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Hello All! My name is Tereasa and I will begin my Lapband Journey on July 20, 2010. I'm nervous, anxious, and excited all rolled into one. I'm 41 yrs old and have a multitude of health issues ie. high cholestrol, high bood pressure, Diabetes, Diabetic Neuropathy, and probably a few more things yet to be determined. In all seriousness, I feel like I have always been a bit heavier than most of my peers in High School. After the birth of my children, I found it extremely difficult to lose the weight. While I was pregnant with my youngest, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. That should have been my first clue! Now I'm scared for my life and have decided that it's time to take back control. After several years of research, I have chosen Dr. Faoud Hachem to be my surgeon. I start my clear liquid diet on 2 days and will continue this diet until the day prior to my surgery, and will resume for 1-2 weeks after the procedure. I have another appt. with Dr. Hachem on July 29, to see if I've lost the 10 lbs he wants me to lose before the surgery. I'm so scared that I'm gonna feel like I'm starving, and I'm even more scared for my family...that I might be a total crab. I will continue to check in and read the posts of everyone to keep me on track. You all give me hope!:smile:

Hello Dawn! And thanks for your words of encouragement. This weekend has been very hard and emotional for me. I was informed on Thursday that a couple of red flags popped up in my labwork. My A1C is too high, and my thyroid levels are running low. The thyroid is totally new to me...never had a problem with it before. My surgeon's nurse told me that he will not do the procedure if my A1C is not below an 8, but to stay on the liquid diet until our next apopintment on July 29th. I called my PCM and there isn't anything we can do to bring it down before my surgery date of Aug. 3. I have 2 different flavors of protein drinks and they pretty much taste the same now, and its getting harder to "get down". I'm staying the course until I can see my PMC on Monday, at which point she will have discussed everything with the surgeon..or at least I hope. Its just harder now because I have a feeling the surgery is going to be postponed, and I "feel" like I'm just being tortured until I find out for sure.