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pre-op went fine. But, the week before the surgery my stepfather passed away and we had to race down to Arkansas for the funeral. We had to cancel the primary doctors surgical clearance appt and the apt scheduler at my surgeon just about lost her mind. She was very uncaring and let me know that she did not appreciate having to reschedule a dr appt. I had a great surgeon and most of the staff has been friendly but my experience with her has me thinking about changing practices for my follow up. She has always been a little rude. I have heard her talking inappropriately about other pts. Saying that they call and ask too many questions and are non compliant with the program. My surgery went very well and I am home. I will be thinking about you tommorow. Take care of yourself today. I treated myself to a pedicure (with out polish) the day before and it was a nice treat. have gas x and plenty of jello and pudding on hand. I will say a prayer for your speedy recovery.

Hello Monkey, I read a lot of your post and I am hoping you will have an answer for me. I am on the preop liquid diet and will be banded April 27th. I cheated on Easter....Not crazy cheated, but I had some Chicken and Eggplant with a small amount of pasta...probably about 800 calories and the rest of the day just the protein shakes..How Bad is this? Should I say something to my DR. I have 13 more days of liquid diet to get ready for surgery. Did I just blow it? I hesitate to talk to my DR about it because while he is a great surgeon he has no bed side manner and is not very warm. What do you think?

Hey Xavier, yes, Jigglypuff is right!!!! Thank you for your kind words. I go for my pre-op this morning so keep your fingers crossed for me. i have only lost 5 of the 20 lbs he wanted me to lose. I hope he doesn't cancel on me.

hello, My name is Angela. I am going for my first meeting with the lifeskill workshop people. i think it will just be me and one other person along with Jodi, the bariatric nurse. I am a little frustrated with them because they still have not sent my paperwork in for approval. all of my appts have been over a month ago. they said the person who sends everything in was off for 2 weeks.

it sounds like you are doing really well. I am trying to get used to not drinking with meals and am weaning myself off of diet coke. It is harder than I expected. Have you gone back to work?

Keep me updated and you are right, you will soon be the woman you want to be. The real you

I am in Western Mass, in the Berkshires. I haven't been banded yet. I have all of my appts done and now i am waiting for approval from BCBS. My Dr.s office said it should be no problem getting approved. I am a BMI of 41 and apparently I also have GERD and sleep apnea. I didn't know i had them until after the sleep study and the EGD. I am using Dr. Lederman at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Who did you use and are you happy with them?

Congrats on getting your band. Are you already back to work or school?