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I'm not getting the band, gastric bypass for me, but I can still be your buddy. You getting it done on a Saturday? How convenient. All the people here have embraced me, you shouldn't have any trouble getting your questions answered. Wishing you the best on your journey. Brie

Thanks so much for checking in. I am scheduled for 12/3/14!! I am super excited and impatient at the same time. My fiance has to be sick of hearing about my surgery this, my surgery that...lol. I start my two week liquid diet on Wednesday and I could care less about Thanksgiving. Keep in touch! Did you join a gym right away? I plan on taking my frustration out at the gym....hopefully the change comes easy....Lord knows life up until now has been extremely difficult. Keep up the good work! My name is Brie

I have a 2 week liquid diet....starting on Tues!! So excited though....I think I would do just about anything. I will message you a few days in to the diet to let you know if I'm ready eat someone's heart out, lol. Best to you on your surgery day and the long journey afterwards.

I have a 2 week liquid diet....starting on Tues!! So excited though....I think I would do just about anything. I will message you a few days in to the diet to let you know if I'm ready eat someone's heart out, lol. Best to you on your surgery day and the long journey afterwards.

I feel your pain. I've waited nearly a year, had to hound my surgeon office constantly to find out about my authorization. Now I finally have a date of Nov 18 and I'm so excited and nervous.

Did you already start your liquid, pre-surgery diet?

I waited 9 months before my surgery was approved had to see cardiac special echo and stress test my.primary care physician had.all kind of lab wwork had to be approved.by.Neuro had to visit a nutritionist after all that I waited until 4 days before surgery I got a call fron my.doctor had received my approval has not been easy.but.the.best decision I could have.made I get stuck now and think is this all.then I will start losing still have a long way to.go.to.reach my goal will post pictures soon

December 3rd! Counting down the days!

I had to basically harass my surgery scheduler since all my pre-op requirements were complete and my file was just sitting on her desk. But, I'm pleased to say: I have a date! December 3rd! The beginning of a new chapter. Now how do I make it until then? I'm so excited and happy and thankful. I needed to tell someone or burst trying to hold it all in. Please fly, time! Yes!

Hello fellow pre-opers and post-op supporters!

I am going through True Results and my expected surgery date is October 3^rd or 10^th depending on how fast Cigna decides to send back my approval after my last visit (which happens to be September 19^th). I am beyond ready to take on this next part of my fitness journey.

I have been a yo-yo dieter since I was 14 years old, always able to lose the weight but putting it all back on and then some. Before I became a mother about 2 years ago, I stopped caring about my health and just lived life not really expecting to live longer than 45. Boy do children change your outlook on life!!! I want to see my great-grandchildren and leave an awesome legacy for them. I am fortunate my child is still young enough not to remember the me at this weight. I want to end the obesity cycle. I am and have been taking cooking classes and have never eaten so healthy in my life, lol. Unfortunately, you can still eat too much of the good stuff too.

After a few months of dealing with my emotional attachment with food through counseling, meditation, and self-hypnosis, I am still having issues with Portion Control. After struggling with what seems like a never ending hunger, I’ve decided to go with gastric banding. I looked into it back in 2009, but I was not ready to take responsibility for my actions. I know this is not a magic pill. The band won’t put down my fork, stop me from eating cake, make me workout, or continue to make great decisions for my journey… that will all be me! I see the band for exactly what it is, a tool to help me achieve my goal; make it a little easier to feel fuller sooner and longer.

All that being said, “WHY IS TIME GOING SOOOOO FREAKING SLOW?!?!?!” I swear the calendar went back a day or two more than once! I mean what the freak. I know, I know, God’s timing is perfect but seriously! The green eyed monster wants me to tell everyone getting a band before me to kick rocks! LOL!!! HA HA HAA HA AH HA! <= *crazy laugh*

Ok, I’m done.

Girl, who are you telling? This is me 100%. I am done with the pre op requirements but this surgery scheduler is playing with my emotions. I am with you all the way. It's nearly November, did you get it done? I should be scheduled this week and they are scheduling a month out. Time has never moved this slowly......unless you have waited to go to a theme park as a kid. That's what happens when you want something this bad! Best to you dear.

Wow, awesome!

So far I have been extremely quiet about it. I think I want the surgery scheduled before I slowly start to tell my close family. My son and fiance know...and my Aunt that just had a double mastectomy for breast cancer. I kinda want to hold it close to my heart to ensure that everything goes smoothly. There's always someone that wants to rain on your parade and this they cannot have. Still waiting on a call from the surgery scheduler...she is really starting to be a source of my frustration. Schedule me already!! Oh sorry, got off track...my jealous cousin was very negative talking about all the nasty extra skin I will have. I'm determined to prove them wrong! Best to all!

Thank you all! I am so grateful to have a place like this to unload...and to think I just typed "gastric bypass" on my Kindle looking for related apps and I found a world of amazing people!

Not quite sure how this all works so I'm just going to jump right in. I have been in such need to just talk and get these crazy feelings off my chest that I feel like I'm literally going to explode! Just a little background, I have been overweight since puberty and have never had the nerve or strength to even talk about it out loud without feeling completely crushed, sad, just extremely disappointed... The bullying at school as early as elementary may have had some negative impact on my life and self esteem. I really had no one to understand me...all my family was thin. So since I knew there was such a thing called gastric bypass, I was mini obsessed. I just knew I had to have it, I knew this was what would change my life! I just had my 35th birthday and finally it's within reach! I was supposed to be scheduled last week but the scheduler waited until Friday to call and make sure that I had stopped smoking. Oh, I was sooooo upset! Really lady? I have been waiting forever now. Yes, I have quit! I would quit breathing if that was a surgery requirement. So...of course I am now waiting to hear from her early this coming week. Surgery is scheduling about a month out at our clinic, so I'm guessing about November this time. I want to get excited but with my life's history you get used to disappointment. I keep thinking the bottom is going to drop out at any moment. I just want the day to be here already! I want this change in my life! I want to finally blossom and be me without being afraid of what others are thinking about me. I can't wait to dance like no one is watching. I know the hard work and struggles ahead...I just want to get it started already! Thanks so much for listening, sorry if I rambled. I will be back to let you all know of that long awaited date! My family isn't really supportive, my son, who is also overweight and only 16 I can definitely understand. He doesn't want to be the little girl I was, the only fat one...the embarrassment. He doesn't realize that I will never leave him behind. Every night I hit the gym I will be dragging him with me. He is one of the reasons I am even doing it. My fiance of 10yrs is also afraid, I think. But maybe another time for that. Nite!