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Congratulations Darcey and Vickie glad your back and doing well. Jen: Sounds like your off and running!! good for you! Stay out of Wal-mart. Roberta

Heather, it is VERY important not to eat or drink before surgery. It can mean your life! If you had something to eat or drink it is possible to aspirate into your lungs while under the anesthesia. You definitely don't want that to happen. Not to worry, they will take good care of you. Roberta

Welcome home Nissi, I was wondering how things went for you and little one . I'm happy that things went smoothly for you and that your home safe and sound. My knees are starting to knock and I still have 2 weeks to go!!!!! Yikes!!!! Roberta

I decided to only tell my son's and their wives, and my dh. I've told a FEW friends that I have to have surgery on my stomach which is true. As far as eating less around people, well......I had stomach surgery so I have to be careful what I eat. I am a very private person and I share very little of my personal life with anyone. That's just me. But again it's a personal decision and you need to go with your gut. No pun intended. Roberta

You look maaarvolous darling!!!!!! Roberta

I've heard some say Milk of Magnesia helps a lot. Just found this thread so I hope your feeling much better by now. Roberta

Linda, I am so sorry you had to go through that ordeal. You definitely are a good daughter. Emotionally you must be drained. Funny, I was just wondering how your surgery went and looking forward to hearing how you feel now. Bummer. I am glad that you still have the possibility of having your surgery this month. Hang in there. Glad your mom's friend is doing better. Roberta

Congratz on your date, and welcome to our merry group!!!!!! Roberta

Fiona, you little chicken:biggrin1: Didn't we agree that we could do this?????? I'm counting on you to go in there on the 17th and kick some butt, and come back to us with a good report. Hold your course girl!!!! You'll be alright, we are all pulling for you. At least your almost there. I'm among the LAST five to get banded this month. Imagine how crazy I'm getting.:nervous Roberta

Wow.....thanks for the "heads up" on this. As a pre-op I find this tip priceless. I hope your pouch recovers. Roberta

Hey Jen, I was wondering how you were doing. Glad your doing reasonably well; and surely everyday will get better. Outstanding weight loss!!!!!!! Disneynut: welcome home. That nausea seems to be a big problem with everybody. I'm glad things went better than you thought they would. Roberta

There is nothing like a mother's love. I wish mine were still around. We had so much fun together. Glad your doing better. Roberta

Welcome to the group!!!! There are about 35 of us that are to be banded this month, your in good company:) Roberta

I'm so happy for you!!! You'll do just fine you little bandit you:) I was just thinking about you and little one going in on Monday. Boo: welcome home. I'm glad your doing well. Roberta

I had to do the six month supervised WLS. I thought I was going to loss my mind from the wait. But here I am 16 days away from getting my band. Hang in there your time will come. I wish you all well. Roberta

Sheryl, thanks for sharing and teaching us pre-ops how to work that band. Glad your back on track!! Roberta

Bye Reyna, I wish you the best. I know your going to be just fine. We'll be thinking of you on Tuesday. I see you've updated the list. Just like you, taking care of business right down to the end. Roberta

Wow outstanding weight loss in 3 months. I hope I can do as well when I get my band. Roberta

I don't think it's realistic at my age to try to be a size 8 again......but a size 14 would do me. I've been thin all my life until I hit menopause. The last 10 years I've been over weight. I'm 5'5" and 270.5 lbs now. Yikes!!!! Roberta

There are basic tests that MUST be done before banding. Endoscopy test to make sure that you don't have any underlying problems with your stomach, especially an infection there. You would never know it without the test. Gallbladder ultrasound to make sure you don't have any stones. Better to have them take it out at the same time as your banding then to require another surgery later. Blood work to make sure you don't have a metabolic problem which the band can't help. EKG test to make sure your heart is alright. So you see these tests are important your life is involved. Plus your surgeon has no learning curve, he is going to "practice" on you!!!!! PLEASE TRY TO FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR. At the very least, demand to have these tests done.

Thanks for the compliment Amourette but I am not the one who was kind enough to set up a list so we could see who our fellow pre-opers( is that a word?) are that were scheduled for surgery. It was a great idea and that list is getting longer everyday. Roberta

Yvonne and Audra I know you don't seem to be able to get the water in but you MUST keep sipping all day. The last thing you want to have happen is to get dehydrated. It has happened to other bandsters and they ended up in the hospital to get IV fluids. Roberta

Yeah, welcome home!!!!! So glad everthing went off without a hitch. You are finally in Bandland:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Roberta

Hi, I just got back from GNC. I know this is really a matter of taste; but which flavors did you not care for? Thanks again for all your help. Roberta

Have you tried Benefiber? It dissolves completely in drinks and soft foods 4g of carbs per tablespoon. Hope this helps you. Roberta