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Okay so I planned to spend 5 days in Cancun before my surgery. I arrived today and my surgery is on Friday. I was fine at home with the pre-op diet, but since I have been here for 6 hours...all I can think about is eating...anything. I even emailed my doctor to see if I could have some plain baked whitefish...seeing that it is high in protein and low in calories and fat. Mexican food is my favorite, and I came 5 days ahead on a fully liquid pre-op diet...what was I thinking????

So I leave tomorrow for Mexico and have my surgery done next Friday. I have spent about 4 months reasearching everything on the Lap Band. My wife came out last night and tells me she does not agree with my decision to get this done. She tells me she will support my decision, but thinks I have not tried hard enough to lose it on my own. Over the past 14 years, I have lost 100lbs, 60lbs twice and 50lbs....only to put it all back on. My mother I told tonight and I figured she would be the critical one, but she is very supportive because she has worried about my weight problems for years now. I am kinda disappointed that my wife does not agree with this procedure, and just mentioned it to me a day before I leave!! I think more than anything I just needed to vent. We had our first child in Feb and that is when I made the final decision to go through with this, to get healthly and be there for my son for a very long time!!

I am having my surgery done next Friday May 21st. My ticket home is booked for May 23rd (2 days later). It is a 5 hour flight and then connect to a 1.5 hour flight to get home. The doctor thinks I will be fine, as I am young (32) and as long as I get up and walk on the plane every hour or so. Does this seem okay? I see some people are talking about whther it is okay to fly for vacation 3 weeks post op!!

Thanks for that. I know she will not resent me. I think she is just nervous and scared that I am going to Mexico to have this done and she will not be with me. My sister who is a Nursing student will meet me down in Cancun and be there the whole time. I was just shocked to hear this that was all...especially last minute. She feels like I need to address the emotional issues (I am not sure what they are except eating when I am bored). To me I will need to find something else to fill the void, and if I need to get help I am fully prepared to see a counselor.

So I am on day 3 of my liquid diet...and so far not too bad. I found Atkins 100 times worse...not sure why, but I felt terrible after the first day, and this has been pretty good. I am consuming around 250-260 grams of protein a day. I am getting banded next Friday May 21st in Cancun. Just seeing if there is anyone else out there being banded around the same time, so we can offer each other some support going into this and of course after the big day :biggrin: