jennifer1

ME TOO ME TOO! surgery at 1pm! best wishes love!

Well the day is FINALLY here!!!!! I cant believe this day is finally here. I'm not nervous at this point, not sure how i'll feel once i get there. So in the 11 days I've been on the pre-op liquid diet and lost 13 pounds!!! I cant believe that I made it the whole time and didnt cheat. I pray everyone has a successful surgery today. I'll try to check in later to let you guys know how it went! Thank you guys for allllll your love and support during this time, it has helped me sooooo much! love you guys like my family!!! MUAH!

congrats on your NSV's. girl i feel you on the scrub tops! i cant wait for mine to start falling off, although my pants are already getting baggy. LOL! but i refuse to buy another stitch of clothing unless its the next size down! LOL! Well i get banded today. i lost 13 pounds on the 11 days i was on my pre-op liquid diet. congrats on your success thus far!!

Hey my chicago bandsters thanks for checking in! Well today is the day!!! not nervous yet, just wishing it was already over!

praying for a sucessful event free surgery for both of us!

Thanks all for your well wishes! Had another glitch today with the financing piece, but all is well now!!!! surgery time 1pm tomorrow!!!! gotta check in at 11:30am!! i will check in with you guys before i leave! thanks again for all your support!

great job! hope i get the motivation to get back in the gym soon. px90!!!! wow you go girl!

Hope you continue to have success!!! I'm on my way!

6. you deserve it! Best wishes on your surgery!!!

Ok I know i posted this yesterday, not sure what happened to it, but hear goes again. I've been checking my cell phone like crazy waiting for my company to call me and tell me if I have a job in 2 weeks since my current contract ends in two weeks. I see that I have missed a call from the surgery center. I check the VM and they said they have to reschedule my surgery from Fri(20th) til Monday(23rd)! WTH!!!!OMG!! I went into my supervisor's office and balled my eyes out. Couldnt do that to long as my patient was waiting on me. I went and found a friend of mine and she said a quick prayer for me. Well minutes later I went back to my desk only to find another VM from the surgery center! MY SURGERY IS BACK ON FOR FRIDAY!!!! THANK YOU JESUS! God answers prayers and I needed this one answered quickly. Secondly, I still hadnt heard from my company, finally they call and tell me the hospital has extended my contract till June 24th and possibly longer than that! THANK YOU JESUS!! Now I can go into my surgery with no worries about if i'll be employed in a week. Plus my supervisor know about my surgery and has agreed to manuever my patint caseload to accomodate my 10 pound weight lifiting restriction!!!!! I thank God for his favor, cuz technically she could say you cant do your job and we're ending you contract! I'm still doin well on the pre-op diet! no cheats! but also no gym ...Tonight is my last night band free!!!! I will find out today the exact time of my proceudure today! Hope all is well with everyone!!! MUAH!!!

congrats on graduating!!!!! hoping you hear from them soon!

thanks for the info about the sugar free gum. i have been chewing away! LOL! i'm so jealous of your guys who actually get real food on your pre-op! j/k! only 3 more days!!!!

awwwww thanks everyone for your encouraging words! it means soooooo much to me! gosh i love your guys and have never met you! LOL! i love this forum, it definetly helps keep me accountable. I stated in the beginning that i would share the good bad and ugly and i meant just that. That is part of what keeps me going is I dont want to have to come back here and say ooops i slipped. Now i'm not gonna put any undue pressure on myself and i will be honesty, but this does help keep me in line. Thanks everyone for checking on me. Wow it's Tues!!!!! 3 more days!!!

hi klove. i am also getting banded on the 20th. so far the liquid diet hastn been as bad as i thought. i think i am soooo determined to do this and looked at me not cheating as a way of judging how serious i was. i am self pay and i am not about to drop $12K to screw it up! LOL! I'll be checking in on you sat to see how you are doing. do you have to stay overnight?

Hi mike! well i survived a whole week on th liquid diet and nobody is dead, lost any limbs and i'm not in jail! i am soooooo shocked at how well i am doing. i've been tempted like 3 times, but didnt give in! i've lost 11.2 pounds!!! hope all is well with you...can you believe it's just 4 days away!!! cant wait to get the call thurs. nite for my exact time. do you have to stay overnight?

congrats on getting your approval!!!

From what i understand the band size is bases on your anatomy and the curvature of your stomach. it has nothing to do with how much weight you have to loose(i thought it would). hope that helps

you have some will power. i'm single so no one else to cook for. that would be torture!!!!! i feel you on the wanting something of substance. i'm fine as long as i dont smell or see someone elses food.! LOL

i am soooo ready! LOL

I am getting banded in Chicago and am self pay with a price tag of $12,500. Mine is outpatient, so no over night stay. This included all my pre-op testing, surgery and one year of fills. So it sounds good to me. Wanna switch prices! LOL!

@ strong1...welcome to LBT and thanks for stopping by my blog. do you have a surgery date yet? @ susie....thanks!!!!!

Well i survived my first week of my pre-op liquid diet!!!!!YEAH ME!! Nobody is dead, missing limbs and most importantly i'm not in jail!!! LOL! I have officially lost 11.2 pounds that i will NEVER see again in my life!!!Thank you Jesus! I told a friend of mine about how much weight I lost and she actually said see you dont need that surgery! REALLY! And who can live on liquids for the rest of their life! anyway I have had my temptations, but nothing was able to knock me out for the count! I'm soooo shocked and know that it was God that has given my this determination. I've gone to the grocery store when i was "hungry" and had another event that would cause me to eat "emotionally" and i didnt. So I'm here to offer encouragement to other's on this part of their journey or have it coming one day. WE CAN DO THIS! If you find yourself being tempted and you're near your compter get on LBT and go thru the before/after pics to remind yourself what you are working on! If you're not near the computer I found that if I could distract myself for about 10 minutes then the desire to eat would go away. I found out this past week that I only had hunger pains once(last night), all the other times if my stomach growled and I drank something I was fine. I figured out how many times I was just eating in the past cuz I thought I was hungry, it was time, i was bored or hell the sun was shining! I am learning to eat when my body needs it, not when my mind or eyes say eat. Wishing everyone has a good week! 4 more days and i'm a bandit!!!!

welcome to LBT! i understand your emotions,. i researched the band for 5 years. As far as the insurance questions i cant help you with cuz i am self-pay. I do know that most insurance companies require a 6 month doctor "guided" diet and to have a psych eval. I had my initial consultation on april 6th...pre-op testing may 6th, started liquid pre-op diet may 9th and wil get banded on may 20th. Not sure what kind of support system you have, but if you dont have one, you can definelty get it here! WELCOME!!!

loved your post! i'm with you on the pics. i've been told that i'm very photogenic, but i hate taking pics. they're so PERMANANT! i'm not married so i have to rig up my camera to take pics of myself, during my journey. best wishes. i am on day 6 of my pre-op diet. 5 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!

I'm glad to hear you are doing well susie. keep it up!