Getting banded on monday the 25th

[beautifult 0]

Im so excited the time is almost here getting my band on mon the 25th 730am is my surgery time im so scared and yet so excited im doing my preop diet now been doing it since the 10th and am down 15 lbs i feel great but ......... I did happen to cheat alittle yesterday and today nothing big but im hopeing he will still be able to do it i had a few peanuts yesterday and a bit of chicken breast not even a whole 1 but 1 bite do you think i blew it omg i hope not i was just a little hungary any suggestions?

[slimteacherin08 0]

I wouldn't think you blew it! I am also being banded on the 25th and I don't start my liquid liver reduction diet till Friday. Even then Friday and Saturday I can have one normal meal a day and liquids the rest of the day. Sunday I have to have all liquids. I think you will be fine.

[Carramia 0]

I am getting banded on the the 25th too!!! I am excited and nervous too. I have read a lot of these boards and it looks like all dr's have different pre op diets. I am sure you will be ok. I have been on liquids since the 15th and I have lost 8 lbs!! I am excited because I am on my way!

Good luck on your surgery

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Everyone is different. That probably didn't blow it but don't let it escalate between now and the 25th. Get right back on the preop program your surgeon has you on. I followed my own modified preop program and lost 15 pounds but didn't do as my surgeon asked (he didn't know that, of course!) and when he "went in" he couldn't place my band because my liver was too fatty. Let me tell you, no food is worth the misery of waking up and realizing you didn't get the band! Now I'm on his program to a T and am trying again on 8/29.

So no, you probably did NOT blow it. But don't relax, get back with it!

[g00dbyefat 0]

I'm getting banded on the 25th too!!! I have been on Atkins for 3 weeks now, let me tell ya I'm SICK of meat! Hope my liver is smaller, there's no way for them to tell till they get ya open, huh!! I'm NERVOUS about surgery and liver issue. I don't want to wake up w/ no band! EEEEKKKK!!!

[RestlessMonkey 7]

i don't get meat laws woman. Well, not red meat! LOL I get chicken (foul) turkey (also fowl) and fish. I have had more gorton's baked fish than in my whole entire life before now. I'm fairly landlocked and have no clue how to cook fish, except for catfish or the like that you batter and fry! LOL

I know though I'd get sick of anything doing it this long. I hope your liver is ok! My surgery is the 29th, Please post to say how you do! :cursing:

[RestlessMonkey 7]

They did the ultrasound and couldn't tell....so I'm thinking no, probably not (about telling before hand) You can see where it is but probably not how thick etc...and mine was too thick. Can you be mad at an internal organ? LOL It better be smaller this time.

[Ifish 0]

I'm getting my band on the 25th too. My doctor has no pre-op diet. I am kind of worried after reading about Fat Livers. Anyhow, let's keep in touch here.:tongue:

Marsha

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Ifish..i don't know if it matters, but although I do have a fatty liver that didn't shrink enough the first time, I also started out weighing a LOT more than you. I think my initial weight was a big part of it!

Plus they do ultrasounds and blood work and all. I'm sure you'll be fine! Good luck on your surgery!

[teenasline 0]

i am getting banded on the 25th to i am down 10 and today i did slip a little but i am back with it now 2 more days to go tomorrow its a light bk and then liquids i check in at 9:30 and surgery is at 11:30

[heyma 0]

I too am scheduled for surgery on the 25th. I wondered if this day would ever come and bam, it's here. I was put on a diet to get me off of diabetes meds. It worked and I'm down 16 lbs. My doctor has me on all liquids the day before surgery. I'm a little nervous and a whole lot excited.:tongue:

[slimteacherin08 0]

Tomorrow is the day! I have to be at the surgery center by 11:45am and my procedure is at 1pm. I have been on Clear Liquids since Friday. I didn't know that Jello and chicken broth could taste so good. :biggrin: I think I have finally gotten rid of the headaches. I haven't been able to take anything for them and have just had to put up with them. I hope I am headache free today!

[dwrd73 0]

Tomorrow is the day! It's really exciting to be able to write that and see that in print.

I started the two week pre op diet on the 11th and I am now down 12 lbs. I did cheat a little bit but I'm not going to worry. Today I'm only allowed clear liquids. I think it is going to be tough but I will not cheat today.

My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:30am. So this time tomorrow I will be banded and eating my ice chips. That's all I'm allowed after surgery tomorrow.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Good Luck! I was scheduled for 8/11 but cheated a little on the preop diet and my liver was too fatty, but I am rescheduled for this Friday, 8-29. So I'm still (barely! LOL) an August All-Star!

[shadowdancin 0]

My surgery date is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 29th. Having throat issues and running tests before hand. I'm on Atkins diet, and sick of meat also. My nutritionist said I could have almonds, does that sound right to you guys? I'm a cash patient and would be real upset if I wake up without a band. DANG!

CJ in Florida

Edited August 24, 2008 by shadowdancin