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I am so excited and nervous. I know this is normal. Thank you everyone for being so supportive to me. I have discovered bandsters are amazing people!

I am glad the weather is supposed to be nice for a few days. I can walk on my dead end street. I want to feel better as soon as possible. Not looking forward to 4 weeks of liquids, but at least I should (hopefully) be losing during this time. That should make it worth while!

thanks again everyone, Denise

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Hooray for you, Denise822! Your dream is about to become a reality! Good luck to you, and be sure to keep us posted! Hope to hear from you when you feel up to it!

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Best of luck to you. We will be so happy you are doing this for yourself. I am thrilled because I believe I have added many years to my life. Congrats and best wishes.

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Best of luck to you! Congratulations for taking control of your life! The first few weeks could be challenging, but like everything, time passes quickly. Please keep us posted and contact us for anything! I know this board made a huge difference in my recovery! :clap2:

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Hi Denise, congratulations on your impending surgery tomorrow. It is really exciting. Just rest and take care of yourself. You'll be up and about in no time. Keep on those liquids!

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Congratulations Denise!

I hope all goes well for you in the morning, I'll say a prayer for you! BTW-I'm getting banded in the morning too (8:30) We can walk together to the other side! YYYYYAAAAAAAy for us!

Butterfly

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Congratulations Denise!

I hope all goes well for you in the morning, I'll say a prayer for you! BTW-I'm getting banded in the morning too (8:30) We can walk together to the other side! YYYYYAAAAAAAy for us!

Butterfly

congrads!

KITTY

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Thanks Kitty!

I think I'm a little nervous- I've been having muscle spasms on the left side of my back for the last 3 days. Muscle relaxers don't seem to help either!!! GRRRRRH!

Butterfly

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Good luck Denise...keep us posted.

Wooohooo! the fun surely begins!

:) becky

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did your insurance pay for your band?:)

Yes KittyBoozie, my insurance covered all costs associated with the LB. Good luck on your surgery.

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I am so excited and nervous. I know this is normal. Thank you everyone for being so supportive to me. I have discovered bandsters are amazing people!

I am glad the weather is supposed to be nice for a few days. I can walk on my dead end street. I want to feel better as soon as possible. Not looking forward to 4 weeks of liquids, but at least I should (hopefully) be losing during this time. That should make it worth while!

thanks again everyone, Denise

Hi Denise,

I hope everything went well with your surgery. I'm on day 4 already and the liquid diet after the surgery is not that bad. In all honesty, I don't feel hungry at all. I am supposed to stay on a 1,000kcal a day diet and I hardly reach that goal. I drink a lot of Water and also discovered the "Propel" Water from Gatorade which is a Vitamin water.It is excellent. They were giving me that in the hospital and I continued drinking it after I came home. Now, I know I should be getting Protein and I got from GNC the whey Protein [chocolate flavor is great] which I disolve in skim milk. So I replaced the Slim Fast Optima shakes with this.

When you feel up to it, give us an update on how you are feeling.:)

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