Joy1

Hi & Welcome! My big day is Sept. 15! :thumbup: I simply cannot wait! My Doc put me on Atkins for two wks. pre-op....lost 6 lbs. in 5 days....my BMI is low also, but have co-morbities. Best of luck to you...I cannot believe I am not nervous...I really love and trust my Dr. Joy

Hi Mimi! I KNEW you'd be somewhere in here. Found 'ya! Joy

Atkins...............I will soon be very tired of meat! HA HA HA! Joy

Sept. 15 ismy date too! YEAH!....Dr. Tribble in Cola! Joy

I am a self pay and mine was$175.00 Joy

I have not had it yet....mine is the 15 of this month.....so sorry U had the gas....Does Gas X help? Do they give it to you in Hosp. or do you buy first? At least you are over the hill........i am LOOKING at the hill! You take care and keep on doing what you're doing. It can ONLY get better! Joy

Well, my date is Sept. 15.....& I agree, I'm through 2nd guessing. All they told me was go on Atkins for 2 weeks.....I started that today!.....Good Luck to all my Seot. Buddies.....I KNOW we will ALL do FANTISTIC!!!!!!!!! Joy

So Glad to hear such positive thing...You go girl!....Mine is coming Sept. 15 and you really made me feel good. I loved the ziploc bag part....am going to copy it w/ my Dr. Hope everything continues tp go so smooth with you!...Congratulations!!!!!! Joy

:smile:GREAT for you!....Mine is Sept. 15, and I don't feel scared......just so happy.....yes I will think of you @ 9:30. All the best.....soon you will be on the "other side". Early Congratulations!:frown: Joy

:frown:I am sooooo happy for U!.....U do NOT know how good it is to hear a positive experience like yours....So many people whine and act like they've been killed!:frown: That really bother us that are waiting...'ya know! Mine is coming up Sept. 15.........and I keep reading Susan Maria's book and ONLY reading positive posts like your's. All of my best to you for things to keep going great for you. Congratulations!:smile: Joy

They just said "The Atkins Diet"....As I remember that from years ago it was meat, poultry....some veggies, some cheese and that was about it :frown: NOTHING white was a biggie!.....:smile: What I do NOT understand is that some people on this site and the 2 others I visit have no pre-op diet.....guess it depends on your Dr..........Here we go, girlfriend!............... Joy

Hi!....My surgery is scheduled for Sept. 15! What, if any, pre-diet does your Dr. have you on? Are you getting excited........I am very excited! Joy from SC

KEEP bugging that Dr.....You have to do that sometimes.....Your symtoms sound serious and like he is not taking you serious enuf :tongue2: Why steriods?............can you see another bariactic specialist? Best of Luck! Joy

The person biting their tongue probably wishes she WAS you! :tongue2: Joy

I too, was so happy to read your post.....my BIG DAY is Sept. 15 and I get a bit "wobbly" thinking how close it is! You go girl.....keep up that positive outlook and I hope things STAY smooth for you! :tongue2: Joy

I hate to be a doomsday prophet...but my DH was all for this when I began the seminar route back in May.....I chose a Dr. and told him which practice....he was fine with it...........well, we finally met the surgeon for the first time last Friday, and he (who is also a Doc) acted disinterested, rude, etc.....very UNLIKE his normal self. On the ride home he said he knew "My Secret Plan", :cursing:to get thin and leave him. But, do hear this....we had issues before...he is much older and facing retirement, failing health and has always shown some envy at my youth... HAH.....(53), and happy go lucky attitude. This came out of nowhere, I would never leave him, but it is Tues. and we are barely speaking! If I try and reassure him he gets verbally abusive. It was my size 6 and personality that attracted him from the first. DUH!:thumbup: I'm the last person you want to hear from, right?:thumbup: Joy

I feel for you, I'm borderline bmi with severe co-morbities.....I strap myself into painful body shapers and dress to hide it and do not look 198lbs.....One 300 pounder turned around at the 1st. seminar and said with great wonder, "What are YOU doing here?" I guess I was rude but I'd heard enough elsewhere and I answered,"To avoid becomming like you!" Well, she asked for it! Joy

Well said.....Thank you! Joy

I am a female, am 5'2" and weigh 198 lbs, do NOT tell me to diet........ I've paid untold $$$ on Physicians Wt. Loss, Nutrisystem, & Dr. Superv. diets.....Yeah!......They worked until you go off......then ever so slowly the lbs. start to come back with friends!...My BP is not controlled by meds. I have severe GERD, and have been diagnosed as a pre-diabetic! All this with barely having the wind to go up a flight of stairs. My husband who is my PCP and my Bariactic Surgeon agree this is the BEST thing I can do for my health. People should not make judgements if they have not walked in our shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbup: Joy

I would be crying.....you are entitled to feel very dissapointed after such a huge build-up that we all feel and then the dreadful letdown. At least it is going to happen and Wed. is just the day after tomorrow!,,But, if you are like me, when something is expected at a certain time, well then it should happen then....I go to pieces too. Please hang on, it WILL HAPPEN! Joy

Abby, I promise NOTHING has worked (& I've tried most of them), like Nexium............it also claims to 'heal" the erosions in your esaphagous (sp?)....One other thing....sounds nasty but in a tiny glass put a Tablespoon of baking soda and 1/2 water in the TINY glass....stir well and shoot it down.........You WILL burp the big man burp and feel much better! IF you can do this w/ band???????... my surg. is not 'til Sept.............. Joy

Hi!... I have had a large hiatal hernia for years, I just told my Dr. about it and he said they'd fix it when they went in to put band on, no extra cost........sounded like no bigee! Good Luck with yours....I will be glad to see the end of mine! Joy

Hi! My Dr. is Dr. Ben Tribble, with Baptist Hospital. I called your group back in May but their receptionist was sooooo rude I never called back. I used to live in downtown Cola. and have had all my surgeries there so I wanted this at Baptist also. My friend had RNY with your Docs and she loved Dr. Strickland! When is your surgergy? Mine is in ???in Sept! Joy

That is great....mine is for ???in Sept!..Best of luck.....It feels like waiting for Christmas doesn't it. Hope everything goes great!...I just joined this site on Sun. on the rec. of a friend....yes...it is really full of great people! Joy

Thanks for the tip....this is really similar to the one I met you on! Joy