Been approved and surgery date of June 24th, YES !

[laners777 145]

Well I got approved last week and scheduled my surgery date, now comes the work! It all just hit this morning that this is real now, not just "thinking" about it or a dream of doing something that will work. I have had my band for 5 years and similar problems as everyone else on this site. I have been working on getting into the mindset to be successful and reading posts on this forum have helped, but I have some fears that I am trying to overcome. #1= I learned to eat around the band, mainly because of the vomiting, so what steps do I need to take to be focused on staying on track with the sleeve for the long run. #2= I have read about the many major life changes I will go through in this journey and I have in my brain "MY lifestyle changes" and am ready to take the journey but I am afraid of losing long time friends and relationships with family because they probably won't change, nor do I expect or require them to change. I will not have the same lifestyle as them anymore and to be successful I'm afraid I will have to stay away from them. Can those who have experience with these two things lend some pointers/experiences/advice on how to keep them and still be successful, please ??? I AM SO EXCITED TO GET STARTED but these are two things that are on my mind.

[mokee 588]

Why can't you be around your friends and relatives? The first month it was almost too much to go out to eat with others because I could not eat anything but mushies and liquid. My first month was December so I chose to skip all the Xmas parties because it was too hard at that time. But once I could eat food I was fine. I went out with everyone and still do and either get my own entre or an appetizer or eat off of others plates. Nothing has changed except the amount that I eat.

Everything will be alright and your life will go on except there will be a lot less of you.