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Hi, Monica., I havent had my surgery yet, but my pre-opt diet is not that strick. On Monday I go to clear fluids only and Tues Surgery. Then back to liquids for a week. I have notice that most of the liquids that are sugar free have aspertame in them. I am allergic to aspertame and it give me horrible headaches Headaches can cause nausea. So I dont know how much crystal light you are drinking, but that may be the reason for headache and nausa. Just a thought. I will have to get creative to avoid aspertame,. Good luck and hang in there. These are desperate times and they require desperate measures.

Oh..left a post on your wall. I am crazy and thought it was on Tues. Silly Me.. I hope to continue to communicate with you so we can go thru this together. My name is Jamie Good Luck on yours as well

I am a self pay. I am scheduled for surgery next Tues. My emotions are all over the place. I read the negatives and positiives as well. Its very confusing and I have flipped back and forth about doing this. I have decided once again this is the best and only option I have to lose the weight. Obviously I havent done it on my own and everytime I commit, I fail. I have heard more positive than negative about the lap band surgery and right now at this minute I am doing it. I might change my mind again in 2 hrs. I am coming to grips with the fact that food shouldnt be the focus of my life and I shall have to mourn my loss of food later. I will rejoice in the loss of weight and the fear of losing any specific food item will be diminished quickly. I need to be heallthier and that is my goal. To feel better and live longer. Its not about the money, its about your life. You cant take it with you when you go : Good Luck and pray for a smooth surgery for me

Congratulations. I must say I am amazed that you would be on the computer already. That makes me feel better. They told me I would sleep all day when I have my surgery next Tuesday. I think the sooner you get on the boards and talk about your experience the better. I hope !

Oddly enough, I have moments of clarity and am fine with my decision to start a new lifestyle. I hope the clarity stays with me more than it has of late Thanks for your support. Its is greatly appreciated !

Thanks for responding. There is a lot of fear, Fear of Loss, not just the weight, but other things as well. Fear that I will stay the same as I am now. I believe in my heart its the right thing to do. After so many years of fighting the fat its time to change. I will have no option not to and that seems like the only way I can achieve the weight loss. I have flip flop moments of ..yes I am doing the right thing and then I am not sure. I am sure I don't want to live with the weight anymore. That is one thing I do know. So this must be the right thing. As I haven't the will power to do it on my own. Sad to say. Thanks so much for listening to me rant.

Having strange feelings that I should have been able to lose the weight without getting surgery. Still wondering if I should go thru with it. Forsaking alot of foods I like to eat. Gulping down sweet tea. Having feelings of Loss. Then wondering just what choices of food I will now be limited to. Wondering if my weight loss will go quickly with the 77 lbs I would like to lose. Thinking that if I dont do this, I will continue to gain and not stick to a diet even if I convince myself that I will. Thinking that if I do have surgery will I fail at my food choices and not lose weight either. Knowing in my heart that food shouldnt be so important, yet for some reason when it is taken away, or the threat of that, I want to run back to the comfort zone of knowing its always there for me. How scary is this ? Whats the worst that could happen.? I really shouldnt ask that question as there are numerous answers of which some are quite undesirable. Am wondering as well how my husband will take the change of food plan when his life seems to revolve around "whats for dinner" . He is already suffering with frozen food meals, while I am pre- surgery dieting and he is not happy. I saw a co-worker who is dieting and lost weight with pills..grab a piece of pizza yesterday and thought how much I would have liked to get one too. Felt alittle left out. Lonely. Not sure how else to say that. I assume when I get past the liquid and move on to what is a NEW future of food I will be more grateful, instead of jealous. Worried about any restrictions the band might pose to the lifestyle I lead. Living on a farm with lots of chores and toting and mowing., just keeping up with the outside of house and barely getting the inside cleaned up anymore. Maybe I am just tired. Tired of being fat. Just had to say what I was thinking in my jumbled head.

I am scheduled for Aug 2nd and have a racetrack of emotions zooming thru my head. I am excited and nervous all in one.

Am scheduled for my surgery on Tues Aug 2nd. WIDE range of emotions running thru me now. Please update and let me know how you are doing. Am very scared.

Wow...congratulations on the 20 lbs. Makes me feel better already. I too looked into and then scheduled the surgery about 3 years ago and then chickened out. And the mental change is HUGE...I am 49 and live with spouse. He will be my greatest challenge I believe. The first 4 weeks will be very hard I think. I am realizing our whole lfe revolves around going to the grocery store and " whats for dinner" ? No wonder those are the most hated words that can be spoken. I live on a farm and am very active, but that doenst make me lose weight oddly enough with all the work I do. It baffles me sometimes. I hope that my home life with hubby can adjust accordingly. If it were just me to fend for myself, I wouldnt be so scared about that either. There is a racetrack of emotions going thru me right now and not sure how to slow them down. Thanks so much for the comments and I am feeling alittle better with each post of comments.

Thanks so much. I am feeling a bit inadequate at the moment. Like all the times I tried to lose weight I failed and I shouldnt have to resort to surgery to lead my way in this battle. Having all klinds of feelings right now. And yes, I was gonna get a convertable car, but decided that I would still be fat in the car. So I opted to pursue this surgery. Still scared.

Hello, I think this is the best way for me to continue to convince myself that getting the lap band is the best option for my health and happiness. So I write this 1 week out from surgery. I am a self pay and having doubts after reading the forums here. Will continue to try and convince myself this is the best option to a happier life without the weight. Its been a struggle the better part of my life and it has taken over. I am sure there will be things that I will miss eating, but I am ready to give up on food choices to live a longer and healthier life. I am really nervous about the surgery and after surgery...so many good and bad issues. I will hope and pray for good. Any support would be greatly appreciated.