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congrats hilary, to me the hardest part is over. now we are on our way to being skiny

yes definately tell them about your concern for nausia. i believe they put something in my iv every 6 hours. i had to spend the night. dr rules. and the pepsid i have here now seem to be doing ok. i have lots of gurgling noise but i guess the gas has to come out somewhere.

i was more excited than nervious. i like my doctor and she was very nice. but every thing went good and all the hospital staff were great. i had to spend the night there. it was a requirement of the doctor.if yu want to add the new year's knockouts to your signature just right click on it and go to edit signature. and paste. good luck with your surgery.but it will be fine

welcome, i know how you feel. i was just banded on friday.as you can see i am up at 4:30am.

hello, well i did it. had my surgery friday.it wasn't too bad at all. here's how it went. got to he hospital at 9:30 surgery was at 11:30. when i saw the doctor i voiced my concern for the nausia. she said not to worry. i do not remember any thing until i woke up. thruout the whole hospital stay i did receive anti nausia meds. and they wrote a script for pepsid. i thought i would be in more pain but it judt feels like i did 100 stomach crunches. just sore. well i am going to get some sleep, i can't sleep in hospitals so i am tired. thanks for all the support and good luck to all

thanks and good luck to all the friday people

good luck all. i,m on friday. exciting !!!

good luck to you. i'm friday too.

hello all, i am being banded on friday 11th. can't wait. thanksfor sharing your experiences. it help to be prepared.

the only ther thing i am taking is my mp3 player. can't think of any thing else.

how about we do before pictures so we can put names with faces??

All the copying and pasting is getting kinda confusing. Here is what I think is a complete list with whoever posted a surgery date. If you do want to add your name, make sure to copy and paste the MOST RECENT post so everyone can be on the list! Dec 31- Chrisann (honorary member of the Jan 08 bandsters) Jan 1- HAPPY NEW YEARS! Starting the year off right! Jan 2- phowell, Megmarie21 Jan 3-WOWOX7, Woodsy Jan 4- KUgirl Jan 5 Jan 6 Jan 7- CallmeJim, comepickmeup, NukeChik, mamato3 Jan 8 Jan 9 – Redtulips3, FLMan Jan 10- luvsrocks, Hilary, Jen25bl Jan 11- brez1015 Jan 12 Jan 13 Jan 14- CoreynVA, acalpn Jan 15 Jan 16 Kathy-CA Jan 17- SJK, Alfie Jan 18- RuthE? Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21- Jan 22 Jan 23- min Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28-Amber/Amberwaves Jan 29 Jan 30 - Stephanie/PortuguesePrincess Jan 31 hello,january people what is the name of this group. i was in december with the merry losers but now my date is january.

well i have good news and bad news my paper work went to the insurance co on friday and the surgeon called yesterday and i was approved. the bad news is surgery is not till january so i can't be a merry loser

november down 3 pounds

sorry this is from the camera on pc pre op.bmp

USA chatita - Houston, Texas christasha - Chula Vista, California DonHoll1 - Indiana egorsgirl1 - suburb of Dallas,Texas Ellisa - Ohio freebird - Cheyenne, Wyoming grannyk - Missouri inthecitygirl - Las Vegas, Nevada Jazzywoman - Ohio jomama36 - Sterling Heights, Michigan jwright - Michigan motocrossgirly - Liburn, Georgia sfeiner - Baraboo, Wisconsin sghatl - Georgia thundandlight - Massachusetts tomecia25 - Dallas, Texas Twilight - Montana brez1015-pittsburgh, pennsylvania CANADA Meghan1983 - Hamilton, Ontario AUSTRALIA Sewenup1 - Sydney Fanny Adams - Perth

hello all, i have finished my appointments with the nutritionist today and also was cleared by the cardiologist. 1 more appointment with my pcp on tues . it has been a long 6 months of all these doctors appointments. but it will be worth it when i get that phone call from the insurance co that i am approved. keeping my fingers crossed. i joined a gym today with my husband. i figured i would get started with that too. how is everyone else doing??

i thought i might do that still checking on it

hello, i have been married for 29 years to a very supportive and loving husband. i have 2 children 28 and 26 no grand kids yet. i live in pennsylvania. my last pcp appointment is dec 4th then all paper work goes to the insurance co. if approved the dr's office will call with a date. keeping my fingers crossed. and i am done with my christmas shopping..yippee

let's tell each other a little about ourselves. since we are going on this journey together i think it would be nice. what do you think?? you stuff like married? kids? occupation ect

i also like the wal-mart brand i have experimented with adding different things to it for a change of pace. currently i am using vanilla protein powder milk and 1/4 c pumpkin . i added the spices just like in the pie and some equal ahead of time. tastes great. or with the chocolate powder milk and a little sugar free chocolate pudding.

i do not think they can tell you that you can not have off. they need no details just that you will be off due to surgery.

hello everyone, well i had my monthly doctors appointment today. i lost 6 pounds, that puts my BMI below 40 but the insurance might only cover if it is more than 40. now they want me to see a cardiologist. and the nutritionist wants to see me the week after thanksgiving. i have my last doctors appointment on dec 4th. then they will send all the paper work to the insurance co. to be approved. i guess i will keep my fingers crossed hope everyone is well. do you think we should start an exercise thing before everyone is banded???

i too have upmc insurance. it is worth the wait because it is giving me the time to do all the research. but it does get frustrating. having to jump thru the hoops of insurance but .... they are paying for it. hang in there the time will fly by

hello all, that is what i do i just keep in mind that they don't wash their hands or here is another one. i saw a fly land on the goodies then fly away. yuck.. when i need something more to take my attention off candy i pop a fire ball in my mouth.. try it..