Kai-shek

Thanks for the support, I guess that is what you do after surgery "suck it up"

Thank Dylan, I know C tells it like it is, I know she is trying to help me a( I beg her forgiveness) I am so very sorry I am drunk tonight I can' t express properly but thanks a million for your kind words. It just like I am at the point of take an overdose or have the band and rebuild but I am sooh scared of failing again please forgive me.

I am sorry Caroline, please don't give up on me. The only person at fault here is me. I don't normally drink or smoke, I am just in a bad pace ( in my head tonight). Why oh why am I here facing surgery, drinking eating and scared ****.

Thanks, but I don't think you get me. I don't drink ( or smoke) either as a rule, I scared and I just wanted some reassurance wrong time, wrong place. I don't need counseling I just need some friends ( who are not perfect" banders " to understand and reassure me .

I get you Carolina, but your being harsh, all you lot who have had it done and succeeded are a big inspiration some day I might make but I am just asking if there are mere morels out there who are may be not quite as strong as you.

At first I really wanted this. I still do but now with only 14 days to go I am eating and drinking like there is no tomorrow. The people on this forum give good advice but I am a BAD person, is there any more bad ppl out there? Yes I am drunk again!!!!!

I don't want to say I am having lapband surgery, but I also am not good at lying. I also need o inform people at work for the purpose of continuity. Help!!!!!

Yours is the success story I come to this site for, thank you for sharing. Your loss is awesome congratulations .

I am really looking forward to my surgery but every now and then I find I am getting butterfly's in my stomach.

I am not on a pre-op diet but I have set a few targets like no drinking alcohol (seven days without a drop now) and this week I am tackling the walking programmer. Got up bright and early and did 2.4 miles up and down hills. Is was not easy but I know it will get better. Only 25 days till surgery.

B I G congratulations and what an inspiration to the ones like me who are still waiting in the wings. If I can come back on 21st May 2014 and say I have lost 120lbs it will all be so worth it. Many thanks for your post.

Wow! That is an awesome weight loss congratulations

I am not there yet, not having had the op, but if they have put in a band and made your stomach smaller then shouldn't you start losing weight right away?

Thank you so much Jim, I going to take my hubby (also Jim) along with me to the doctor, he doesn't mean to be discouraging but I get super sensitive, I have wasted a lot of money in the past so I am praying with all my heart this will be the answer.

Can I ask what is plication surgery? I have never heard of that. Congrats on ur weight loss though that is terrific and really inspiring.

I'm not really in a rush as I know and accept that a slow weight loss is best for you, here in SA we have to pay for the surgery so I am just worried that my hubby is going to think we have wasted money if he can't see it working right away. I can't imagine though being on liquids only and not losing weight. I guess it is a different journey for everybody.

I had a gastric balloon in about two years ago and I just couldn't stop throwing up. I read that your body rejects foreign objects, just wondered if it would be the same with the band.

My surgery is only on 21st March and I keeping reading about the first fill, but do you actually start to lose the weight before your first fill?

Hi Megan, we are really in this together my date is day after you 21st March, just can't wait to get it over and start losing the weight.

Thank you so much, you guys are the best. So supportive.....,.

Hi all surgery scheduled for 1st March, doc said no pre-op diet necessary, just wondering why some say pre-op diet and some say not. Also would like to know about sickness, do you throw up a lot? And finally what meds do they prescribe before you go home?

Good Luck, I hope it goes well for you. I wish I was you getting it over with tomorrow.

Thanks for all the support and info, especially Jim who has been a wealth of information, I really do appreciate your posts. I had telephonic contact with my surgeon today and can't wait for the 21st March.

Thanks Jim, I will take the pillow along. It will be good for me to cry into if I am sore LOL

Sincere Thanks