Any October Bandsters!??!?!

[chelleyperry 0]

If you have less weight to lose that causes it to come off more slowly?

[RedBone Creole 4]

If you have less weight to lose that causes it to come off more slowly?

From what I been reading, I would say yes.

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[NormaRae 0]

I finally had a new picture done for my business cards. I am not quite sure if that is really me, but I think it might be...lol.

[Ewiedbingcott 9]

I finally had a new picture done for my business cards. I am not quite sure if that is really me, but I think it might be...lol.

Wow NormaRae - you look fantastic! Can you believe it - Last year at this time I was hopeless - I was even afraid to think the lapband would help. But it has.

Congratulations on getting below goal. You must be very proud of yourself:thumbup:

[NormaRae 0]

Wow NormaRae - you look fantastic! Can you believe it - Last year at this time I was hopeless - I was even afraid to think the LAP-BAND® would help. But it has.

Congratulations on getting below goal. You must be very proud of yourself:thumbup:

Thanks for your kind words. You are right...what a difference a year can make.

You are doing very well yourself! Doesn't it feel good!!!

[Ewiedbingcott 9]

It certainly does!!

[freeasabird 0]

Im getting banded on october 2nd,yesss!

[timmmers 0]

First October 2009 bandster... I'm in bandland! I got banded THIS morning, about 8 hours ago. At the hotel across the street from the clinic, and am here until tomorrow. I had my surgery done at NWWLS., with Dr. Michaelson. I'm going to break down what happened to me today for any of you who are interested in what happens at NWWLS or just in general.

I left home at 5:45am (after only getting about an hour of sleep_ to make it to Everett, WA by 7:45am. Didn't need to be there until 8:30am, so we went to the hotel (Holiday Inn Express) to check in. They gave us our room already!!! Btw the hotel is just wonderful! Very nice rooms, beds, extremely good customer service, TV, and best of all, quiet and dark making it easy to do a lot of resting. Rested for about 15 minutes and then headed to the clinic. Filled out paperwork and waited for about 15 minutes. Was brought to the back. VERY nice private care facility. They gave me blood thinner into my thigh, tested my temp, BP, and O2 stats. Then, Dr. Michaelson spoke with me for a few minutes. Met the anesthesiologist, who asked me the same questions all over again. He was really nice (Dr. Ortiz I think). Walked into the operating room, laid down, got hooked up to monitoring machines, and then got some absolutely amazing drug that made my eyes heavy - but it also made me feel absolutely NO anxiety. About 2 minutes later they gave me the anesthesia as I was out. Ta-da, I'm banded.

Waking up from general really sucks for me, so it was a pretty strange feeling. I don't remember much, other than it was a bit difficult to breathe, and that my mom (who came along to drive me home, etc.) was in the room answering questions for me. I knew where I was, but had no idea what time it was and kept on asking.. about every 2 minutes. haha. After an hour in the recovery room in my bed, I was asked to walk to another room with a chair. I had fear that I wouldn't make it, but I actually liked walking more than the sitting. Got to my room, and was checked about every 10 minutes (BP, O2, etc). I was supposed to get the SILS procedure, but the doctor reverted to a standard procedure because he said I was too tall for his instruments. So, I have 5 incisions like most people - I would have liked just having 1, but safety was definitely more important than looks. After about 1 hour, I started to feel some pain, so they gave me liquid vicodin (Lora-tab Elixir). The drugs kinda "knocked" me out half way, but made the pain go completely away. After another 45 minutes, they told me I was good to go. So, got into the car and drove to the hotel. Did a 10 minute walk around the hotel. Then, back to the room and slept for an hour. Took more Lora-tab as I was feeling a bit more pain. Felt sleepy again, and slept for 2.5 hours. Just went for another walk and am now in my room writing this post. So, all in all, it went really smoothly, and pretty limited pain. I would like to have no pain, but it's definitely not bad.

Best wishes for the rest of you October bandsters. Cheers ~

[julie.ann 1]

That is great Timmers! Good luck to all of those coming up soon! One year from today you will be where many of us are! The year will go fast and I hope you are still on the boards sharing your stories!:smile:

[ca7696 1]

Today is finally the day.....leaving in about one hour for the hospital.Its been a loooooong 6 month wait. I've lost 13 pounds on the liquid diet this past 8 days.......... I am ready to start my new life. it begins at 730 this morning,,,,,,,,,,,,ttl

[cruzlady 0]

WTG !!! You look great -- Congrats on the weight loss !!

I finally had a new picture done for my business cards. I am not quite sure if that is really me, but I think it might be...lol.

[RedBone Creole 4]

Today is finally the day.....leaving in about one hour for the hospital.Its been a loooooong 6 month wait. I've lost 13 pounds on the liquid diet this past 8 days.......... I am ready to start my new life. it begins at 730 this morning,,,,,,,,,,,,ttl

Yaaa! Good for you!

I go in tomorrow at 10am.

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[Chellz423 0]

Good Morning everyone, I'm a Oct. Bandster....sutgery date 10/7.....nervous and excited....wishing everyone well

[keatruff 0]

Hey everyone! I know that October seems like forever away, but I was just seeing if there is anyone out there that wants some help and support through the long days leading up to the best thing that will every happen to us!? Can't wait to hear some support and excitement.

Hi my band date is Oct 6. I'm excited and scared all at the same time. I have done every diet in the world that claimed to be life changing, for the first time I truely believe the statement is true. Banding will change my life for the better, improve my health and my over all view of myself.

[keatruff 0]

:thumbup:I band on TUEDAY Oct 6. I have new out look on my life. I know it still takes a lot of hard work on my end, but finaly when I go to the gym I will see life changing results.