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October 6th for me too. Looks like I might run into some of you cats at Ortiz's office in TJ this week!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

Judy, that live surgery was crazy. It kind of freaked me out, but I have come too far to quit now! It is really gonna happen! :)

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Oct 13th here, with Dr. Bauman in Concord, NC. Starting to "nest" kinda like the last few weeks of pregnancy...lol. I've been organizing, planing, making lists...you'd think I'd be leaving hubby in charge for more than a day. LOL Anyone else doing this as an outpatient?

Melissa

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I'll finally be banded on October 11th. Very excited right now and can't believe how fast this last week has gone. At first my date was 7 weeks out and I thought it would never get here - now the closer it gets, the faster time seems to be going. The only thing I can compare it to is maybe being 5 years old and waiting for Santa! Love this site and am so glad that we are all here together....

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Hello my date is oct/28/2008 just thrilled.....

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Hi bbblampwork - congratulations on your 10/11 date. You may want to join the discussion on an different thread, "any october bandsters!??!?!" within the pre-operation lap-band surgery Q & A forum. There you will find a large listing of us being banded in October and can have you name and date added to the list. Hope to see you there!

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I'm scheduled for October 31st :eek:. Like the majority of you all, I am excited and a little nervous too.

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i finally got to see my dr. today. he told me to start my liquid diet tomorrow!!! my surgery will be Oct. 22. didn't expect things to move so fast. scared and excited. met a lady there that had lap band, she looked great. she said that i wouldn't be sorry that i had it done.

good luck to all of you guys!!

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I was banded Oct 3, today was my first check up (no fill) and I've lost 8 lbs since the surgery and 16 total.

Welcome everyone, and congrats on being a Smashing Pumpkin!

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My date is the 24th. It's been eight months since I started this journey and even though I thought it would never end, it went pretty quick. These last two weeks are a killer. I can't wait.....

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well , had my tests and saw the dietician today. today was my first day on the liquid diet. wasn't too bad. a little hard watching others eat.

i have to have a stress test and echo of my heart before i have surgery. if everything is okay i will be on shcedule for Oct. 22

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wtgggggggggggg to u all,my birthdays monday and the nxt week the 20th is the big day,good luck to everyone janet

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