Tylerbaci

Congratulations!!! Best Wishes for a for wonderful new life!

Bandista, You sound wonderful and that helps the rest of us waiting for our appointment. I wish you the best and a speedy recovery!

Bandista, You sound wonderful and that helps the rest of us waiting for our appointment. I wish you the best and a speedy recovery!

Glad to hear you are doing well! My surgery was yesterday as well and I am home today and doing great! Let's keep in touch and best of luck to u in your journey

Me too! Good Luck and let's touch base as we progress.

Officially a Bandster!! All went well with surgery today....Now the work begins !!!!

I'm doing okay, I didn't get much sleep, I usually sleep on my stomach so it was hard to get comfortable. I definitely underestimated the gas pains. When I woke up from surgery it felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest and I could barely breathe. I have three incisions and the actual incision pain is minimal, but right under the left side of my rib cage which happens to be the largest incision where the port is sewn into the abdominal wall is really tender and painful. There is still some gas trapped in my rib cage and between my shoulders but it seems that the heating pad is definitely helping! I'm just glad for the pain killers! Hahaha

Best Wishes to your new adventure!

I am getting banded 11/15. I actually had rny gastric bypass sometime back but after my twins I just couldn't seem to get back right. So my surgeon said this is my only option..
I am scheduled for 11/14 so if you'd like, lets follow each others progress. I start my liquid/protein diet on 11/7.

Finally!
It's official I get my band Nov 8!

Yes..I just got my date today... November 4th..so excited and nervous!

Hi there, day 3 here....going pretty well except I have been a little irritable. That seems to be getting better. I'm a tea drinker and probably wasn't having enough caffeine. I have a few different shakes I'm using so that mixes it up a bit. One is a greens shake - "Paradise" Protein & Greens 113 calories, 22 grams protein. It's not quite sweet enough for me so I've been putting a little Steevia in it. I'm also drinking a LOT of cranberry Water. I fill a 32 ounce bottle almost to the top with water and add a splash of unsweetened cranberry concentrate and one capful of aloe vera juice. It's delicious and makes a better mixer for some shakes than plain old water. Also using Thorne brand MediClear shakes -- one is chocolate 145 calories 23 grams protein and the other is 180 calories 32 grams of protein. The non-chocolate one doesn't taste nearly as good to me but I feel really good from drinking them. Am also doing the Thorne liver cleanse capsules. Figure I may as well do as much detoxing as possible while I'm on this liquid stage. I have popsicles and had two the first day, one yesterday. They have mostly fruit but a little sugar in them. I don't do artificial sweeteners and prefer a little of the real thing if I'm going to have something. Yesterday I had some chicken stock, too, and that was delicious. Guess I needed something warm and savory on a cold, blustery day. I had two mugs of that -- calories are very low. Mixed in a little Umeboshi paste which is a salty flavorful Japanese plum paste that is a bit like Miso. Zero calories and delicious (high sodium, though, but I only had something like 1/16th of a teaspoon -- a little dab will do you). How are you doing with your liquid diet? Hope it's going well. My surgery is now minus two weeks. Every day is a winding road but we'll get there soon........Best wishes!

Hi ladies and gents, I'm scheduled to be re-banded Nov. 8th!

I recently went thru Insurance - with expectations that I would never get approved b/c my BMI isn't 40 and I am otherwise healthy - I called the WLS doc and spoke to his nurse who called my insurance company and I called my insurance company. The next day the insurance company nurse called me and we spoke for about an hour - I had no idea it was THE call that would be a deciding factor - I just told her the truth - my years of yo-yo dieting, Jenny Craig, WW, HCG - and yes I'm successful but I always gain it back... Long story short - less than a week later I received an approval letter in the mail saying I was covered - that was Sept. 12th - I'm going in to get banded TOMORROW - My deductible is paid ($3K but better than $40K!!!) and I'm covered 90%!!!
Don't loose hope - you just never know.

I'm scheduled for the 14th. Let's compare notes and go through this together!

I'm scheduled for the 14th. Let's compare notes and go through this together!

I'm scheduled for the 14th. Let's compare notes and go through this together!

I am looking for a November 'banding buddy' or buddies. My surgery is Nov.22. I would of liked to do it sooner (dont we all) but my surgon is on vacation. I am not nervious about the surgery. I am scared of losing my best friend-food. I have already come up with a plan for Thanksgiving, and how I am going to avoid going to my family's house. Besides ,my husband, everyone thinks I am having heital hernia surgery. I feel really guilty not telling them what I am doing, but I learned my lesson at the beginning of my journey, when I mentioned I was looking into weigh loss surgery. That is why I am coming here. I do need support. I am noticing that I am doubting my decission. Does anyone feel or have felt this way?

November 12th here scared and excited!!

November 21st for me I am 45 and live in Oregon.

New to this forum. I have already passed my cardio pre op testing, next week is my pulmonary testing. I am scheduled for surgery on 11/15, but I might call them to see if they can bump it up a week. Very anxious to get this journey started!

Hi, I have surgery scheduled for 11/14. This Monday 10/21 I am scheduled for my Bariatric University class at my Doctor's office. I don't know what to expect at this class but realize anything I learn will be appreciated. I start my liquid diet on 11/7 which I understand consists of 800 calories per day.
Anyone that wants to compare notes let me know, I'm game! Best Wishes to all!

Hi, I have surgery scheduled for 11/14. This Monday 10/21 I am scheduled for my Bariatric University class at my Doctor's office. I don't know what to expect at this class but realize anything I learn will be appreciated. I start my liquid diet on 11/7 which I understand consists of 800 calories per day.
Anyone that wants to compare notes let me know, I'm game! Best Wishes to all!