May banders!

[blondechcky 57]

So I just got the call from my surgeons office I go in for my pre op group meeting on may 7. I'm waiting on a call from the person who sets up the surgery schedule to set my date. We're shooting for the week of may 13 which would mean I start my pre op diet next week! Ah it's all feeling real now!

Anyone else getting banded around this time? I'd love to have someone on the same timeline as me to talk to!

Good luck to all!

[I.can.do.it 5]

I also start my pre op soon. My surgery is may16, I'm excited, nervous, and scared all at once. Good luck with everything.

[taylor1989 131]

My pre op was this morning and banding will be on may 7th

Good luck!! Where are y'all located? I'm getting banded in Houston tx

[blondechcky 57]

I'm located in houston, tx.

[blondechcky 57]

Taylor1989 who is your surgeon? Mine is Dr. Hollis, I went through true results.

[taylor1989 131]

Mine was originally Hollis but I ran into a few issues So i switched doctors to dr wilkenfeld in Conroe because I was tired of not getting anywhere. It's quite a drive but I met him today and liked him so far. I'm in Pasadena area just getting band in Houston

Hollis seemed very very nice and I was completely ready for him to band me but he was requiring a sleep study and wouldn't budge from it even after I got letters from other doctors that a sleep study was not needed or warranted for me (I don't snore and I've never complained of sleep issues other than my strange work schedules)

With all honesty I think it was more my advocate being too busy and having too much on her plate..

[taylor1989 131]

I am still through true results though. I'm doing the hernia/ band program to make my self pay more affordable since my insurance does cover fixing hiatal hernias just not banding

[blondechcky 57]

Yea for my insurance I had to do 3 weight loss meetings, sleep study, which resulted in a Cpap machine, a psych eval, and an upper gi. So I had all that done already and I meet him the 7th. I don't think I should have any issues since I already completed all that.

I'm in Webster so I picked him based on location, but my gastroenterologist said she knew him and he was great.

I hope everything goes well for you! I'd like to keep in touch about your experience.

[taylor1989 131]

I hope all goes well for you too and it would be great to keep in touch on your journey as well

[Creekwood 702]

I'm getting banded on May 6th! Today is the fourth day of my pre-op diet! It's tough but worth it! (And I'm already losing weight with it!) good luck everyone!!

[deca 24]

Hi all! I will be banded on May 3rd and I start my pre-op on Friday :unsure:I hope all goes well with everyone!

[lisacaron 5,075]

I will be banded on May 6th and my husband on May 8th. We are both in the pre-op diet phase. Doing well so far, feeling great! Hubby is losing the weight leaps and bounds over me, but I'm happy for him!!

[blondechcky 57]

What is everybody most nervous about? I know for me I'm worrying about making it through the 2 week pre op diet, but I know I can do it. I'm mostly scared that I'm gonna go through all this and not lose the weight. I know if I do what I'm supposed to this tool will help me, but there's still that fear of failure.

[blondechcky 57]

That's awesome that you two are doing it together. That will be a great support system. Good luck!

[lisacaron 5,075]

The pre-op diet isn't bad. We found some low calorie, high Protein low sugar shakes at our local SAM's club. I set a calendar schedule in my iphone that goes off every other hour so I am eating/drinking something all day long.

I start at 9 with a 6 oz non fat yogurt, then a cup of coffee! At 11 I have a Protein Shake, then at 12 a bottle of Water, 1:00 either chicken Soup (low fat, low sodium) or a protein shake, 2:00 bottle of water..and so on through out the day. I find that if we are REALLY hungry, some sugar free Jello or some sugar free fat free pudding does the trick. If I feel like chewing some sugar free gum works.

We started the pre-op diet a week or so before the 2 weeks to give ourselves time to get used to it, and make mistakes before we were in the home stretch right before surgery. Hubby lost 10 pounds, I lost 2! But I'm not complaining!!

Now my anxiety is just that, I hope I will do well with the surgery and recovery and be able to get up and out of bed and make it to the hospital to be there for my husbands surgery a couple days after mine, and back to work (yeah bit of a workaholic, might have to work on that) in a week or so.