.

Is Umystifyme still on this blog? whatever happened to you? I was wanting to know the outcome..come on.:thumbup:

We were taught to always say Grace before we ate..something I would have done well to observe. I have found that if I truly give a problem to G-d, that He solves it for me...including the food. I am not denying HIs ability by getting a band, I am doing my part in the rpocess: cutting off theat which offends....I have not been willing to give this problem to Him and allow Him to dictate when and what I would eat... That is the curse. I am hoping to employ a greater tool now to assist my will: the band will slow me down, and will remind me that I have a problem that needs attention. Am I lying to myself? I surely hope this is one of the benefits of the band...It is difficult with the band to forget that I have taken action to restrict my eating.:redface: I am about to go to my first consultation meeting in 48 hours...I was gung-ho about the lap band after the seminar, but then I went on you tube and saw a bunch of videos about how the lap band did not work for people...and they went with bariatric, etc. I did not watch the videos but only saw there were alot of them there. I am a little worried about the fact that most of what I have binged on and liked over the 20 years I have been this heavy, are soft foods, like ice cream and dairy products and cheese and such. I am watching what I eat and find that I do not eat very many things I have to chew...isn't this an odd realization??? (Being facetious.) I started thinking maybe I need to ask the doctor about sleeve gastrectomy, since I am going to be 64 in Dec and once I am 65 Medicare (which I will be forced onto) absolutely never covers any type of bariatric surgery other than the lap band. Any ideas about this? Abd please tell me someone something of the types of food you eat now with the band...are they all to be chewable foods, pretty much? That's OK I just would like to know.

I am about to go to my first consultation meeting in 48 hours...I was gungu ho about the lap band after the seminar, but then I went on you tube and saw a bunch of videos about how the lap band did not work for people...and they went with bariatric, etc. I did not watch the videos but only saw there were alot of them there. I am a little worried about the fact that most of what I have binged on and liked over the 20 years I have been this heavy, are soft foods, like ice cream and dairy products and cheese and such. I am watching what I eat and find that I do not eat very many things I have to chew...isn;t this an odd realization??? (Being facetious.) I startedf thinking maybe I need to ask the doctor about sleeve gastrectomy, since I am going to be 64 in Dec and once I am 65 Medicare (which I will be forced onto) absolutely never covers any type of bariatric surgery other than the lap band. Any ideas about this? Abd please tell me someone something of the types of food you eat now with the band...are they all to be chewable foods, pretty much? That's OK I just would like to know.

I have finally decided to look into bariatric surgery....I weighed 296 in 1998; went to a weight loss clinic and lost 120 lbs, but within two years it all came back on....I have tried and tried since then, but currently weight my all-time high of 325. I am scareed about the powerlessness I feel the last six months..have never ever felt this out of control..and completely unable to curb my appetite. I am so heavy (5"8") and BMI of 49. the doctor won't give me diet pills anymore because it could hurt my heart. I am 63 and am pretty resigned to Water aerobics and that's about all I can do...the rest of the day on the computer...no social life left at all. husband quietly enraged, but loves me and is very good in spite of his anger at me. he understands but it still makes him angry that I cannot get more "willpower." He smokes. so he understands how hard it is. BUt I want to do this because I truly no longer am the same person I was even 50 lbs ago...cannot walk very well, etc. tired easily.