mgmagnolia

I'm excited about it too! I'm reading a really great book about what to expect from the surgery. It's called "Weight Loss Surgery With the Adjustable Gastric Band" by Dr. Robert Sewell and one of his patients Linda Rohrhough. It takes you through the surgery process itself. What to expect the day of, what to expect when you go home as well as the weeks following. It even gives a schedule of what you should be eating the first few weeks after being banded. It has some really helpful advice. You know how everyone says that we'll have to take tiny little bites and chew them thoroughly? He suggests using a baby spoon and only filling the front half of it with food to get used to eating tiny bites. I would never have thought of that.

I'm meeting the nutrition lady on June 29. We'll be going on our liquid diets about the same time it sounds like. Glad you got yours approved. I'm self-pay :thumbup: Good luck and keep me posted too!

I'm being banded July 20 too! We are definitely smokin' hot! I can't think of another name. Both of those are good!

Hi Mike, I'm new like you and I am not banded yet either. I am just beginning the process of getting a surgeon so it will months before I get there. I know exactly what you are saying because I feel the same way. But these folks are right. I'm like you. I've been overweight all of my life and I have lost and gained and lost gained over and over. I have a whole wardrobe of clothes of different sizes to show for it. I've never experienced life as a fit and healthy person. I don't even care about the beauty side of it. I just want to be healthy and be able to physically do things that being overweight prevents me from doing now. Good luck and let me know what it's like! Mgmagnolia