New from Houston,TX

[whaletail 0]

Hello, Having surgery in 2 weeks!!!! Gotta do a 2 week liquid plan. Starting tomorrow. Anyone got any tips to make it thru??

[mamamarie 0]

Congrats on having the surgery! I just completed my physic evaluation and met with the dietician... now I wait to hear from insurance. I am in houston, also... what doctor are you seeing? I am seeing Garth Davis.

~marie

[Skinny_Jill 36]

Congrats to both of you on your upcoming surgeries. I live in Sugar Land and Dr. Spivak performed my surgery. I love my band.

[abeaher 0]

Good luck to you, I'm excited for you!! I was banded 6 weeks ago by Dr. Turnquest, I live in The Woodlands.

[momof321 0]

The first few days on liquid were the hardest for me. If you can make it 2-3 days the hunger goes away after that, or it did for me. Congratulations on your surgery date. I had my surgery March 13th at Journeylite in houston, dr. collier is my dr. We are all here to give each other support

[whaletail 0]

Great!!!! Dr. Garth Davis is my doctor too!!!!! He's GREAT!!!! The process went really fast. I had to do a 3 month pre diet for insurance purposes, but all in all it was smooth. April 16th is the big day!!!! Hope everything goes quick for you too!!

[pixiedust 0]

The diet isn't so bad. I enjoyed not cooking for myself even though I did still cook for my family. :thumbup: You'll be fine. Take stool softeners if you aren't a milk drinker. I discovered I was lactos intolerant and had a lot of trouble going to the bathroom. Good luck! You can do it.

pixiedust - Jeannette

[lbs2go 0]

I just had my surgery on 3/19/08 and I did pretty well on pre-op diet drank lots of slim fast low carb and ate a lot of protien. I am in houston too I went to True Results Dr. Hollis. Have you joined the houston bandsters? If not it is www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/houstonareabandsters. It is a great site and they have groups all over Houston that meet regularly. Good luck to everbody on their surgery and to their great sucesses

[mmh498 0]

Hi, I just got banded on March 25th and have another week to go of the liquid diet. What worked for me was the Protein Shakes, low sodium broth-the warmth of it made me feel good, and a lot of diet jello-you can eat a whole lot of that for very little calories and has some Protein. If you find you are ready to eat a table leg or something, get up and do something-cleaning, etc., gets your mind off your stomach for a bit. Good luck!

[mamamarie 0]

whaletail: Keep in touch, I would like to hear how your surgery goes with Dr. Davis. He's a really nice doctor... I feel comfortable with him and his staff. I'm just curious to see how things go for you! Good Luck!

[yviator 0]

Congratulations! I just got my band on 2/25/08 by Dr. Sherman over at St. Luke's Health System. So far so good..