SlimCia

Your gonna be in band land in a few sending a speedy recovery your way.

I am being banded tomorrow at 10:15! I'm pumped!! Good luck to everyone on their pre-op diet! If I can get through it, then you can too!!

I am scheduled for May 14th. Tomorrow starts my pre-op diet.
Good Luck on your next stretch of your journey!

Great to hear all the good progress from you guys - I hope that I have similar success. Thanks for updating everyone!!

Today is 1 week since I was banded. Down 10.2 lbs!

Countdown to my last appt before I make my appt for my surgery date ! I'm so excited !

Surgery went great thank you all that prayed. I honestly can say I'm not in ANY pain. I almost walked laps around the nurse lol. I have a little bit of gas in my should but the gasx and heating pad seems to be the trick for me. I'm able to get the liquids down with no problem. Oh and he also had to fix a hernia that he found. Right know I'm so glad that God protected me and pray that he will continue to throughout my healing process and complete journey. And absolutely love everyone of y'all for your support, encouragement and guidance. Have a great weekend. ~Cia~

Surgery I'm the morning please keep me in your prayers.

Surgery went great thank you all that prayed. I honestly can say I'm not in ANY pain. I almost walked laps around the nurse lol. I have a little bit of gas in my should but the gasx and heating pad seems to be the trick for me. I'm able to get the liquids down with no problem. Oh and he also had to fix a hernia that he found. Right know I'm so glad that God protected me and pray that he will continue to throughout my healing process and complete journey. And absolutely love everyone of y'all for your support, encouragement and guidance. Have a great weekend. ~Cia~

I'm may 3rd also!!!! And I'm in Houston.

Surgery I'm the morning please keep me in your prayers.

Surgery I'm the morning please keep me in your prayers.

Hi, I just confimed my date of May 3rd too. This is so exciting! Good to see all of you.

I got my date,May 3rd! Glad to join the May group. I'm very excited and nervous as is everyone else. At least we're all in the same boat together! It's nice to have peolpe who can relate to what we're going though.

With everyone talking about their mood on the preop diet (and my own personal fear) I am beginning to believe that I did hide my feelings with food. Regardless of what the mood is...happy...mad...sad...I used food to either Celebrate or drown out those emotions.
Perhaps the key is journaling or letting someone know how I'm feeling. Even if its on here...better than eating that feeling. Congrats to those of you that are recognizing that they're feeling grouchy or that this is really hard...and for posting it on here.

I'm in Houston also I'm on pre op now I'm scheduled for may 3rd...OMG I can't believe it lol so excited.

Just called True Results and got a "tentative" surgery date of May 17, 2013! It's starting to get real!

Hi all! I will be banded on May 3rd and I start my pre-op on Friday :unsure:I hope all goes well with everyone!

I am not sure if I said but the doctors office called me last night. I have my surgery date set now for June 14th. I go in to see him on June 13th. I will be going to Dallas that Thursday have my office visit spend the night at a hotel then have surgery next day. I will do all my follow up care here in Houston with Dr. Hollis @ True Results.

Hi girls,
I was banded on 3-30-07 and am very happy with my choice. At the time, I lived in Katy and was banded by Dr Spivak (loved, loved loved him and his staff). He has since moved back to Israel heading up their obesity hospital. I now live in Eagle Lake (60 miles west of Houston)
Like everyone said before me, if we follow the Doctors direction and keep going forward.... It really works.
Before I was banded I was reading posts on this site and obesityhelp.com. I found this site suited me more for the lapband. I chose this surgery because it didn't change my physiology.
In doing my research I was concerned when I saw people that had a band and didn't lose any weight. I noticed they talked a lot about Dairy Queen, margaritas, etc. I thought "I don't want to have an operation and not get anywhere".
But then I saw another group that journaled their food (I still use one. Originally I used spark people.com. I now use my fitness pal APP). These people also exercised and when they "fell off the wagon" (which did happen to me), they got back up, brushed themselves off and put one foot in front of the other.
They also shared honestly what they were going through and many people helped.
I made the decision to follow this group. And it has been one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
In reading your posts I got excited thinking about how your lives will change and the journey is fun...having NSV's like the first time I saw my collar bones again, or didn't need an extension on an airplane and didn't get dirty looks from the person that would be next to me on the airplane. Plus shopping in regular clothing depts... Cheaper and better selections...
I stayed out of negative talk. I've noticed lately this site is alot more positive... Which is great.....
I'm wishing you guys a great journey and if anyone needs help... I'm here. I'm actually in Katy and houston 3 times a week
Josie

Alright!!!!!!! That's great. Congratulation. I just got my call June 14 th is my date. I am super excited too!!!!

atta girl