Ailie

I was diagnosed with Fibro about 2 years ago. I just had my surgery on Wednesday. Everything went great! Good luck on your journey.

I'm being banded tomorrow too!!!! I'm so excited, although I'm not loving this clear liquid thing today. I have to take the magnesium citrate soon too. But in the end it will all be worth it. Good luck tomorrow!!!!

It's finally here and I can't believe it. I'm so excited and nervous...the excitement outweighs the nervous now, but check with me tomorrow morning and I'm sure that will change. So today I'm just hanging out at home, well until noon or so when I get to drink the magnesium citrate. I think then I will be going up and down the stairs a lot. :biggrin: I can't wait until tomorrow!

Thank you so much everyone. I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much. It's funny, I wasn't worried about the surgery itself, I was more worried about something happening beforehand to cause me to reschedule it again. I don't think I could have gone through that again. I'm more than ready for tomorrow though and can't wait!

Congratulations Barbiek. Glad to hear it all went well.

So, my surgery is scheduled for 7/9. I now have a sore throat. I hope it's just allergies. I don't feel sick...yet anyway. I don't think I can go through another postponement again. My original surgery was for 5/21. That had to be canceled because of an abscessed tooth. I really hope I'm not getting sick. I just feel like screaming right now.

Thank you all for you good thoughts. This time it's going to happen. I'm closer than I was last time. Nana, the infection was bad on a Monday, I went to the ER on Tuesday and ended up on IV antibiotics. Wednesday I went to the dentist. The following Tuesday I was at the oral surgeon. By that Friday I was back in the office having the tooth pulled. The oral surgeon released me after 2 weeks. Of course by the time I could reschedule my surgery, there was a long list of others ahead of me. Barbiek, good luck today with the surgery. I will be thinking about you today. Ali, I've been drinking Protein drinks for Breakfast and lunch since...hmmmm...beginning of May I think. I needed to lose 20 pounds before surgery, which I definitely did. I'm still doing the protein in the morning and at lunch. I really am very sick of Protein Drinks...blah.

I'm getting so excited...and nervous. My surgery date is July 9. This has been a very long road. I was originally scheduled for May 21, but one week before that date I developed an abscessed tooth that had to come out and I had to have the infection gone from my system before they would do the surgery. I was in a state of limbo for a few weeks before I got the new surgery date. I can't really say that I'm nervous about the surgery (that will come Tuesday when I'm home all day having my Clear liquids along with the magnesium citrate). Right now I'm more worried about something happening again that will cause the surgery to be cancelled again. I'm not sure I can go through all of this again...the waiting that is. I'm so close now I can taste it. In the meantime I've been reading posts and getting everything ready (just like I did before the last time). I just needed to babble a bit. The day will be here before I know it and hopefully it will all go smoothly. Thanks for listening.

This has been a very rough few months for me. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was originally scheduled for surgery on May 21. I had gone on a pre-op diet that included 2 protein shakes a day and then a light meal at night. I was doing great, until one of my wisdom teeth became abscessed. Of course it had to happen 1 week before my surgery. At that point, they had to cancel the surgery until I had the tooth pulled. Luckily that all happened within a week, but by then I felt like I was in limbo so to speak. It took more than a week after I had the tooth pulled before I got a new date, and that put me out to July 9. It has been very difficult to get back on track. So now that I'm just about two weeks out, I need to get that focus back again. I'm not really worried about the surgery at this point, but I am worried that something may happen again to postpone it. Is that crazy? It's so frustrating. I'm hoping by posting this, it will help to get the focus back. Thanks for listening :ohmy:

I have to do the magnesium citrate as well. And I have to be on a clear liquid diet the day before surgery.

I really don't love protein shakes. I've tries quite a few. And then my chiropractor came to the rescue. He told me about a site where he orders his. So I figured what the heck and had him order me a sample pack. The vanilla and strawberry were typical protein shakes - gritty, chalky, yucky - but the Dutch Chocolate...omg...to die for. I have been adding a banana and some Simply Jiff peanut butter to it. It's so good. The company name is Metagenics and it is the UltraMeal...yummmmmm

I should be starting either the day I go in for my surgery (7/9) or a day or two after. I'm hoping after. Wish I had know about the white pills sooner. I think I would have tried to work it so that I definitely didn't start until well after the surgery.

I was originally scheduled for May 21, but due to an abscessed wisdom tooth (one week before surgery), I had to reschedule. I had the offending wisdom tooth removed along with it's partner down below and had to wait another week for a new date. By the time I got it, they were booking into July. So the new date is July 9. I'm approaching it very cautiously because I'm worried something else will come up making me postpone again, and to be honest, I'm not sure I could wait much longer. Besides, I'm getting very, very, very sick of Protein Shakes :redface: 1-tillydog, wsw27?, florida girl 2-trudeip, mackie, BethO,guitar247, minidriver 3 4 5 6 7 8-Zeama, Tamspri, knd, JaJeanne, Cinda 9-Missrach, st4r69, ailie 10 11-mellalot 12 13 14 15-Mellimel71 16-lotzasunshine 17-Long2BFree 18-CapitolChick 19 20 21-pennylane 22 23 24-daniml, nyllrap 25 -NewJEM 26 27 28 29-Chellets 30 - mamanmidwife

I was wondering that as well. I take Tae Kwon Do. I knew that there were a lot of things I wouldn't be able to do for a while like sweeping someone to the ground (or being swept), but I was wondering about how long before I could do things like crunches and stuff. I haven't been banded yet, but that was going to be one of my questions.

