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Crishell · January 18, 2007

Finally after eight months of planning. I get banded tomorrow (Friday 1/19) @ 7:30 a.m. I am rather nervous. I have lost about 8 pounds on the pre-op liver shrinking diet.Just a bit of info that I did not consider in my journey. I made the mistake of binging as my date got closer (last suppers, so to speak). Eating a bunch of stuff that I should not have been because I was anticipating the procedure and I wanted to enjoy my favorite foods prior to. As a result, my blood sugar shot up and three weeks ago, I found myself having to have more doctor's appointments and put on medication to lower it for surgery due to diagnosis of new onset diabetes. The doctors anticipate that I will only need meds for month or two after I get my band. I may have had diabetes all along (or been borderline) but did not know. It definitely got worse. I ended up in ER 12/29 (day after my preo-op work) dehydrated and with rapid heart rate due to elevated blood sugar. Luckily, my surgery did not have to be rescheduled. So if you have surgery coming up, don't do like I did and go overboard. See you all on the other side of the lapband journey.