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August 6th, 2008 Surgery Date????



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I am getting banded tomorrow August 7th at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA very excited.

Best of luck to all of you

You're getting banded on my birthday! :cry_smile: Wish you luuuck

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August 4th - Been research the band for 3 years. Has anyone been able to loose weight but never been able to keep it off?

Thanks,

Janat in New Hampshire

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My surgery is also scheduled for August 6th.

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I am scheduled for August 4th, in Maryland. I am on a light diet three days prior at least not pure liquid.. Still testing out the protien supplements available so I figured I would start them on August 1st, that would give me some time to fixate myself on something.

I have told a few people, mostly those I trust it is interesting because many people don't believe I was heavy enough to be put on the diet, however I have not told any co-workers and really don't plan to say anything to them I have a lot of food allergies so it is easy for me to say "oh I can't eat that".

I am excited... is anyone making homemade broths or using store bought? I have been in the process of getting both so that I can have some at work and some at home. I took off 10 days from work so I figure that would be enough time to heal and get aclimated to my 4 week liquid life.

I am a little concerned about the possibility of a hiatal hernia, not sure if I have one or not, never been tested... but I do have episodes of food getting stuck, and burping up food here and there, along with serious heartburn once in a while. I have been reading so much about the surgery my head is spinning... however, I am still ready to go thru with it... :laugh:

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I am scheduled for August 4th, in Maryland. I am on a light diet three days prior at least not pure liquid.. Still testing out the protien supplements available so I figured I would start them on August 1st, that would give me some time to fixate myself on something.

I have told a few people, mostly those I trust it is interesting because many people don't believe I was heavy enough to be put on the diet, however I have not told any co-workers and really don't plan to say anything to them I have a lot of food allergies so it is easy for me to say "oh I can't eat that".

I am excited... is anyone making homemade broths or using store bought? I have been in the process of getting both so that I can have some at work and some at home. I took off 10 days from work so I figure that would be enough time to heal and get aclimated to my 4 week liquid life.

I am a little concerned about the possibility of a hiatal hernia, not sure if I have one or not, never been tested... but I do have episodes of food getting stuck, and burping up food here and there, along with serious heartburn once in a while. I have been reading so much about the surgery my head is spinning... however, I am still ready to go thru with it... :)

Hello!

I too am on my Pre-Op diet and having a hard time with the Protein shakes! *Yuck* but luckily I can have a light meal in the evening.

I am in Texas, and I have only told my supervisor at work. None of my other co-workers know either. I think taking the 10 days off was great. You should be good to go by then. My surgery is Thursday, the 6th and I'm going to try to go back to work on Monday. I know I may be pushing it. But if need be, I can only work 1/2 days for a couple of days. I will be looking for you to see how you are doing if that is ok?

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Hi Girls,

I noticed you are Aug of this year! Well it's a been ago today that I had my surgery and I have lost 109 lbs!!! I wish you the best of luck! To my August All-Stars of 08... I would love to hear how your doing!!!!!

Hugs,

Cutiew/booty

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Congratulations Cutie. Happy Anniversay. You did a great job in this last year. Any hints or suggestions for us waiting to be bannded. Wow 109 lbs

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Hi Debi, 75 lbs is awesome!!! Congrats!!! I truly can't believe I've lost this much (I hit a 110 loss this morning!), I'm so happy I finely feel like me again!

Pickles - I workout 5 days a week, I love dance so I started doing Jazzercise! It's fun and a great workout!!! I also really have given up food....something I thought would be hard, but when you see the lbs start to come off, you'll see it's so worth it! I eat 3 times a day, about a half of cup of food and I really don't snack much. I now eat to live and don't live to eat. Best of luck to you!

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