Brinabrina77

I have been sticking with that diet 98% of the time. The other 2% was when I unintentionally consumed something that I was not supposed to. I had been munching along on my ready-made grilled chicken caesar salad. Praising myself for doing so well when I bit into a crouton. Mind you I had had like 50 gabillion of these salads. Then it dawned on me that croutons are little deceptive pieces of bread in disguise. I was eating chicken noodle Soup for a while..yeah.. and my mind managed to drown out the fact that noodles are Pasta. Sigh. was eating clam chowder. When I realized that those little white chunks were potatoes. so again...98% of the time i have been sticking to it. however I am still so worried because I am not losing weight like I should. i asked how much weight people lost before surgery on this diet and someone said 10 lbs or so. I have lost nowhere near that much. I will have been on the diet for two weeks before my surgery. I thought that healthy weight loss was 1-2 lbs per week. How the heck am i supposed to lose 10-15 lbs in two weeks???? :confused2: The fact that I dont seem to be losing much makes me upset. Well that and the fact that my surgery is this monday. I spoke with one of the nurses in the office and stated that I have loss less than ten pounds. I would have rescheduled if I needed to but she said it was ok. I more than a little scared about that.

Well ya'll here is the newest curveball in the soap opera of the Bold, the Black, and the Soon to be Banded.. I am still scheduled to have my surgery on Monday. However, it seems like I will be in this alone. :wub: I am from Florida. All of my family is there. To my knowledge no one will be able to drive me to and from the hospital. I had recuited one of my brothers, but that fell through. Another freind voulteered, but she is now on bed rest. So it looks like I will take a taxi there and one back. Now I have questions: At the hospital, will they give you a place to store your personal belonging. All I am bringing will be about $20 and a cell phone. And that is hoenstly for the cab ride home and to make phone calls if needed. How "out" were you after your surgery? Can I request to stay in the hospital longer if I need to? If push comes to shove, one of the girls *may* be able to pick me up afte work. She gets off work at 3pm. :; insert dramatic sigh here :: 'Tis the story of my luck. Any suggestions anyone?

Good. I am happy to know that I am not the only one who has had second thoughts. Everyone else seemed as if they were so sure that this was the thing for them from the start. I am pretty much set on it...the fact that I have paid for it will definitely keep me from wussing out lol. mia..you cried all the way into the surgery room? Then you have prepared them well for my arrival. I am pretty sure that I will do the same. It also does not help that when they have you register for the surgery they ask you if you have a living will or want to be an organ donor. I looked at that lady sooooo suspiciously after that becasue I could not help but wonder if someoen in her family needed a kidney. I think I will be fine. I am still in disbelief, but i am getting used to the fact that Lord willing and the creek don't rise (i had to say that) that I, Sabrina The 30 year old chicken, WILL have surgery on Monday. And I will cry. AlleyKat, I will keep you posted on what to expect. I will most likely omit the crying and whining that I will likely perform. I will also omit me begging the anesthesia person to "gimme a lil more" cuz i aint going down easy kinda statements. Thank ya'll for responding. Thank ya'll for being an inspiration. I will talk to you later. Congrats on your successes.

Hello everyone: I am very happy that I found this thread. I live right here in Leesburg, GA (but extremely close to Albany) and I am going to get banded by Dr. Bagnato on February 25th. I am nervous as all hell. I have never had a surgery in the entire 30 years of my life. I haven't even broken a bone or had to have stitches. Right now I am nervous. Although I have told my of my freinds and some of my family (my family thinks that I should not go through with it :wink2:) I am still in that "Am I dreaming this, or am I really goign to have this done?" I think I will probably be in a slight state of disbeleif until I am actually wheeled into the surgury suite. It does not help that I am in the medical field and know every itty bitty little complication that can occur. I keep hearing about a Bagnato support group that may be formed. Ya'll can count me in on that if/when it happens. I would love to meet more fello fellow banders. I have also only been in Georgia for about a year, so it will allow me to meet more people period. Everyone take care. Congrats on all of your success so far. Ya'll do not realize how much of an inspiration that you are. :wink_smile: Wish me luck. --Brina

Alexandra: Thank you so very much for fixing those pics of me. I dont take up the entire monitor now. Can I have just one itty bitty tech savvy gene of yours? please? thanks again.

Alexandra: You are my hero! The pics are located here: LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Forum > Main Lap-Band Surgery Forums > General Lap-Band Surgery Discussion Before and After Pictures - PIX ONLY <------ Could you show me how to post them at a smaller size so that I wont have to bug you so much? I think that the few pics that i have of myslef were taken with a digital camera and then upleaded to my computer. That means that ALL of the ones that I have will coem out this huge unless I figure out how to post them correctly. Thanks again, --BB

Hello: Yeah..so..uhm..with your hepl I managed to figure out how to post pics here. But they came out HUGE. I am talking huuuuge. :crying: It is bad enough that I am as large as I am now.. but then to see me in apicture large enough tot ake up my ENTIRE monitor... :: faints :: Can someone tell me how to get my pics not to post so huge? Goodness. I thoroughly apologizes for all the retinal damage, psychological trauma, and all out making folks blind, crippled, and crazy when they viewed my pics. :: takes another look :: I am talking about gigantic me. oh my. can someone offer a little help?

Hello Ya'll: I am a 30 year old female from Florida who moved to southern Georgia about a year ago. I am pretty sure that I was googling my chunky butt off when I came across this forum. I am thrilled to death that I found it thought. The pictures on here are simply amazing!!! I can only hope tp have such results. I have not been banded yet. If all goes well, I will have the surgery done on 2/25/08, here in GA, with Dr. Bagnato. I think that he has done over 500 of these procedures. I have never had a single surgery in my entire life. So yeah, I am kinda nervous as hell right now. I hope all goes well. take care. Thanks for having me. Drop me a message sometimes. I woud love to make some new friends along my journey. i dont care about age, gender, location, race, or any of those trivial things that don't really matter to me. best wishes to all. --BB

Hello Ya'll: My surgery is scheduled for 2/25/08. In an act of bravery, I am deciding to post these pr-op pictures. Wish me luck.

Hello Ya'll: I just joined the site today. I have pics of me on my computer, but I dont know how to transfer them from my computer to this site. I tried cutting and pasting them but all I got was that little "X" where my pics should be or a whole buncha text. :confused2: Any help would be beyond fantastic. Thanks a million. --BB