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have been banded for 5 days and feel great. I don't think I will fail this time because I really can't eat more than 1/2 cup and don't feel hungry. :clap2: I can do this !!!!!!

It is now down to mere hours before surgery and my greatest fear??????? FAILURE! I am so afraid this won't work either. What can I say I feel like such a mutt I couldn't even stay on the pre op diet. Well I can't keep going this way forever so I will march ahead. I have been excersizing as hard as I can so maybe that will help. I am staying at Hope Lodge in Nashville and they just offered me spaghetti which is my favorite. Will these demons never get off my back? Oh well, like Nancy used to say....Just say no!! Time for a shower......to be cont.:nervous

Bullwinkle I may not be real knowledgable about lapbanding I have my surgery the 4 of Dec, but I know about not smoking and the patch. I quit almost 15 years ago and I used the patch. Are you using a strong enough patch? Not all the cravings will be gone the patch just takes the edge off. I finally got so mad I decided a cigarette was not going to control what I did. Ex: going outside in the cold or heat to smoke or where I had to set in public. This is not an easy choice to make but if you stick to it you won't ever have to quit and feel this way again. Good luck Email me if you need to talk.

Pattman congrats on the weight loss who cares if you are a man or woman the real question is are you really on the geek squad? That rocks! I think that would be the bomb to have that job. Contact me any time i would love to hear what you have to say about your surgery, job or pups. later!