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Hello everyone,

I am being banded on April 8th by Dr. Steinberg in Georgia. I will be the first of his patients to get the "Realize Band." Does anyone have any information they'd like to share about the realize band?

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Hey letschat......I am very nervous as well. I started my 2 week pre op diet today. It was hard, but I knew this wasnt going to be easy. Just one day at a time is what I am trying to tell myself. I'm not sure if there is a way to chat other than on here I will give you my email address. It is workgirl29@yahoo.com email me anytime. It is nice to have somone going through this the same time as I am. I too have a major love for food. I guess we all do thats why we are here....lol. I hope to hear from you soon!!1

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Hello everyone!

Well here we are, ready for a new life. We made it to April! Wow, it seemed like it would take forever to get here, but here it is already! I am so happy for all of us. Our long journey has come to an end...in order to begin a new one.

Good luck to all of you! Let's keep up the wonderful support we have going here!!!!

~Carol

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Hi NeNe. It's Carol, another April 8'er from Ohio. Hope your pre-op diet is going ok. Dr. is Trace Curry in Cincinnati, self pay. One week to go. Hang in there. I am drinking lots of Water to feel full.

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Hi Carol 4784,

Actually, I only have to do a two-day preop. So I won't start fasting until Sunday, April 6th. What does your pre-op diet consist of?

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I cant believe only 9 more days!! Day 2 liquid diet is not too bad, although I do have a major headache right now. Discovered today that I like cottage cheese when I forced myself to try Breakstones cottage doubles w/ peach topping. It was a little odd as far as consistency, it felt really strange chewing & swallowing it, but overall, it will be tolerable as a lunch. So far the broth has been the worst, I love Swansons chicken broth when I make homeade chicken noodle Soup, but drinking it plain is disgusting! I gotta find a better broth or I will never make it thru this preop diet. I have to have no more than 3 servings of dairy a day, SF popsicles/fudgesicles/jello (all I want) & all the broth I want. (yuck!) Then for dinner I am allowed 1 small can of Campbells chicken noodle/beef noodle/or veggie soup. I am so glad I started the "modified" diet early cuz this would have been so incredibly hard to switch to from eating normally!

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OK 5 days till surgery day and I am getting a litle nervous. April 7th is coming fast. Trying to not think about it but when u are on this preop diet that is all u think about. Then a patient brings in a home made Gob cake today and I showed great restraint and did not touch it and I LOVE THAT CAKE!! Guess I am getting better at this telling myself no thing lol

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Hi everyone,

Have any of you started the liquid portion of your to prep for surgery? I have to go and review all of my tests with my surgeon and then it is off to the nutritionist for the liquid diet. I have been really excited about being banded, but now that is getting closer I am getting nervous. I wish you all the best with your up coming surgery dates.- Katkeen

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I got my date! I'll be banded 4/16!!!!!!!!!

:biggrin2:

Edited by kjl315

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What is Gob cake? :huh2:

I had never heard of it so I did and search and here is the recipe. Cooks.com - Recipe - Gob Cake

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Today I go for pre-op. Sunday and Monday I have to be on a clear liquid diet. Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. I have to be at the hospital; at 8:00 a.m. I'm suppose to go into surgery.

I'm really excited!!!:huh2::tt2::lol:

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I cant believe only 9 more days!! Day 2 liquid diet is not too bad, although I do have a major headache right now. Discovered today that I like cottage cheese when I forced myself to try Breakstones cottage doubles w/ peach topping. It was a little odd as far as consistency, it felt really strange chewing & swallowing it, but overall, it will be tolerable as a lunch. So far the broth has been the worst, I love Swansons chicken broth when I make homeade chicken noodle Soup, but drinking it plain is disgusting! I gotta find a better broth or I will never make it thru this preop diet. I have to have no more than 3 servings of dairy a day, SF popsicles/fudgesicles/jello (all I want) & all the broth I want. (yuck!) Then for dinner I am allowed 1 small can of Campbells chicken noodle/beef noodle/or veggie Soup. I am so glad I started the "modified" diet early cuz this would have been so incredibly hard to switch to from eating normally!

Try your cottage cheese with a little bit of cinnamon and splenda. It is really tasty.

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Go to the beginning of this thread and copy it from Countingthedays and then you can paste it into your signature.

Edited by carol422

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