Wishes4444

Hi everyone! Ok this thread has gotten WAY to quiet! I miss everyone chatting. Karen hows the diet going JJsiles how are you feeling? How is everyone doing? Come on I am a thread Junkie and check this thread at least 1-2 times a day. It keeps me going! So please everyone check in once in a while and let me know how you all are! Thanks!

Hi jjsmiles, Congratulations on your surgery! Glad to hear so far so good. Please keep in touch to let us know how its going. I am the one with the water bed. I remember all too well the trouble I had getting out of the bed after my Gallbladder surgery, but its the only kind of bed I can sleep in. Worse comes to worse I will sleep on the couch if need be. But thanks for the advice! My surgery is 5 weeks from this coming Tuesday. I am hoping to lose 10 more pounds before then, that would put me at a 35 pound loss, and I pray my liver is not too bad. It's funny the PA wants me too lose more weight because she thinks my BMI is still too high but the DR said its ok, but of course he would be happier with another 10 pounds gone. Hey Karen what are Malteasers? Last weekend for my birthday I had a big piece of cake an egg roll 6 fried wontons and steamed shrimp and veggies. OMG was I sick after that all night. LOL I had not eaten really any kind of food for 6 weeks so it was a shock to my system! Won't do that again! I keep thinking I should have one last reg. dinner of something that I really want like pasta or Mexican food but then I think its really not worth it after all the weeks of working to get this far. Anyway thank you all for keeping this post going. It keeps me going! If anyone wants to e-mail me to chat feel free! Wishes4444@yahoo.com Best wishes!

Thank you lorid! I am sure I will feel the same I have been over weight all my life. So many things that I would have like to have done that I couldn't. well now maybe I will be able too. I just have to get over this fear thing and move on. Thanks so much for your support please keep in touch!

Good Morning all and welcome Jennifer and b brown. Thank God for all of you! I cried myself to sleep last night, I wanted the date so badly, now I have it and last night I think I was just overwhelmed. I am so scared until I come on here and read everyones posts! You guys will get me through this. My poor husband didn't know what to do for me last night. I was so crazy I even though of backing out...but I WONT I can do this with everyones support. Karen I was VERY worried I would not get the date once I got on the scale and saw I was not down the 30 pounds, but he felt safe in knowing I will keep losing until my surgery. I am hoping to drop 10 more pounds by then. Striver thank you for the support, it really means a lot to me! Karen how are you doing on your liquids? You know you can order the V.H.P. shakes online if you hate the ones you are drinking. They really keep you from feeling hungry and they taste pretty good. My best to all of you!!

Hi everyone, Well, I got my date today Nov. 6th. I am happy and even more scared. Have to run will post more tomorrow!

Hi Eureta , WOWOWOWOW 98 pounds in a year :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::welldone:amazing! May I ask what you started at and your BMI? Do you go to the gym a lot, and what do you eat!? Thanks

Hi Dianne! Congratulations! Keep your fingers crossed for me I go to the Dr tomorrow to see if he will give me a date and start the ins thing! So what things do you need prior to surgery? Maybe he will start you on liquid once it gets closer. Gee my liver better be smaller after all these weeks of liquid! Good for you though... a date! Thats a BIG step forward!! GLGL!

Hey Danna, We are about the same age and same BMI . My surgyn won't touch me until my BMI is under 60. I know it is not there yet I was 65.5 Aug.8 now I think I am about 62 I will fins out tomorrow. I still want him to let me get on the surgical calendar since he is booked into the very end of Oct already! Can you please tell my where you paste the info from tickerfactory so I can have the count down too? Thanks and good luck, please keep in touch!

Good Luck New Me! Please let us know how you make out today! I go tomorrw to see if I can get a date yet or not.

Hey Karen, I know just how you are feeling and you WILL make it through!. On Aug 9th I went from eating everything to NOTHING but 3 shakes a day. It is hard at first VERY hard, and I won't lie even after you are feeling better with it there will be bad days, BUT you WILL stick with it. It will be over before you know it. 4 weeks is nothing heck I have been doing it for almost 7 weeks now and have at least another 3-4 to go What shakes are you drinking? I drink V.H.P. shakes I will tell you they don't taste bad AND you don't feel hungry on them! Also you might want to chew on some sugar free gum when you need something, it works! Good Luck!

Hi Mary Jane, Thanks! May I ask what your BMI was? that is my biggest obstacle right now. I am wondering about getting in and out of bed since I have a water bed. I know its not going to be easy at first, but will be happy to get to that day since it will mean the surgery is done and I am still here . Thanks for writing, please keep in touch and let me know how you are doing!

Can anyone tell me where to paste the tickerfactory info please. Thanks!

