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Wow ivyrose you have done great!! I really hope to do as good as you. Any words of wisdom for the rest of us? You are a real inspiration for me. I bet you do feel like a totally different person and look like one too. Thats awesome!!

Hey Erv congrats on having what seems to be a great surgery day. I'm glad you are home and resting and glad it is over for you. Now you are starting a new life and a healthier life. I am getting banded on the 17th hopefully if they can get thru all my scar tissue. Hope you get some good rest and again congratulations:thumbup:

Hey Jazzy Junes!! I',m having my surgery June 17th. Nervous and excited too:confused2: I am a kindergarten teacher and love it. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 29 years. He is very supportive and is taking a weeks vacation just to take care of me.:tongue2: I have two children and two beautiful granddaughters whom I adore. I want to get healthy so I have energy to play with my students and my granddaughters. :thumbup: Good luck to all those who have had their surgery and to those like me that are anxiously waiting for the big banding day.

I also have what I call a fat pad and I hate it. I did not even know I had one until another teacher where I teach said something about it. I had never really noticed it but I went and looked in the mirror and I could not believe how it looked. I was so embarressed. Then when I mentioned it to my DH he said oh yea you've always had that. Oh my gosh how did he know and not ever say anything. We have been married 29 years.( I have been hunting someone to vent to forever LOL that would understand. )But anyhow mine does hurt sometimes. I often wonder if it has to do with the way I sleep or my posture. I really think my posture effects it like if I slump over to much or something. Anyway I'm so glad to know others that have it too. I wear my hair longer now to try and cover it up and watch what I wear. I just don't want people looking at that and my other fat too.:tongue2:

Congrats on such a great day and new beginning!! I'm glad you are home and resting. Hope my surgery goes as well on the 17th. Keep us posted but get some needed rest too.

Hey gone 4 ever are you feeling better? I hope you are. I am being banded by Dr. Groves on the 17th. Could you tell me how long did you have to stay at the hospital and was everybody nice. Hope I don't have to wear a gown thats 2 sizes to small. Thanks and good luck to all Jazzy Junes.

Just wanted to wish all those having surgery tomorrow good luck. :redface:I am already praying for you guys. I start my Akins diet on Tuesday. Can't wait to hear how everybody does. God Bless!!:wink2:

Got my surgery date this morning. It is June 17th. I'm very excited!! Good luck Cathy let us know how your doing.:confused:

I finally have a surgery date. I will be banded on June 17 and go for presurgery test on the 10th which is just EKG, chest x-rays, and blood work. I only have to do the Akins diet for 7 days before surgery. I am so excited and nervous too because I keep reading all these problems people are having. But I am going to go for it and do my best to follow Dr. Groves rules and hope and pray he can get thru the scar tissue to do the surgery. Good luck to everyone.:confused:

Thanks and you are doing great!! I hope I do as good as you. I know you must be excited.

Whats the best way to get stuck food to go down? Somebody said drink warm pineapple juice or maybe it was grapefruit-- anyway I got approved today for my surgery. I have to meet with the dietician Thursday and get my surgery date. The doctor just told me again that he hopes he can do it thru all the scar tissue. So keep your fingers crossed for me.:confused2:

Well I got approved today YEA!!! They said my surgery will probably the last of June. I have to meet with the dietician on Thursday and get my surgery date. I will let you know what the date is on Thursday as soon as I get home. Good luck to all of you.

:thumbup:Hey everybody I just got approved for my surgery!!YEA!! I have to meet with the dietician next Thursday and they will set my surgery date. I am so excited and so nervous at the same time. Thanks for all the prayers. Now just please pray they can do my surgery with all the scar tissue. Thanks again and PTL!!

Hey everybody I just got the phone call and I am approved!!!! YEA!!! I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. I have to meet with the dietician next Thursday and then they will set my surgery date that day. Thanks for all the prayers.:w00t:

Thanks so much for the prayers ChristyC. I think its a good thing it was a small popsicle and not something bigger LOL. Sounds to me like your dreams are on the right track. I tell you what -you pray for me and I'm praying for you. I hope all i'll dream about is a small popsicle and not a big steak, potatoes, and brownies LOL. (Opps sorry now you'll probably dream about those.) thanks again for the prayers. I'm just sitting and waiting on the doctor to call and tell me if I'm approved or not.

PTL so glad to find Christians to talk to. I am waiting for insurance approval any time now. Would you all pray for me that the doctor will be able to do my surgery. I have had 2 major surgerys in the past were I was opened up and I have alot of scar tissue so the doctor says he may have to wake me up and tell me he couldn't do it. That would break my heart (plus really tick me off LOL). So please pray for me that everything will work out and again I say PTL. Thanks all and God Bless you.:thumbup:

Hey Patricia I live in Alabama too and my doctor is also Dr. Groves and Dr. Britt. I am waiting on my insurance approval. I know what you mean about your knees because mine have gotten really bad. I am a teacher and stand on cement floors all day and it is killing my knees along with my weight. I will not do gastric bypass because I know 4 people that have died from it and I just know I am not suppose to have that surgery but having lapband does not scare me that bad. Good luck to you and all us Bama Belles

Jack I love the way you say things, it really cheers me up. I guess if you have to have cheetos at least get the 100 calorie baked cheetos and try them. Good luck --still waiting on surgery date:confused2:

Wow there are alot of us teachers getting banded. I am suppose to get my date next week but it is suppose to be around the same time. Good luck to you all. Are you guys as nervous as I am. One minute i'm fine and the next minute scared to death. Let me know how you do. I'll be praying for all of you.:scared2:

Thanks for telling me that about your surgeon. That makes me feel better. I really hope i can get the surgery done. Talking to everyone on here really helps alot.

Hey you have made me feel better. I too live in Alabama and Dr. Groves is doing my surgery if insurance approves it which should be no problem. I have been opened 2 times and have a scar all the way down my stomach. Dr. Groves told me there is a chance he can't do the surgery but will not know until he gets in there. Did your surgery with him go well and did you go home that day? Tell me all about it. LOL. They are filing my insurance next week.

Good luck to all just beginning the journey. I too am beginning mine and waiting insurance approval. I am looking forward to getting healthy and shopping somewhere besides Lane Bryant. LOL:thumbup:

Has anybody had trouble with hair loss? I am waiting approval from insurance. Congrats to you all.:rolleyes2:

They just told me that because I have been opened and cut from breast bone to belly button that they know I have a ton of scar tissue and that they may not be able to get thru it to do the surgery. It really worries me. I do not want to go thru all this and them wake me up to tell me they could not do it. They will send for my approval this next week. Hope they can do it. I want it really bad too. Good luck to you.

You guys are and inspiration to me. I am waiting for insurance approval which should be no problem. My problem is doctor says he may not be able to do surgery when he gets in there because of scar tissue. I keep reading about the bad gas pains. Do you get to take anything for it? Congrats to you all!