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I am may 10th day 2 of pre op here n I am dieting lol

Started my pre op n eew the shakes we gross

My surgery is May10th I am soo excited to start my journey

I added u ass a friend lol we can exchange email or something if u want so we can support each other if that is easier on or just message me on here

I am also getting banded on the 10th and and start pre op on Thursday I am excited n scared

I start mine the 26th I didn't have do the six month thing but I think that I'd because I had already been working with my primary dr for some time

Oh man on the list of Thing I am not looking forward to ... I start pre op the 26th and surgery may 10th

I got my approval on Monday and found out yesterday I will be having my surgery may 10th woohoo

Love it but allergic to it.. A formed allergy after kids ugh

I have to do a 14day pre op. I can have 3-4protein shakes a days and veggies. The veggies can be cooked in broth or like lemon juice. I can also have like salads with like dress that is non fat or low fat... Not looking forward to it

Congrats!!! i am no to far behind you my pre op diet starts Apr 26th and my surgery is May 10th

We should be band buddies i am may 10th as well... when do you hvae to start the pre op diet?

Well I can officially jion the springer group I have been following since i went to my seminar in Mar 6th. I was hoping to band in april but after meeting with the np i knew that wasnt possible. After coming to this site i thought it would be sometime in the fall since i have tricare for ins. By the grace of god it only took tricare 24hrs to approve me and i got a date for May 10th. i am so excited. i start my preop diet on apr 26th(14day)

First I want to start off with a little about me. At the age of 22 I am hppily married to a US Army soldier, stay at home mother of 3, and love to be out n about doing stuff and hanging with friends. I had to put education on hold till i find a reliable sitter but i am slowly working on my RN. My husband and I choose to stop having children so I am taking this time to work on myself. I start to look into the lap band because: !. I have fought with weight my whole life 2: i want to live a betterlife for my children and teach them to live to healthier life 3: with the last like 20 pounds i started to really noice the effects like getting out of breath quicker, knees hurting all the time, and clothes just not fitting at all 4 this is what broke the the "fat straw" i weigh more now than i ever did when i was pregnant. so March 6 2012 i went to my seminar, March 16th met with the NP and mental Health Eval, March 19th lab work and upper gi, April 5 nutrionist class/ first WLS support group April 13 surgery approval.... April 26th Stars pre op diet. and May 10th Surgery Now I have heard some awful stories about gettin approved for WlS through tricare (tricare south prime!)... i am guessing it as farely easy for me because i had already been working with my PCM for sometime and i met the more that 100 pounds over wieght. I mean it took them less than 24 hours to approve the request.the only co morbidity i have is bad knees and if i dont change i am on my way to diabetes. The biggest question I have "Are you scared?" no i am not scared to be changeing my life. i am excited. i am scared about the mood swings i will have with on the pre op diet but thats about it,\

Yea I can have 34 protein shakes a day( they gave me ok brands and recipes I can use) and can veggies including salads I can cook the veggies in things like broth n can have low fat or non fat dressing for 13 days and the day before surgery all liquids

Congrats I am getting banded may 10th not to far from each other

My surgery is may 10 n I start my pre op diet April 26th I am no looking forward to it

I GOT THE CALL May 10th I will be banded eeek start my pre op diet apr 26

You guys think I should call them it's been like four days? If not how long should I wait? I am just afraid cause I got a new number n I left it with the patient advocate but that's not the same person who schedules the surgery

Sadly I didn't get the call however there is tomorrow lol i am just impatient I think I don't hear from them by Friday I will call find out what's going on... How long you think I should wait?

What the difference between the 2? I believe it's the lap band system though

Ok I have been browsing the site for a few months and have posted a few times but now i want to introduce myself. I am a 22 year old mother of 3 and want to live better for my kids and be able to keep up with them. I have battled with my weight my whole like and the last 20lbs i can really feel i get out of breathe my knees hurt really bad.... so my pcm brought up the lap band after a few other weight loss fails ... so i went to the seminar on march 5... met with NP and mental health eval on march 16... did labs on the 19th.. nutrician class on april 5... n approval on april 13. I have tricare south prime and herd horror stories about getting approved so when i called tricare n they said aproved i was soo freaking happy. now i am anxiously waiting to find out my lap band birthday??? My dr officae could call me any min now lol

Where can you go to see approval on tricare specifically tricare south... N Congrats on your approval !!!

I feel your excitement I found out yesterday that I was approved .... Now I am anxiously waiting the dr office to call me ro schedule surgery .. Eek however not looking forward to the pre op diet but I know that will be my first battle