I think things are back on track for me once again. I was originally scheduled for surgery on May 21. I was so excited. Well, the Monday before last I ended up with an awful pain in my mouth. By Tuesday I was in the ER and on an IV with antibiotics. Wednesday was a trip to the dentist so that he could refer me to an oral surgeon to have an abscessed wisdom tooth pulled. While all this was going on, I had a call into my surgeon who ended up cancelling my surgery until the tooth was pulled and I was healed. While I understand the reasoning behind it, I was still very, very disappointed. I was so focused at that point with only 1 week to go before surgery. When the surgery was cancelled, I felt everything was pulled out from under me and I was right back at the beginning again. I had my appointment with the oral surgeon on Tuesday (the day before my surgery had been scheduled). He was awesome. Got me in on Friday. I ended up having 2 wisdom teeth pulled. I have very little pain at the moment and feel pretty good. He is sending a letter to my surgeon telling him that I will be good for surgery any time after 2 weeks. I figure I will call the surgeon on Wednesday and try to get another appointment set in stone. I can't wait. I've kind of been wandering around lost during all of this, but I finally feel like I'm getting that focus back again. I"m thinking now it won't be until the end of June though. I have to tell you though, I'm getting very, very sick of protein shakes as I have been on them all this time and will continue to be until the surgery.

It's so true...my health is so important and if I had the surgery while there was an infection going on, that could have been very bad. I'm glad it happened before the surgery too instead of the day after or whatever because the infection would have been there during the surgery causing a possible bad situation. I'm a firm believer in everything happens for a reason, so even though I'm disappointed that I didn't get my surgery when I had planned, it's really for the best. Okay, I have to wait some more, but it will happen

I'm glad I found this thread. I have found a vegetarian broth that's called No Chicken Broth. It tastes like chicken broth, but has no chicken in it. It's very good and that's what I use to cook my Quinoa in.

I received a call this afternoon from my doctor's office. They are postponing my surgery (which was scheduled for May 21) until I have the abscessed tooth taken care of. I go see the oral surgeon on May 20...my antibiotics will be done by that following Saturday. Hopefully they will get me in quickly to get the tooth out. My lapband surgeon won't even talk to me until that's done. I don't blame him and I understand why he won't do the surgery until the tooth is out and the infection gone. It's just sooooooooo, depressing. :thumbup: I was so excited and focused and now I feel very lost. I know this is only a minor set back, but it's just frustrating. I know right now they are booking into June for surgeries. I have a feeling it is going to be some time in July by the time I get the tooth taken care of and they set me up again. And...to make it even more "fun," I have been on Protein shakes now for 4 weeks to help me lose weight. I got down to where I needed to be, but for the life of me, I'm not sure how much longer I can tolerate the shakes:blink: Okay, deep breaths...this is just a minor set back and it will all be good soon enough. I just had to get it off my chest. Thanks for listening.

I have a feeling that even though I'm going for my consultation on Tuesday, the oral surgeon is going to want to wait until I'm off the antibiotics to make sure the infection is cleared up before he removes the tooth. Right about now I'm ready to go down into my husband's tool box to find a pair of pliers.

I went to see my dentist yesterday and he sent me to this oral surgeon. I was happy that he was seeing me rather quickly. I just hope he can get me in soon after that to get this tooth removed. It's so frustrating, but I'm glad it manifested now instead of waiting. It could have been very dangerous to have the surgery with an infection in my body. I keep telling myself that anyway.

I'm trying to remain calm, but so far not having much luck. My surgery is scheduled for May 21, but I may have to reschedule it. On Sunday I started having some pain in my mouth. I thought it was the bottom right wisdom tooth giving me some issues. To make a very long story short, I ended up in the ER last night. The entire right side of my face was swollen, as were the glands on that side, and that side of my face was flushed. Basically I think the wisdom tooth is absessed. They put me on an IV with antibiotics and sent me home later with more antibiotics and Vicodin. I called my surgeon this morning once I got out of the Vicodin fog and told them what was going on. I have to call them back after my dentist appointment this afternoon, but I may have to reschedule the surgery because of this. What a pain, in more ways than one. But I guess it is what it is and will have to accept whatever happens...it's just that I was getting so excited because I knew in a week I would be in bandland...sighhhhhh....

Thank you. I will find out tomorrow what the surgeon says. I'm hoping that because I will have been on the antibiotics for 7 days by then, they will still go ahead and do the surgery. But I will find out for sure tomorrow.

My surgery is May 21 too. Can't wait!!!

Well said! I have to agree with this. I've been doing a mostly Liquid Protein diet now for 2 weeks and I still have 2 more weeks (2 weeks from today as a matter of fact) before my surgery. It was hard at first but I'm doing really well with it now. I'm not hungry, which I thought I would be. If I feel like I need to chew something, then I grab a couple of carrots (the bariatric nurse told me in a life skills class that during this pre-op diet that if I really felt I needed something, that kind of snack would be good). I think now I'm more prepared for what comes after the surgery. Congratulations to all of the May bandsters!!!!!