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Hi Everyone! My name is Melissa and I live in Palm Harbor,FL. Had my consultation with Dr. Jessee on Monday 9/13 and my surgery date has been scheduled for Oct 6th! I'm so excited and just wanted to say how much I have been motivated by everyones posts (I've been reading them for weeks) !:thumbup:

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I had my surgery with Dr. Jessee on June 30th. Her staff is awesome!!

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congrats and welcome to your new journey to weight loss!! you have made the best decision and you will definitely love your sleeve!!! :thumbup:

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Congrats on your surgery. Good luck and please keep us posted. :thumbup:

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Hey I am also getting banded on the 6th....so excited! Congrats!!!!

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Good luck Melissa. This site is very helpful. I was banded on 9/2/10 and doing well. Had a few ups and downs, but overall doing well.

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I am right behind you on Oct 8th! I can't wait to join you side by side with our journey's!!

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Good luck Melissa22 and welcome to LBT forum. I learned a lot from the members of this group, too - they have such great ideas and offer to share their experiences, which I have found to be so helpful.

I was just banded on 9/17 so I'm still new to this experience. I'm currently in the post op liquid phase which I'll stay in for a total of 10 days (8 more to go). Then I'll move to the mushy phase for the next 10 days. It will be 3 weeks before I can eat and try regular food.

Best of luck on your journey.:thumbup:

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Good luck on your banding :thumbup: taking a step in the right direction! If you need any support hope you pop by and come to the nice friendly people at the forums :thumbup:

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Thank you everyone for your support!! And to everyone getting banded around the same time we must keep in touch!!:smile::thumbup:

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      Hi everyone! I’m brand new here. I just went through all my pre-op requirements per my insurance company and now everything has been submitted and I’m just waiting for final approval and my surgery date. I’ve been doing research, watching YouTube videos, TikTok’s, ect.. trying to prepare my mind and what to expect so I’ll be ready for the surgery. I was so sure and so set and so ready and excited. However, now that I’ve done everything & it’s almost here, I am sooooooo scared! I know why I want it bc I’ve tried everything and I just don’t feel like I can lose weight by myself. I’m tired of being overweight my entire life. I’m miserable, but I keep psyching myself out afraid of GERD bc I know how that can be and I don’t want to have to get a bypass after already gaining the courage to even get VSG. I’m scared of complications like I’mgoing to regret doing it and be depressed that I didn’t just be more disciplined and try again to lose the weight on my own even sitting here typing this knowing in my mind i just can’t and don’t possess the discipline. I’m also afraid I won’t be able to handle the restrictions of the sleeve. What do I eat? I don’t know how to eat healthy really and don’t enjoy healthy food. I don’t know how to do this! I feel so defeated!Someone tell me they felt anything similar to this or am I not ready? I thought I was. I am so tired of being sick and tired and so tired of myself and so tired of being stuck and stuck in this body and somebody different on the outside from what I feel inside. I just want to ball up and cry.
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      1. Selina333

        Yay!! Congrats. I know how good that feels. 🤩

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    • buildabetteranna

      The 14th was my day. I am home and recovery is going pretty smooth. They even let me walk out of the hospital. Picture of me in recovery curtesy of my boyfriend lol. 

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        Glad it went well!! Wishing you a speedy recovery and wonderful success!! 🤗

      2. buildabetteranna

        Thank you ❤️

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        Neat you have a pic of this day! I was sooo happy to get my surgery. It was well worth it! And I'm not even near my goal. I had surgery Dec. 2!

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