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The 11th - not long to go. i am really quite excited! thanks for the support everyone - it has been great!

It has improved today, still not gone but better. Thanks

I have had the headache for two days - i know it will pass but man - it is a shocker!! Thanks

Hi, I have just started my preop Optifast. The optifast doesn't taste too bad but I have had a headache since I started!! It has only been two days, but it has been a L O N G two days. I do hope it goes away soon! Someone assure me it will ... pleeeease! tracy

Hi Misty, I believe all chest pain should be seen to by a doctor - i think it is unsafe to draw conclusions as to what it maybe. Tracy

Thanks for the kind words - all very best to you also!

Hi Sades, thanks for the reply - wow it sounds like you are doing great so far! how has the pain been - like on a scale of one to ten. i am such a baby when it comes to pain. Oh yeah and i have been totally doing the "last supper" thing ... i feel dreadful!! tracy

Hi there peoples .... i have been lurking around your site here for a while, reading all your stories and feeling very inspired by your successes ... so given now i know so much about you'll ... i thought it would be rude to continue on without introducing myself. My name is Tracy - 32 years old - from a little old place down under - New Zealand I am joining your bandster club on 11 Dec - so i am excited/nervous about that. My story of how i got here is the same as most everyone elses - yo-yo diets until i got to the weight i am now. It is nice to read your stories and to listen to you'll blow off steam - i feel the EXACT same frustrations - i strike the same types of selfish thoughtless people in my day to day life. As cliche as it sounds - it is good to not feel quite so alone. I have read about all the positively disgusting things - PB's - which quite ironically makes me vomit a little into my mouth thinking about. hair loss - thats scares me. Post-op pain - well i am planning on being at work 6 days after so i am hoping i have one of those nice stories to relay post surgery about my quick recovery ... and the list goes on. However none of it phases me. I want to grow old with my beloved hubby - and at the weight i am at - that just won't happen. So - that me - i look forward to reading more of your successes and being able to share my own very soon. Tracy

My date is Dec 11. Am very nervous, it is happening so quickly. But at the same time I can't wait!! Christmas dinner won't be the same this year - i just have to come up with an excuse as to why i am not eating.

i didn't think erosion was anything to do with the band - rather your stomach eroding into the band