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me too. I am @ 1:30 I wish it was earlier. Good luck to you.

I am in Tampa,Fl and I will be sleeved on 8/7

I am having my surgery on 8/7 also.

Hi Elisa, I am having my surgery Wednesday 8/7. I will do it with you if you would like. Lisa

I only start the Clear liquids the day before the surgery.

So today I went to see the surgeon for my final weigh in before surgery. I lost 11 pds in 10 days. They discussed everything that will go on. They told me they are going to be putting in a pain pump and I go home with it, until the following Monday. I think this is going to be a breeze for me. At first I was scared. But now I fel pretty confident that it will be OK. When do you go for your final weigh in and instructions for surgery. Lisa. (that is my real name)

Why don't you just call them yourself and ask "what are the procedures or guidlines for bariatric surgery.

A size 2, I don't think I will ever or would ever want to be. But I would sure like to be maybe a 7/8. lol

My band was eroded for almost 2 years. No one seemed to see it on my scans then they finally did a EGD and seen it was pretty bad. I had a huge hole in my stomache with infection, so I had to wait for it to heal.

Hi Ginger, I also had the band mine was removed in february, now I am getting the sleeve. I am having my surgery on 8/7. I will be your buddy.

Good Luck and keep us posted!

where on LI and who is your doctor?

Walmart sometimes has it. I got mine from Sam's club. Also Winn Dixxie has the 4 pack.

I am also a premier fan. I think the chocolate taste just like chocolate milk. Good luck.

So then why can't you go from April on. Or am I misunderstanding you.

I have to do the protein diet also and this is also my second time around. I had a eroded band that was removed in February and now finally having the sleeve.How much weight do you need to lose?

Hi Marie my name is Lisa I am being sleeved on Aug 7th also. I would love to have a sleeve sister to do this with.

I do not agree with you being medicated. Sometimes it is not really not you at all. Sometimes its that now you are taking time out for YOU and you may be with a selfish spouse who makes you feel moody cause in all he is scared that once you loose the weight you will see what he really is and that your marriage has been in the craps all along and we just don't want to see it cause our self esteem is so low!

I can see it, big time in your belly,You go girl! You look beautiful. Keep up the good work.

I had a place like this with my band surgery, and that turned out awful. You want to be with a doctor that has compassion and that his staff is also compasionate. This is a big surgery you can not go to a office that people are to busy for you. Every patient should be treated like they are # 1.

Hi, I would like to tell you my experience with the band. I had the band placed 4/11/2011, and rite from the beginning I was having problems, I had unbelievable gas pains in my shoulder- the doctor told me to walk and take gas-x, it was a little better but never went away. Then I always had a pain in my throat I was told that was my bodies way of telling me I was full even though I told them I never ate anything. The doctor did a fill and that was the worst it literally felt like I was being strangled. I never lost a pound. I started to realize that I could not eat anything solid... ever. I would throw up all the time. I went back and forth to my doctor for a year and a 1/2 and explained all these concerns and kept telling him I was feeling so terrible but he did not want to hear it. He kept on continuing to tell me the band was the greatest and he was the greatest surgeon also. I finally went to another doctor, who thank god sat and really listened to me. He ran a whole bunch of test 1 being a endoscope and then a cat scan. to find out that my band was never put in properly it was placed to high and I had a large hole in my stomache, from the erosion. They removed the band rite away, and now it has been 6 months since my band was removed and now I am scheduled for the sleeeve on August 7. The big picture is the sleeve or the band like any WLS can give you complications but what I went through with the band was horrible and at least I know after the sleeve it will just be my stomache to heal and then I am on my way to losing weight. You also loose alot more weight with the sleeve then with the band. With the band you need to keep going banck and forth for adjustments and you always feel the band in your stomache. Best of luck with what ever you choose.

I am being sleeved on August 7th.