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Hey Vida, creo que si estas considerando esta operacion ya estas empezando a cambiar tu vida! Me operan ya el 27 y te aconsejo que vayas al seminario y que te eduques lo mas posible y despues si tienes alguna pregunta... aqui estoy yo!

Que Dios te Bendiga!

Hey Im being banded on the 27th!! R U nervous yet?

Hey Alex, I going to be banded by Ren on the 27th and I see you were too. I just wanted to know if you stayed true to the 2 wk preop liquid diet?? And if you did... what did you eat, besides veggies??

Hey Catherine, I too will be banded by Dr. Ren on the 27th and I'm halfway through the preop diet and I go for the preop testing tom. I had a nightmare last night that I woke up from the operation and the band felt so tight that i felt like i couldnt breathe. Am I just nervous or what?

Sure thing Susan. My name is Marlene, I'm 27 weigh 241 and have a bmi of 38. I learned about the lapband in December of last year when my pcp doctor suggested it as a tool that would help me lose the weight that was bringing me to bringing me close to being insulin dependent. I went to a seminar in february and I educated myself. The seminar was excellent at NYU Medical Center. They explained the pros and cons as well as the usual obstacles that most insurance companies place to make it a little more difficult to get. After that, I pretty much did everything else on my own, I followed the steps with my pcp, scheduled the psych evaluation and after that the surg consult. All in all it has been a pretty quick and painless process, once I had all of my paperwork, the surgeons office contacted the insurance company for approval and thats pretty much it... surgery scheduled for the 27th of this month, so thats 2 saturdays from now...wish me luck

just came home from my surg. consult and my date looks like June 27, 2009 now the wait is on for the ins. approval..

hi Lyndsay. My name is Marlene and this is one desicion that I made on my own for me, i know its the right one but it doesnt stop being a little scary.