Hi Carol! So glad to hear from you! I have been reading your posts. How are you feeling! Yes I know about the liver, but how can they really know how big it is until they get in there? My BMI is still 61.5 and I know he won't touch me unless I am under 60. We shall see what it is on Wed. I just want to get on the calendar for the end of Oct. I am sure I can get below 60 by then. I have a lot to talk to him about on Wed. the anesthesia is one of the big ones! Good luck on Wed.! I will talk to you then! Best Wishes! Ann

Dear Karen, Thank you very much! You are an amazing person! You started this WONDERFUL thread for some encouragement, and you are the one helping give out the encouragement! I would love to have some people I can talk to who are headed into or have been banded. The reason it is so important to me to get Banded in Oct. is that my daughter is due to have my first grandchild Dec 6th and I want to be healed by then! My surgeon is book until the end of Oct. and I am afraid if he says no to me then I won't get on the calendar until sometime in Nov which will be very close to her due date. Then I may wait until Jan, but I don't know if all the tests I had done in Aug will still be valid! Anyway when is your date?? Thanks so much for writing back, hope to keep in touch. I'll let you know how I make out on Wed. Best Wishes Ann

Hi everyone! I am TERRIFED to say the least. I am much heavier then most. Started at 359 my BMI was 65.5 Dr told me I had to lose 30 pounds min. before I could have surgery. I am down only 23 pounds in 6 weeks:( I was on a 3 shakes a day diet for 4 weeks and only lost 16 pounds. Started adding some fruit and a little protien here and there and lost aother 7 pounds. I have an appointment this coming Wed the 26th but I know he is not going to give me a date since I am still over the very dangerious BMI of 60. I am starting to think even this won't work for me. 6 weeks of 750 cal. a day and only lost 23 pounds... I can't see my self the size of a normal person, so I wonder if that means I won't make it through the surgery? I had an endoscopy and they gave me too much anisthisia, it took 2 weeks to get my BP back up to normal. If they couldn't get it right for a little thing like that what is going to happen during surgery? I don't want to die. I feel doomed either way. Why couldn't I just be a normal sized person... Terrified in NY Ann

Hi everyone! Well, I had my first appointment with my surgeon last Wed Aug. 8th. He told me I need to lose at least 30 pounds before I can have the surgery, my BMI was 66:cry! I asked to be put on a liquid diet. I met with the Nutritionist the next day and have been on 3 shakes a day for 5 days now! Its not as bad as I thought it would be, but then again its only been 5 days lol. He is booked though Sept, so I guess I am looking at a surgery date of Oct. I am so ready I am 5'2" 359 pounds. My body has had enough. I had my pulmonary, nutritionist and phys. appointments done. Next week I get my Endo, my Endoscope and the cardio and I will be done! then I get to make my next appt. for the surgeon and get on his calendar yahooo! I am hoping to lose 50 pounds by my surgery date. Do you think it can be done? Thanks all for listening and would love to hear everyone's stories leading up to the LB! Thanks Ann

Thanks Mary! Turns out I need to have a stress test next week and an echo. THEN maybe I will be done! Ann

Hi Clara, I am on day 8 of only 3 Protein shakes a day. thats it 3 shakes a day nothing else. I am trying to lose at least 50 pounds before surgery. Don't even have a date yet looks like its going to be in Oct. I am going to do my best to stay on this until the surgery! I was good the first few days I guess high on the thought of being a normal size one day. But now yesterday and today I am down and sad. Just want to clmib in a bed and stay there. Don't even care if I have the shakes. This all just seems so unfair. Sorry I didn't mean to bring you down, I sure hope this is PMS depression and not what I have to look forward to for the next few months. I feel like I have lost my best friend, food, how sad is that. Good Luck to you!! Ann

Can someone tell me what "slime" is and "PB"? Thanks Ann

Sorry Faith, I am new to the boards and how to navigate them. Thanks for the links. Ann

Thanks!!!!!

Hi everyone! I have so many questions. First I am a little unsure how these posts work. When I recived an e-mail it says I will not get more until I visit the form again, but if I stay signed in it doesn't know when I've been back...right? If it doesn't show me all the responces how do I find them on here then? Sorry just a little confused. Also how do you get all that info on your posts like your weight etc.? Thanks everyone! Ann

Why do so many people go to Mexico for their Surgery? Ann

I was told just about NO ins covers the fills.

Years ago I put myself on a diet of 500 calories a day. But I was eatting food. When I tried the 4 slim fast a day I was a zombie. Maybe it was in my head but I sure didn't feel very good. I am eating like I had the band done now, since my appt is not until Aug 8th. I went to a meeting last night and everyone I spoke to had the By-pass. What really scared me is that people were telling me they knew quite a few lap band people who went back for the by pass. May I ask what trouble you are having with your port? Thanks so much Ann