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Banded Wendi's Journey

A blog by BandedSwords in General

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Journey to Healthy Renewed Me

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3 Days Into Pre-op Diet

Well I am now on day 3 of pre-op diet for the lap band. I am hungry and cranky but I am surviving. I have my EGD tomorrow morning. My mother-in-law was supposed to take me but there was apparantly some miscommunication between her and my husband. So after stressing and scrambiling around all night, my sister will take me. I feel so bad for her because she has 3 kids that she has to find babysitters for to keep them over night and to get one of them to summer school. But she is an angel for takin

2 Weeks Until Surgery - Day 1 Pre-op diet

Count down begins! I start my pre-op diet today and 2 weeks until my surgery date. EEEEEKKKK!!!! I am worried about being hungry this first few days. I brought a PowerAide Zero, two protein shakes and sugar free pudding. Lets see how this goes. I am scheduled for my EGD on Thursday. I drove out to the surgery center on Saturday so I could make sure I know where it is and to also find a hotel for me and my husband to stay at the night before my surgey. The drive is AWFUL!!! Lots of traffic, con

5 Days Until Pre-op Diet Begins

So I have days until I begin my pre-op diet. I am scared I am going to be starving but look forward to losing the weight. I bought 3 cases of protein drinks and have a few cans of soup picked out. I noticed all of the doctors have different requirements for the preop diet. My doctor requires 14 days for the diet. Two protein shakes and one can of chunky soup. If you are really hunger and have to have a snack, he recomends only 2 snacks a day and it has to be sugar free...pudding, jello or popsic

25 Days to the Big Day

My story begins. I joined this website two days ago and have read many inspiring stories. I was close to canceling my surgery until I read thru countless success stories. I truely belive the band is a tool and not the "cure" for my sedentary lifestyle as well as the 100 pounds of extra weight on my bones.   It started with a lumbar disc explosion that was tangeled in the channel of nerves at the bottom of my spinal column. I lost all use of my right foot, and had a tremendous amount of pain i

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