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i love water sensations. its new to here. can only find it at target greatland or super target.

welcome! good to have you here.

congradulations on your surgery. sounds like you are doing really well. i will be having mine on 2/3. im very excited, cant wait. keep us posted on your recoop.

im praying for you and your little girl. its very hard to see your little one go thru that. i pray that God will give you peace and assurance and will be with the physicians as they diagnose her and find out how to treat her.

i found that if i wait and excercise or walk after dinner then i really am not hungry for the rest of the night. just thirsty.

glad you are home and feeling well. keep us posted on your progress. take care peggy

four sizes and a job! what more could you ask for? good job!

im praying for you. im sure everything will go great! get a good nights sleep.

my husband has sleep apnea. he would scare me to death before he got his apnea machine. now he sleeps 100% better. im the one snoring now. :notagree

your hard work has paid off! what a job! you will be at your goal before you know it. thanks for posting and giving us your story. you have been thru so much but you have come out shining! peggy

you did it! i know in the long run you will be glad you did. im still waiting but keep us posted. peggy

Thank You So Much, This Really Helps!

Welcome Cindy. I Too Will Be Banded In The Next Few Weeks. I Have Cut Out My Caffeine Tho And Carbonated beverages. Im Trying Now Not To Drink 30 Minutes Prior , During, And 30 Minutes After I Eat. Like Everyone Has Said, Read, Read, Read. Have You Gone To A Pre Op Class Yet? That Answered A Lot Of Questions I Had. Keep Us Posted. Peggy

hi everyone, my name is peggy and i live in chandler. i dont have a banding date scheduled yet, im still in the authorization process. but, both my husband and i are going to have this done we are hoping sometime in february. im so glad i found this site. i know there will be lots of encouragement and information here. we will be going to scottsdale barriatric to have this done. im really excited but still looking for lots of info. anyway, just wanted to say hi.

This Is Sooo Exciting! I Bet You Just Cant Stand It! Way To Go Girl!

good luck with your banding. i'll be praying for you. keep us posted!

:clap2: o my gosh!!!! thats incredible!! keep up the good work!

wow delarla, you look wonderful. it is truly a humbling experience to be able to post pics that you would rather burn. i am so proud of you!!!!! i only wish that i will do as well as you have done. peggy

welcome! i will be joining the ranks shortly! its sooo exciting :clap2:

just got off the phone with the scheduler and it looks like February 3rd for me!! unfortunately, it is office policy that our bandings be 1 month apart, so my dh date is march 7th. well, im pretty excited anyway, and it will be here before you know it.

my dh and i got our approvals last thursday. im waiting now for scheduling to call with a surgery date. i have a question for you all. since both of us are getting banded, do you think it would be beneficial to wait a month between bandings or would it be ok to have them done together, or maybe a week apart? originally the docs office said surgeries would be one month a part but i think they were also taking into consideration that we may be having gb and not lb. i would really like to be done together, but having not gone thru this i dont know what to expect as far as being able to help each other afterwards. we do have grown kids that are here to help us. so what do you all think? thanks. i really do appreciate this board, i have read and learned so much. you may not see me input much but boy once im banded, i will officially be a fixture here. :banana

thanks for your input. that was basically the way i was leaning. im hoping to talk to the scheduler today so we will see if its possible to do both together. keep your fingers crossed!

Congratulations! I Just Got My Approval Yesterday So Im Waiting Now For A Surgery Date.

im still trying to get things in order. waiting on an approval to get my surgery date. but i was wondering, my doc said that i would need to do away with taking advil (which i have) and drinking soda. i am a diet mountain dew junkie. ive tried the diet rite zero and...not so good. is doing away with soda something that you absolutely have to do or is it ok to have maybe 1 a day.

thank you everyone for the imput. i agree with all of you in that the lb would be much better. however, i just have to convince my hubby of this. we have already talked with the docs at scottsdale barriatric and they will leave it up to him. in the long run, i am just hoping and praying he chooses the lb. again thanks for the info. there is so much info on this board. i love it!