Getting banded in November, Reality Setting In!

[jelbel 0]

Good luck to everybody!!!! I can't wait to compare notes when we come back home.

[elshaffer 0]

I'm being banded on the 14th. For some reason I'm not really nervous about actually being banded. What I'm really really really nervous about is the recovery. I'm a total wimp when it comes to pain.

I'm getting banded on the 15th - we'll have to keep in touch since are band dates are only a day apart. I just got the news from the insurance company today - holy makrol, it's really going to happen! I've been waiting for this approval for what seems like forever and it's finally here.

Have you started your pre-op diet yet? I start mine next week and I'm a little nervous about dropping the 13 pounds the doc told me I had to lose in order to have my surgery. Maybe we can keep each other on task???

Erenne

[edeva3 0]

I am getting banded on NOV 1st! San Francisco CA by dr Campos on UCSF

[dream'n2bthin 0]

Erenne - CONGRATS on the approval! :whoo:

No I haven't really started my diet yet. I'm trying to replace one meal a day with a shake. Slowly trying to ease into it. Pre-op starts Monday. I thought I would be dreading it but I'm actually looking forward to it. I'll probably think different come Tuesday when I'm starving....

My doc didn't give me a certain amount to lose but I would love to get off 15 or so before the big day.

Are you going to start exercising when you start the pre-op? I figure this is my week to be fat and lazy and next week starts the beginning of the rest of my new skinny life. I won't ever have to look at those numbers on the scale again! :eek:

[sumz30 0]

hey all

i m being banded on 3rd nov in dubai.. they havent asked me to be on a liquid diet.. just fat free food!!! i wonder if thats gonna be a problem! i m nervous now :eek:

[Longhorn 1]

I'm getting banded on the 1st. I saw Dr. Ganta last Friday, as well as the nutritionist. I saw the psychologist on Tuesday. I go to my GP tomorrow to see if he will order my labs so that my insurance will pay for it. I hope to get those labs the same day. I go to the hospital Monday for my pre-op check-in. I see Dr. Ganta again Tuesday for my pre-op examination. And FINALLY, the surgery at 7 a.m. Thursday.

I teach at a community college and have a really tight schedule so working all of these appointments in has been hectic. I am cancelling classes on two days, Thursday and Monday, and going back on Tuesday, November 6. I've announced the cancellation to my classes and one student raised his hand and asked why I was having surgery! I told him I wasn't planning on discussing it. Then another student, who is older than I am, asked me privately if I was okay, that she was worried because she has a friend who just found out she had cancer. I went ahead and told her what I was doing and she was supportive. I haven't even told my mother and in-laws yet! :omg:

[Suebob 0]

November 12th for me! My big fear is finding things to eat afterwards! I am a fast food junkie and don't like to cook. I fear I'll have to live on Protein Bars and shakes and don't even know if I'll find any I like. I guess it's time to start experimenting with different ones before the surgery. Any favorites?

[andielmt 0]

i am getting banded on the 19th and have been up and down emotionally somedays i am ok with it and other days i feel overwhelmed about it and have my doubts. its hard to figure out what emotion to count on to guide you in what you really want or what is just fear.

andrea

[jenn3802 0]

Hi All.

This is my first post on here. I've been reading everyones entry's so I figured, with my operation scheduled for 2 weeks away, I would post a quick hello. I start the pre op liquid diet next Wednesday which I am very nervous about. I tend to get severe headaches when I drastically change my diet like I'm going to have to start next week. I'm an emotional basketcase lately and have my doubts every day if i'm making the right decision; even though deep down I know its the best thing for me and my family. I'm the most concerned that I made the right decision to go with the Band vs the Bypass. Is the success rate the same? What will I eat after the initial 6 weeks of healing and diet? I LOVE fast food and sugary drinks and dont have much time to cook with two active kids and a career. I'll stop babbling now.... Good luck to everyone!!!

[Debbie P 0]

I hope I am. Waiting on insurance. Can I ask a dumb question? The littler tickler on the bottom of your signature line, I for the life of me can't figure out how to place it there. All I keep getting is the text? Can you help, is it a HTML or something different?

[Debbie P 0]

OK, I'm actually smarter than I thought. Sorry for the dumb question.

[nygirl 0]

I am being banded on November 13, 2007 in Dayton, OH by Dr. Donovan Teel. Just want it to be here already!

[nygirl 0]

I just right clicked and copied it and pasted it in under my signature

[nygirl 0]

Jenn 3802 I could have written that message myself. I am a little over 2 weeks out from surgery and having every thought you are. What made me go with Lap Bad is I know a few rue en y patients who kept bad habits and got heavy again. With the Lap Band I figure you can always go in for a fill.

[pampeterson 0]

I'm getting banded Nov 21st started the liquids today does everyone really follow this?