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My doctor recommended not putting anything on the scars after surgery. He said they will heal nicely without putting anything on them. I have old scars that still show. Did you put anything like Maderma (spelling) or vit E on them after surgery?:thumbup:

Oh he also said I cannot eat or drink anything for 4 hours before surgery. Also, you should not be constipated on the day of the surgery. He really stressed that point, so I am drinking lots of water up till the surgery and making sure I mix Benefiber with my water. Doing Atkins seems to make a person constipated. It's either that or I'm not getting enough water.:crying:

Well I had my preop appointment this morning. I was anxious as well as nervous to see if I dropped enough to qualify. I did. I asked the Dr. if I could have a last meal on Sunday night and he said no. He said if I eat carbs my liver will expand rapidly so no carbs today or going forward. He also said the facility where I will be having the procedure has all new equipment and that he uses only physicians as his anesthesiologist instead of nurses. Not that nurses aren't just as good, but he said they cost the same. He said the operating room is just as well equipped as a hospital. He also said he does not recommend putting anything on the scars because it makes them worse in the long run. He also said that he gets rid of all the gas around your intestines so there is no need for Gas X. He said I could take it but he thinks it is a waste of money. He prescribed Vocodin liquid (sp), an antibiotic, a suppository and an anti nausea medicine. He will also be giving me an Albuturol treatment for my asthma before surgery. I feel totally at ease with doing this with him. He is very confident and reassuring and I think I am in good hands. He also has students that will be in the operating room as well. Overall, I think I'm ready. :crying:

I have been doing an Atkins type diet. I have slipped a little, but I have been doing ok I guess. I seem hungry though so I eat more than what I know I should. I have been losing so I guess it hasn't hurt. I thought my preop was Friday but it is actually tomorrow. Really excited to see what happends during that visit. My surgery is on Moday so I have the weekend to gather all the necessary items I need.

My doctor said if you drink when you eat the food slips through the band faster and doesn't keep you full as long so it defeats the purpose of having the band.

Obama gets my vote too and the vote of most people I know and I'm in conservative Colorado.

My preop is this Friday so I will find out and let you know about the medication.:thumbup:

Well said. We also cannot protect this country if we are crippled economically like we are quickly heading now. Who's going to pay taxes when all the good jobs are outsourced. Who's going to buy goods to keep the economy a float (the 1% of wealthy Americans)? Who's going to pay for the soldiers while they are off fighting a war that never should have been waged. Everything will be affected. Less police protection, hospital closures, roads not being repaired. The Republicans think they will not be affected but everyone will be affected even that 1%. I am trying to simplify here as this is such a touchy subject for me so I'll just keep it light. That was a great question!

I have 12 more days to go and boy am I really getting nervous. I have been doing my pre op diet which is Atkins like. I have slipped a little but not to bad. I will make sure I stay on track now though since the count down in really on. I am only supposed to do it for 7 days but thought I would get any early start. Trying to wrap my mind around this new lifestyle. Good luck to all of you who are yet to be banded and congrats to all of you who have already been banded.:biggrin:

After losing weight does the fat under your eyes go away or is it that once you have them the only way to get rid of them is to have plastic surgery?:shades_smile:

Oh and as far as McCain's experience, isn't that the same experience that has gotten us in the total mess we are in now? The man voted with Bush 90% of the time. Even when you say the government is not at fault for the mortgage crisis, sure it is. Banks were giving unscrupulous loans to people who were originally able to afford them then rates changed and all of a suggen it was out of reach. Jobs were being outsourced, people were laid off. There are so many reasons people were unable to sustain their mortgages. Oh, but the government is quick to bail out the big corporations and fund tax breaks for the oil companies and companies that ship jobs overseas which hurts our ecomony. All of this issues have a ripple affect and you can't let the government off the hook. The government is here to govern all people not just the select few. That means everyone, not juse religious pro lifers, war mongers or just rich people. Everyone. We all pay taxes. We all should be represented by our government.

DivaMom, are you saying we have enough money to spend billions/trillions on a war, but we can't find money to take care of our own issues here? I'm just trying to make sure I understand your comment.

The republicans and their supporters, in my opinion, have lost their minds. What are you thinking? Get it together. We are not living in fairy tale times. First of all, she has no experience of the world except for the little world she has been living in. McCain is too old and as soon as his mind starts going do you really think she has what it takes to deal with leaders of the world? She has only governed a very, very, very small percentage of this country. Obama has more people working on his campaign than the total amount of the population of people she has governed. Just because she a woman and with her views, oh my, she will diminish the human/women’s (not to mention animal) rights that we worked so hard to attain. I agree a woman can be president, but this woman is not the one and I will be doing everything in my power to make sure she and McCain are not the ones in power. I will be making sure everyone I know votes and I will be as outspoken as I can be against the republican machine that has us in this huge mess that we are in now. Another four years of this craziness is not going to work anymore. I know the American public is sick and tired of their jobs being outsourced, their homes being foreclosed on, not being able to get adequate health care, immigration reform, not to mention getting out of a war that is costing us billions. If McCain has his way, we will be there for many years to come and the cost will be in the trillions (oh which does not include the cost of the lives of our young soldiers). If your head is one of the ones that is buried in the sand, well I'm here to tell you—YES, we are in a recession. People are getting laid off left and right. I don't understand what kind of people would support a continuation of what we have seen for the last eight years. Wake the hell up! Sorry, but it has to be said. Just my views.

Hi all, I will be banded at the end of this month in Denver. I would love to meet/get together with newly or recently banded people who live in Denver/Aurora to share experiences, motivate and inspire and just help each other through the ups and downs.:party:

I too am self pay and will be getting banded with a lower than 40 BMI.

I agree with you GREEN. He is so old going into office and has already had health issues. He's also demonstrated signs of mental aging and you never know what kind of mental let alone physical damage was done to him when he was a prisoner of war. I don't trust his judgement and now that he has picked this running mate really makes me question his judgement. I don't know a thing about this woman and I don't think she is ready to be president. She just had a baby 4 months ago. What is she doing? I think McCain thinks the people of the country are stupid, but on the other hand he might be right. I hope not. We'll see.

Have any of you regretted getting banded up to this point with the new eating habits and not being able to eat like you used to? Has the band lived up to your expectations that you had when you first got it? Is it a unbearable struggle to make it work? :smile2:

Exactly, no definitive responses from Dr. S clients. My point exactly.

So what did you actually end up doing Lap Band or Bypass? It looks like your ticker says you were banded. Is that what you ended up doing or is that a mistake?

September 22nd for me too!

I too will be banded September 22nd.

Why are we discussing this issue on a weight loss web site. Isn't this a political conversion that should be had on a political website?:confused2: I don't think we need to focus on this issue, which is very deep in its own right let alone dealing with our weight issues. I think we all have thoughts good or bad about this and it is a touchy subject. Why are we addressing this here? Just asking.

My mom knows and that's it. I hope she doesn't feel pressured to keep this a secret even though I explained to her this is my life and my decision and I should make the decision to tell. Sometimes people are placed in situations where they slip and you wish you didn't have to tell anyone at all, but you do have to have someone with you for the surgery so someone has to know.

I just don't like to get dressed. I don't like to be around people. People take it personally and add to my stress. They don't understand that I just don't feel comfortable doing the things they want to do and I don't want people to see me at this size. It's hard. I think they take it personal, but they have to understand. It is what it is. I can only be me and feel what I feel.