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Long wait's OMG yesterday i was there for my 1.30 appointment for which i was told i was 30 mins late as they had me down for 12.45.. i finally left at 3.30.. However staff are great and Dr was just like every one said very nice/quiet glad to see no one had issues with the surgery.. mine is next week.. feeling excited and very nervous all at the same time

I joined this group hoping that it would be an easy way to keep in touch with those of us having our surgery this month.. where are you all i know there are a bunch of us i've seen your posts and threads

Hey September Banster.. i mentally keep saying banisters BTW... but then we are not stairs ... any way we all should join this social group.. Sept13 Banders its under community and social groups might make it easier to keep track of each other.

Have you tried having the taco meat and spices wrapped in lettuce? Once you are off the liquid diet of course :-)

what awesome info i actually like the taste when it's really cooled. - right now i'm drinking the muscle milk vanilla. it was just today i was surprised at how the taste was so different with slightly warm water. i think i will try it with Ice tomorrow as my morning shake wasn't a problem i mixed it before i left for work and drank it on my way to work instead of the coffee i usually have. Though the tips on not gulping are certainly something i will need to work on - slowing down is one of the hardest things for me.. but with 2ks to prep i should be a pro by the 19th

So for those of us on the Pre-Op diet how do you handle the chalky after taste of the protein shake? i was doing ok at home where i was able to get really cold water to make the shake with and was able to drink them in a normal fashion.. but today 1st day at work i made the shake from the water fountain and it's not so cold.. finding i'm having to gulp it down just to get it done..

i actually live in Maricopa but work in Chandler... i take whatever appointment they give though i think i'd cry at a 8am i'll be up that way tomorrow at 1pm to meet the Doc..

crazy we could have been in the waiting room togehter and would have never known.. if your intrested in being buddies and meeting up some time let me know

I've been going to trueresults in Scottsdale in phoneix.. i'm not acutally sure which of their dr's is doing the surgery i find that out on tuesday. Sorry to hear about the insurance i was worried about that too becuase of a recent gain i had as i was taken of my throyid meds for a month.. but thankfully i worried for nothing..

after 4 mts of weight loss visits my insurance cigna took 2 weeks to approve. it felt like FOREVER and yet at the same time when i got the call saying it was approved i felt like i was not ready. i have a surgery date of Sep 19th i could have gone on the 13th but at the time they called i was so shocked i'd been approved (had convinced myself they'd say no) that it was not enough time etc. now i'm like rats have to wait another week what was i thinking.. good luck on your journey

i'm 13 days pre - op and i can't wait to post the same message.. keep it up

so i was some what under the impression that by having the band you lose weight slowly enough that you shouldn't need reconstructive surgery.. judging by the posts here more than a few of you have under gone some sort of surgery.. is there any one that has not had to do this?

So today I took another first step towards the rest of my life and my goal to be healthy fit and mobile. (The true first step happened 4mts ago when i first walked through the doors of the True-results facility.) I started my pre-op diet I look forward to meeting that energetic fun loving person I was 15 plus years in the past. I'm not sure how I lost her but now I have not only a plan and a map but will have the tool in less than 13days to help me on my journey, not to who I was but rather to who I know I can be. A slightly older not necessarily wiser healthier version of ME… Things I need to over come. Self doubt - I know I can do this.. Mantra of the century just to keep repeating Hunger - accept and realize that to be hungry is ok. I do not have to fill that gap with the first thing I find… usually something from the gas station. Self doubt - did I mention self doubt some where along my travels over the last 15yrs I have lost my confidence… looking back I can see it slowly slip away as the pounds increase…. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS…. Ignoring public commentary - I have not kept it quite that I'm 13days from being banded.. When asked why on earth… can't you just diet etc… I respond with if you god forbid where diagnosed with some disease and where offered a surgical remedy would you not say yes? Remembering obesity is a disease - .. The impacts on my life both physical health and mental health are serious.. Action must be taken. Self doubt ---- see above… What things are you having to overcome? I am my own worst downfall I pay way to much attention to the small spiteful voice in there going you did this to your self.. Well yes I did but what has been done can be undone through discipline. Something I have truly lacked nothing holding me accountable.. On 9/16/13 through the careful placement of the lapband I will be forever more accountable to myself and to no other. This is my pledge to myself.

Hi Irishflower i'm in Arizona and have a surgery date of Sep 19th

I grew up in Leixlip in Kildare but moved to the US for the second time in 2000 - Name is Nora btw..

Hi Frances i'm new here and would love to be buddies i'm Irish living in the US :-)

I start mine tomorrow. part of me wants to wait untill monday so i'll be at work all week. i figure it will be easier to deal with haivng work to distract me and i usually do good there with the healthier food options.. its at home that i fall prety to mindless eating. i've done the HCG diet in the past and managed so here's hoping the shakes keep me full as otherwise it's going to be a very LONG 2wks.. Best of luck on your jorney.

Thanks for your reply i'm pretty much in the same space.. i don't wnat anything for any reason to prevent me from having the surgery completed. and thoought of them haveing to stop becuase of something i have control over would be crazy.. the diet i was told to go on was 2 protien shakes and 1 healthy meal a day. i was thinking the same thing that i would save the meal for the end of the day. it's easier to distract myself while at work and having that to look forward to when i get home should make it easier to manage.. Starting the diet tomorrow

I've noticed in posts that there seems to be different variations of the pre op diet from who eats what to how long and if you have to do one at all. I'm supposed to start mine tomorrow as my surgery date is the 19th and that will give me the 2 weeks on the diet. All though when they called to let me know insurance had approved me they had offered me a surgery date of the 13th and had siad that if i started yesterday evening that i should be fine for surgery.. what are the different things folks have been told. I know the reason for the diet but how do you know if your liver truly is huge and what the implications are if you don't stay on the diet for long enough. what are folks eating for their one meal a day.. and which meal did you choose? what Protein shakes are the preferred ones to get.. -

I found this forum quite by chance.. i just got off the phone my insurance approved the lapband. and suddenly I’ve gone from being impatient to somewhat panicky. to thinking i know all there is to know from the procedure to the side effets to how my life will be like to feeling like i'm not prepared at all. Surgery is scheduled for the 19th all of a sudden I’m second guessing myself am I ready.. my life is going to change literally overnight.. this weekend I will start my pre –op diet I’m not sure how I will survive on that. Going from eating pretty much whatever to 1 healthy meal a day with 2 shakes I’m suddenly not confident in myself any longer.. Did anyone else have self-doubts? What did you do to get past them. I had thought that i was so ready to move on and find the new/old me i just hope being focused on that will be enough.