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Hey all, saw this great thread from before about March bandits, now hoping to make contact with April bandits, i am due for surgery on April 17th, around easter time....I am 35, live in NZ, and am a flight attendant, have been researching my op for a year now, was a big decision for me.......would love to contact people my own age and operation date to perhaps share our experiences and support, hope to hear from you..................regards Fiona:clap2:

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So back to the topic, my date is 17 april, anyone on a similar journey.,.............would love to hear from you

Kind regards

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:confused: Fiona,

I'll be a bandit with you! :D :wow2:

I just got my surgery date on Friday and I'm going in (under?) on April 3. Pre-op on March 17 with Dr. and March 30 with hospital then surgery on the 3rd. Whoo Hoo!!!! I can't believe it's about to happen. I've been carrying my approval letter around for a week because it doesn't all seem real. :eek:

Audra :peace:

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The two names are synonomous here, do they mean something else over your way>?

In my neck of the woods which is probably 3/4 Mexican population bandits usually carry guns and start gang wars. Sorry, just being cautious. Please don't think I mean all Mexicans fit into this category. I simply live in an area where "banditos" slip over from the Mexican border and a lot are gang members, a lot speak no English, don't go to school, and work in potato fields to get by. We have a lot (I mean a lot of gang activity) here and anyone from this side of the country could vouch for that. OK, Susan, time to chime in....you know the story here!!

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I have my date as well :)

I will be banded on April 11th :Banane29: :Banane24: :Banane02: :) :not_ripe: :Banane09: :D :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :Banane41: :confused: ( sorry I got a little excited there for a moment)

I start my liquid diet march 21:pout:

Pre op testing is April 5th :eek:

I am so excited :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

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I see what you mean about bandits (puts down her gun):phanvan

My doctor calls his patients and support group the bandits, hehehe!!!! I am so glad to hear other people going thru' this at the same time, my liquid diet will be only 2 weeks thankfully pre-op. Would u guys let me know how you go as you will be slightly before me...................also what is a pre-op Picardy3 and Vicki 1177??

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I'll now be more knowledgeable and look at "bandits" as an alternatate language. :confused: I've been involved with the real banditos....

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Count me in!!!

Im 35 and a teacher aide my band date is April 13th I do all my preop on April 4 th and see the Dr. one last time before he slices me and dices me(ouch)Im very excited and getting scared to it seems if time is standing still because I want April to get here!!Keep in touch

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Yippeeee, I think that is 4 of us altogether now, where are you from? ARe you excited, scared? Did you do a lot of thinking about it all before going ahead with the appointment?

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Im from Virginia Ive been researching this for over a year and ready to move on but yes Im scared but Im the nervous type anyway!

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I am scared also, but would love to have a family one day soon, so I am looking at it like, how bad can it be, if I can't get thru' this how would I ever give birth.........does that sound daft? Do you have children already?

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Oh it's so good seeing all you April 2006 folks getting excited...my one year bandiversary is April 8th. My, how time flies! We had an April 2005 thread going so it's good to see it all happening again. Just wanted to chime in and say Good Luck everyone! April is a good month to get banded!

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