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:lol: I Finally got my surgery date (May 4th), its been a long road and I hope its worth it, I have started on the shakes and they are a lot better than what I first thought, would like to hear from others in the same position and let me know some of there travels through this journey!!

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Hi Neil. I'm getting banded on May 12th. I have to do 3 weeks of a pre-op diet of 2 Protein Shakes and 1 Protein Bar a day. Today is day number 4 and it has been a long couple of days! They tell me that it gets easier after the first few days and I'm sure hoping that is true. What do you have to do for your pre-op?

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My Pre-Op is 5 shakes a day, the first few days were hard but after that I was OK, even went to a friends House Warming party yesterday there was a big crowd there and they made some great looking BBQ food, but I was not tempted to indulge, they also had a lot of booze on the go and me Originally being from Scotland (we like our beer)never even touched a drop.

Stick with it it gets easier and it will be worth it in the long run!!

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Hey Neil, welcome! I'm being banded on the 6th, just 1 week from today! I can't believe how fast time is flying. It'll be here before we know it. We have a May support group May 09 Bandsters - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum come by and say hi.

I've also added you to our dates only thread, come by and see who you will be banded with at http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f18163/mayo-banditos-dates-only-91909/index3.html

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:thumbup: I Finally got my surgery date (May 4th), its been a long road and I hope its worth it, I have started on the shakes and they are a lot better than what I first thought, would like to hear from others in the same position and let me know some of there travels through this journey!!

that's wonderful. my journey (from seminar to surgery) took 11.5 months. but it was worth it !!!

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Hey Neil,

Im going in on the 22nd of May. I was really excited and happy and now I'm nervous. Ill be keeping in touch to see how things went, and ask some questions...lol. Wish you lots of luck and congrats!!

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