elcee

Thats great. Glad it went well and that you are feeling OK. Your journey's begun.

I love it , its so true. Now to the breathing.................................

It is amazing the differences between surgeons and continents. My surgery is this afternoon. I had a final app on Friday to ask any questions and that was it. No preop class, no bell prep and certainly none of the exams that you have mentioned. Makes you wonder where they are putting the band!

Mine is today. Sitting at home trying to stay calm and not think about it too much - which probably means I shouldn't be on the site. I'm not too nervous about the lapband. I have met enough people at the support group that have said they would do it over and over again for the results that they have got to believe that I am doing the right thing. I just hate surgery and anaesthetics in general. I think this will be the 6th time for me and I always wake up feeling crap. So for me it is the process of getting it that I fear more than what happens afterwards. We will be fine.

Thanks for letting me know whats going on. Its appreciated.

Am still wondering what has happened to the homepage. I don't like this new one that takes you directly to the forums I preferred the one that showed all the new threads. Is this a temporary glitch or a permanent change? Please say its only temporary - please bring the old one back.

Good luck for the 1st. I'm tomorrow and I don't have any kind of stuff to drink preop. I'm frustrated this morning as i got on my scales and have gained .5kg. I didn't cheat yesterday so I assume it has to be hormones. I actually think that I am going to be really unlucky and be menstruating tomorrow! I suppose that will just give me a bit more pain to deal with.

Thats one of the reasons I'm not telling anyone that I don't have to. My BMI is 32 and I know that I am very overweight and cannot lose it permanently on my own. I don't want or need people saying that I'm not fat enough or have taken the easy way out or I should just eat less and exercise more.

I finish my preop tomorrow- surgery Tuesday. Some days I have been fine. Others I have had the shakes,pains in my upper abdomen etc etc. I think it is a major shock to the system as we are used to eating so much more and not letting ourselves get hungry. I am actually looking forward to the postop as although I won't have bars that I can chew at least i can eat yogurt,custard etc and have real homemade soup that doesn't taste like chalk!

I'm also wondering what has happened to the site. I no longer seem to be able to get the page that showed all the latest threads, Now it just gives me a page with a list of all the different forums. Very frustrating - I want to be able to see what is new at a glange not have to wade through all the different forums searching. Is it just me - am I doing something wrong or are others having this problem to? I also don't see a help or contact us button so don't know how to ask the site managers if they can fix this.

OK No probs. I agree people get upset over the strangest things. A thread starts off with one thing and then ends up in an all out................ Not being able to see a persons face, body language etc makes a post easy to misconstrue.

elcee-----No, you're the poo-poo head! ????? I don't believe that name calling is either necessary or justified. In fact its pretty juvenile. However it does prove my point that it doesn't take long for things to deteriorate . Hope you have a fabulous day:smile2:

I didn't think parrothead was being rude. I am still amazed at how easily things are misconstrued and how quickly things can deteriorate into some kind of attack on these boards. Oh the joys of the internet and electronic communication!

Hi Linda just wondering how the op went? I think it was you that was posting with queries about your preop diet and having to eat extra to get through, am i correct? Did you end up sticking to the preop diet in the end or not and did it have an effect on your surgery?

That's fantastic. Its so great to hear words of encouragement for a change - I'm getting tired of all the negative stuff!

Well I wasn't telling anyone either but what should happen at the surgeons office yesterday - I bumped into someone I know. OK not a friend, not my hair dresser but a beautician I know . LOL. Thats almost the same as a hairdresser. She asked what I was doing there and I said the same as her! Plus side is that being banded herself she can't be negative about the choice to have a band. She just had surgery 2 weeks ago and is having a lot of pain at the moment so was telling me (jokingly) not to do it!

I agree with the others. However if this surgeon was working under the supervision of a highly experienced Bariatric surgeon then it might be OK. And by under the supervision of I mean that the experienced surgeon would need to be in theatre the whole time!

I am in Aus so things here are a bit different. I had to have a chest X-Ray and a spirometry(lung function ) test. It was decided I didn't need the sleep testing. I see my surgeon this afternoon so not sure what that involves. My op is next Tuesday.

Well I finally did some preparation. I spent the morning making a big batch of Soup . I made leek and potato with chickpeas,cauliflower plus chickpeas and tomato , lentil and carrot. I wouldn't mormally have put chickpeas in but on my list of foods it is suggested that legumes be added - I am sure that is for the Protein. Those of you who have been for your final preop app what does it involve? I have mine tomorrow and although I am sure mine will be different as I am in Aus I am still curious? Now I just wish it was over and done with already. The waiting is killing me and I seem to waste most of my time reading the threads on the board. Probably not such a good idea! Op 2 June 5.30pm. Not sure what the time difference is so I might actually be 1 June. Only 5 more sleeps!

Thanks for all the responses. I also thought it was probably extra gas just not sure why, maybe it is some kind of food intolerance. It can't just be from extra vegies as I have just woken up, eaten an Optifast BAR and I am burping again. Can't switch to half skim as the shakes here are all mixed with Water so the problem would be with something that is already in them. Still wondering about the pain though. Normally (for me at least) gas pain tends to be felt low down in the stomach and is often accompanied by bloating etc. This pain is much higher up under the ribcage and seems to occur a couple of hours after eating. Any ideas?

Fang , that was a great, easy to understand explanation.

Whereabouts in Melboune are you. I go to a monthly support group in Werribee and they always have a clothes swap. Its a good way of finding things that fit without having to fork out a fortune.

I am due to be banded on 2 June and am halfway through preop diet which includes 3 Optifast or similar per day(shakes,bars or soups) and 2 cups low carb vegies. Since starting it I seem to be burping a lot more than usual. (I thought this could be due to extra air swallowed when on a mainly liquid diet). More concerning is that I keep getting a strange pain in the upper, middle abdomen. I do not normally suffer reflux and as far as I am aware don't have an ulcer. I am hoping that it is just hunger pains - something with which I am obviously not too familiar! I am worried that if it is reflux or an ulcer that this may be a reason for the surgery to be cancelled. My final preop app is on Friday and I will raise my concerns with my surgeon then. In the meantime I would like to know if anyone has had anything similar.

My surgery is on 2 June and so far I have done nothing to prepare. I will shop for foods I need on Monday, probably pack my bag over the weekend and thats about it. Just wondering what you need to prepare in the bedroom, bathroom etc?

Not looking as though I am pregnant!