nesser081982

:confused:When you lose weight, where does it go? I've never really lost a significant amount of weight besides like 1 or 2 lbs, so I was just thinking. Let's say 3 years from now, I'll be at my goal weight, well, where did all that weight go? Dumb question I know, but I think my brain is fried for the day....

Dang, you guys are really lucky! My pre-op diet consists of 5 SF carnation instant breakfasts shakes, and than I can have chicken or beef broth, SF jello, or SF popsicles.

I read somewhere on here yesterday where they advised the person to go to the dentist before their surgery, and I was just wondering, why? Is there some reason why you can't go afterwards? Just curious and wondering if I should try to get in before I have my surgery on the 29th.:frown:

Hmm, I haven't seen it, but it sounds interesting!

I could've sworn that I once went to a website where you could type in what you weighed now, and it showed you like a model of yourself. And than you could type yourself in like 40 lbs. less, or at your goal weight, and it showed you what you'd look like then. I have a really hard time "seeing" myself at lower weight because I can't remember ever being smaller. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Hi! I just finally recieved the phone call from the clinic saying that my surgery is going to be on April 29th. I have a pre-op appointment with the dietician, and then a pre-op appointment with my doctor soon. She figured within the next week or so. So, my question is is this. When I met with the surgeon in January, he said that I'd need to be on a 4 week liquid diet. Soooo, the woman that I talked to today said that I need to just wait and meet with the dietician. Sooo, should I start the 4 week liquid diet, or do I wait?

Honestly, if that's the longest that you have to wait, you should be very happy. I started in April of '07, and as of yet, have not recieved "the phone call" for my surgery date. Everything's been approved, I've gone through all the steps, just waiting....

This may seem like a dumb/obvious answer question, but I was wondering, lapband surgery are you put to sleep? I just want to make sure, because I started watching a webcast of the surgery and it freaked me out, so I just want to make sure that I'm not going to feel any of that at all. :thumbup:

Thanks, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm just now waiting for the surgery date, I probably would've just given up. But I'm beyond frusterated with the waiting for the phone call. A lot of other people I've talked to have gotten theirs just a few weeks after having the surgeon consult, and I'm still waiting......

I had that happen to with the wisdom teeth, where I woke up in the middle of it and they were pulling out one of my teeth. Not exactly what you want to have happen. I've been worried too about waking up during it. I think it's because I watch Grey's Anatomy, and I'm worried about what the people during the surgery are saying about me. Dumb huh?

I know what you mean. I started the process on April 14th with a weight loss surgery seminar, since then it was the dr./nutritionist appointments every month (at first I was only supposed to go to 4, then it switched to 8), then my psych eval (which was absolutely pointless), finished all the appointments in beginning of December. In end of December, they called and said that they decided that I needed to get a letter from a psychologist stating that it was okay for me to get the surgery (which they were supposed to have let me know back in August). I go and get the letter, call them, and than they tell me that I don't need it. On January 3rd, I have the surgeon consultation, and a week & a half later I got the approval letter from BC/BS. Now, last Thursday I finally got a preliminary phone call about April 29th maybe having the surgery, but they were supposed to call back and let me know for sure the date & time, and whatnot, and I haven't heard anything since than. It seems like all I have been doing is waiting, I've called a few times because I've heard from other people where the hospital that I'm going through, has "forgotten" to call them, and all I've been told is that my "name hasn't come up on the list yet." This has been crazy, it seems like now each day I check my phone at least every five minutes to make sure that I haven't missed "the call" because I'm told that they don't call back. Hopefully soon...........

I am 25 and weigh 370, and my doctor said that I would be a good candidate for gastric bypass, but he said that with my age lapband would work just as well. He mainly said that if the lapband didn't give me the results that should happen, than I should keep the gastric bypass in mind. I thought about switching to gastric, but I really can't afford to take all that extra time off of work, so lapband is for me.

I possibly may be starting the pre-op diet soon (I got the preliminary phone call about maybe having the surgery on April 29th - just waiting for the actual call now), and I was just wondering, besides Carnation Instant Breakfast, what else can you have on the pre-op diet?