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Hey Michele39 sorry I have not been on lately. Well did you start your liquid diet yet? I started mine on April 18th. I also had all my pre surgery test done on April 18th also. The liquid diet has not been to bad for me. How about you ?how is your liquid diet been going?

Take all of your pills in with you the next time you see your doctor. He or she will be able to help you with this. Say I'm schedule to go in next week to talk with my dr and was told to bring all medications so the doctor can go over them with me.

Hi michele39 I will also be having mine done on May 2. Lets do this together! I think we all have had those thoughts some time or another. But now we are going to have a tool to help us along the way and we will succeed! Since we are both having surgery on the same day let's be buddies. Your May Bandster Buddy! Debbie

Bel12 I think alot has to do with your surgeon and insurance. My surgeon makes every one go on a 6 month diet before even submitting the insurance papers. So I guess you just need to check with your surgeon.

Hello I'm new here. Thought I should introduce my self. I live in the quad city area in IL. I'm 47 now but I will be 48 by the time I have my surgery, Which is May 2, 2012. I'm having the lap band done. I'm starting to get nervous now that I have a date and time for the surgery. I'm sure I will be fine. I think every one gets a little scared when it comes to surgery. So I'm hoping to lose 105lbs. And I'm hoping to do so in a years time. So is that realistic? I would love to find a buddy or maybe even a few buddies, I could be a email buddy, cell phone buddy and a local buddy. So if any one is looking for a buddy , here I am! Well about the only thing you know about me is my age and type of surgery I'm having. ha! ha ok here is a little about me. I'm married and have been for 15 great years now. I work for a trucking co. as a dispatcher. I like my job a lot. My husband also works at the same place. I have one grown daughter that I love dearly but she believes i love my other two adopted kids more than her,their names are Precious - is my little girl and Dopey is my little boy and they both are yorkies. I have been over weight my whole life. Ok it's getting late I better get to bed. Thanks for letting me babble on and on. Debbie

i'm going to have my lapband on May 2nd @ 7:15 am. I'm so excited I can't wai!. I went to my seminar back in Oct, 2011. I first had to get permission from my gastroenterology Dr due to issues 5 years ago. Got the approval from him and than had 6 months with my family Dr. for weigh ins. Finally got to meet with my surgeon. Sent paper work off to insurance and was told it would take about 4 weeks to hear from them. And apparently they knew how anixous I was and sent the approval letter to me in 4 days. I was so excited you would have thought I had the surgery done. So now I get to start my liquid diet next wednesday April 18 also will do my pre op testing. Than I will meet the following week with my surgeon again and than off to surgery on may 2nd. yahoo! I can't wait!

Thanks for all the Hello's! Gottobeme the quad city area is Rock Island and Moline, IL and than Davenport and Bettendorf, Ia. Are you excited your waiting is almost over! yay! I will be looking forward to hearing from you after the surgery to know how every thing went. Please let me know. kbliss78 as soon as I figure out how to be your friend I will! ha ha! Thanks Debbie