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I just phoned the doc to ask him about the chest pains, he said its normal and has something to do with the band and me being sensitive to it, he assures me that it will settle down with time. So fingers crossed that we don't have a heart attack and think its just the band! A few questions he asked: 1) Do I have a shortness of breath - NO 2) Is the chest pain going through to my back - No 3) Is it only after I have eaten - NO ( I actually woke up with it today!) 4) Do I have any funny sensations in my legs - NO If you have answered yes to any of these then maybe you should phone your doc and just check that all is well. But I'm sure were all just experiencing something that is quite common.

Wow, thats fast. I had my surgery on the 11th December, I'm still feeling sore on the inside and have been told by my doc that I have to stay on liquids until new year. I had a fruit smoothie yesterday that was very lumpy (chewable lumps) but ate it anyway...I felt so bad after with chest pains, I thought I was havign a heart attack. That will teach me to do as I'm told! Funny how the doc's advice varies.

That sounds like a fantastic idea, that way the rest of us will know what to expect. How about if you go into all the gory detail....Or maybe that will put some people off!:faint:

Wow, Tracy your doing brilliantly!! Well done. I have been really good up until yesterday! I couldn't stop myself, I was so hungry! I had 3 slices of bread stuffed with chicken nuggets!! So annoyed with myself.... But I'm going to be 100% from now on. I really don't like many of the drinks I am on Dr MacLeod's, I don't know if this is the same as Optifast? Today is day 5, so 1 slip up is pretty good going. Considering I still have to cook for the family. Try and have a good birthday, what about if you go out for a meal but have a nice salad instead of one of the optifast shakes? Good luck with the next 11 days.

Well, here I am coming to the end of my first day on the pre-op diet. It was every bit as bad as I thought it would be! I felt awful hungry all day, but had to keep going with the shopping, school and kindy run. Even though I felt like falling down from time to time. The shakes don't taste too good either but I'm so hungry I actually appreciate them. Only another 13 days to go.....I'm sure it must get easier?

Wow, Carol! You only have to be on the pre-op diet for one week...thats fantastic. Very weird the way doctors advice differs. We will have to keep posting so that we can encourage each other, maybe draw stregnth from one another...Best of luck to you. Hi Sewen, not long till the op now! Are you on a liquid diet? And your feeling well? Good luck to you, hope all goes smoothly with the op.

Hi there, I'm due to start my pre-op diet on 27th November....totally dreading it. Has anyone started it? How are you doing....What are you doing? Has anyone cheated? Shouldn't really be thinking that way, but when I'm starving I start to get a little panicky and can't seem to cope with life very well. Anyone else have this experience? I can't wait for the two weeks to be over. :help:

Hi everyone, I posted my date on the wrong thread....Sorry!! I'm due to have surgery on the 11 December...very scary!! Although I think the pre-op diet is just as scary, hunger and me just don't get along very well, it will be a battle till the bitter end.

Hi everyone, I have my date all set for 11 December!! I will start the pre-op diet on 27 November. I'm not sure how i will manage that....I hate being hungry, I get dizzy and sweaty when I'm really hungry. Oh well I guess it is only for 2 weeks. Anybody else having surgery around the same date?

I feel so deflated and crap now....I have just done my kindy pickup, where I had told a few people about my meeting last night. They were all eager to hear all about it, but when I told them the price they were all saying it was a waste of time and money, that I should just stop eating and do some exercise...I really felt like crying, don't they think I have tried that time and time again!! One of the ladies asked if they had spoken about failed lap bands?! Has anyone heard of this, is it common? I was so excited, now I don't know how I feel or what I want anymore. I truly wish I hadn't told any of them anything. Sorry for the rant.... I just didn't know where else to turn.:think Hi Skinnyafatbody, your so lucky to be on the right track, I hope you get what you want really fast. Where are you in NZ? Is your surgeon close to you? This place is great, isn't it, I feel at home already!:cool: Thanks Jude for your comment, do you know the price of the lap band in OZ? I'm so new to all this that I suppose I haven't done a lot of research yet.

Hi Nina, Thank you for replying....last night was fantastic! I got so excited about the whole process that I felt like shouting out to the surgeon, When can I have it done! The down side was that I found the price a shock, my GP had told me it would be approx. 10K. But its more like 16! How far along are you Nina? I was told that the next step would be to make an appointment, have blood tests and urine samples done, then visit the in house shrink. then after all this they would advice me on weather I'm a suitable candidate or not.....such a long drawn out process. I'm so impatient that I want it done like yesterday. I guess I will have to sit back and relax...It will be worth it in the end. I will worry the whole time that the doc's will find something that will stop me having it done. Are you certain that your an acceptable candidate? I'll keep my fingers crossed that it all goes well for you.:gluck: Speak to you soon. x

Hi everyone, I am new to this site and the whole lap band thing, I only heard about the lap band a couple of weeks ago when I went to my doc's and asked him what I could do about my weight problem. It all sounds amazing and I'm really excited to be attending an information evening tonight, well, in less then an hour. Right, I better go and put a bit of lipstick on and see what its all about. Not that I don't know very much after reading all your fantastic threads! Your all such a good source of knowledge, for someone like me that knew very little. Hope to get to know you all better, I'll log in later and tell you how it all went. xx (feeling very excited!)