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I also didn't tell anyone untill the decision was already made. This is something that a lot of people will try to talk you out of since it's considered the "easy way out" or "unnecessary". That's why no one knew about mine untill I'd already decided to do it. I'm getting banded tomorrow and people just found out and some of my family still doesn't know. Keep your head up and let me know how you're doing. We're a family on here. We're your bandster family. Good luck.

Thank you so much guys. I really needed that. Right now I'm just hanging out at the hotel relaxing with my hubby and my mom. We just had a friend come by that has been banded and talked with us for a while. He had it in November and has lost 120 pounds. It was great to get more input on what this will be like afterwards from someone else. I can't wait for tomorrow. So I guess tomorrow is my new Birthday. Thank you all for the support and everything else over these last few weeks. Hopefully I'll be talking to you tomorrow as a bandster. Even though I said that this time yesterday. Have a great day my bandster family.

Well, remember my last post? I guess I'm waiting longer than I thought I was going to be. The doctor got stranded due to the rain because it closed the highway due to flooding. So now I just don't know what I'm going to do. They rescheduled my surgery for tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain then too. I'm very distraught about all this. They said when I called the hospital when I got the hotel that he had to turn around and go home and the highway is still closed. They said they guarantee he'd be there tomorrow. We'll see I guess.:thumbup:

Well, remember my last post? I guess I'm waiting longer than I thought I was going to be. The doctor got stranded due to the rain because it closed the highway due to flooding. :mad2: So now I just don't know what I'm going to do. They rescheduled my surgery for tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain then too. I'm very distraught about all this. They said when I called the hospital when I got the hotel that he had to turn around and go home and the highway is still closed. They said they guarantee he'd be there tomorrow. We'll see I guess.:thumbup:

Sitting in the waiting room waiting to go in for surgery. It's supposed to be at 11:00. My mom goes in at 10:00. I'm super excited. My husband and I brought our car and I drove up here and it POURED DOWN RAIN! Driving in the rain makes me terribly nervous. I've been in a few wrecks involving really bad snow and rain. So it doesn't bode well for me to drive in it. Hubby would have if he would have known where we were going. Interesting morning already to say the least. So we get the hospital and check in and now I'm waiting. They said to be here at 8:00, and it's a little after 8:30 now. I am so terribly thirsty. Everything sounds great right now. lol Hubby is next to me drinking coffee. :thumbup: Well, I guess that's all I have for now. The next time I talk to you all I'll be a bandster. Thank you all so much for the support you've given me on this site over the last few weeks. You're really like my little bandster family. Talk to you all later. Hope you all have a great day.

Sitting in the waiting room waiting to go in for surgery. It's supposed to be at 11:00. My mom goes in at 10:00. I'm super excited. My husband and I brought our car and I drove up here and it POURED DOWN RAIN! Driving in the rain makes me terribly nervous. :thumbup: I've been in a few wrecks involving really bad snow and rain. So it doesn't bode well for me to drive in it. Hubby would have if he would have known where we were going. Interesting morning already to say the least. So we get the hospital and check in and now I'm waiting. They said to be here at 8:00, and it's a little after 8:30 now. I am so terribly thirsty. Everything sounds great right now. lol Hubby is next to me drinking coffee. Well, I guess that's all I have for now. The next time I talk to you all I'll be a bandster. Thank you all so much for the support you've given me on this site over the last few weeks. You're really like my little bandster family. Talk to you all later. Hope you all have a great day. :mad2:

OMG! I know exactly how you feel. My hubby has been against this from the start. Originally he just told me no, that couldn't do it. And was steaming mad. Then he pretty much conceded to the fact that I'm going to do it anyway. I love my husband very much, but I'm also very much my own woman. He's scared also, my family we have a history of not coming out of surgeries well. But he's still not come around and I'm getting banded tomorrow. He's coming with me, but I still don't know how he feels. I've been spending a lot of time on this site the last few days so he feels neglected. I told him that if he woudl have supported me more I wouldn't be seeking it from someone else. Still didn't work. Oh well, at least he's here now. He'll come around eventually. Your hubby too I'm sure.

Thanx so much for all of your great supportive comments guys. I LOVE THIS SITE, AND ALL OF YOU! Really and truly I do. I don't have a lot of support at home with this (hubby doesn't want me to do it) so it's like you guys have become my bandster family. I can't wait to talk with you guys tomorrow afterwards. I know I won't be fortunate enough to have my DH post a blog for me. Talk to you all tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Getting banded tomorrow and holy crap I hope that doesn't happen to me. All of the issues and the dry heaving thing. I have a serious aversion to vomit. Mine and someone elses. NOT A GOOD THING! I'm still wired for sound though about all this going on tomorrow. I almost can't stand it. In reading your blog though you went through hell to finally get this to happen for you. I bet it made it all worth it. So happy for you.

WAY COOL POST! And I think that's a great idea. Wow, you really are an inspiration. Your blog has consumed just about all my waking moments for about the last two days. Starting when you first started posting and now I'm following you through the New Year. You're awesome and I hope we can become great friends.

Well, tomorrow is the day. I absolutley can't wait. The suspense is killing me. So today I have to get all of my stuff together. I was trying to clean my house before I had to do leave so I wouldn't come home to a messy house, but that didn't go near as well as planned. Oh well, things happen I guess. However, I can already tell a difference in myself. Physically and psychologically. I've really noticed how my life really revolved around food before. I'm the person my house in charge of most things so I do a lot of the running around town and paying bills and stuff. I never realized how much that meant stopping and getting something to eat. All the time. It's actually a little embarrassing. So as I sit here about 24 hours away from surgery I'm ready. To not be fat anymore, to get healthy so I can have a baby, for my back not to hurt so maybe I won't have to have back surgery in the near future, and most of all to be happy with what I see in the mirror every day. Wish me luck all and I'll keep you posted. I'll be taking my laptop to the hospital with me, don't go many places without it and before I can get up and walk I'll let you all know how it went. Talk to you all after I'm a bandster. :thumbup:

Well, tomorrow is the day. I absolutley can't wait. The suspense is killing me. So today I have to get all of my stuff together. I was trying to clean my house before I had to do leave so I wouldn't come home to a messy house, but that didn't go near as well as planned. :thumbup: Oh well, things happen I guess. However, I can already tell a difference in myself. Physically and psychologically. I've really noticed how my life really revolved around food before. I'm the person my house in charge of most things so I do a lot of the running around town and paying bills and stuff. I never realized how much that meant stopping and getting something to eat. All the time. :mad2: It's actually a little embarrassing. So as I sit here about 24 hours away from surgery I'm ready. To not be fat anymore, to get healthy so I can have a baby, for my back not to hurt so maybe I won't have to have back surgery in the near future, and most of all to be happy with what I see in the mirror every day. Wish me luck all and I'll keep you posted. I'll be taking my laptop to the hospital with me, don't go many places without it and before I can get up and walk I'll let you all know how it went. Talk to you all after I'm a bandster.

First I'd like to say I know this is an older post, but I'm new to LBT, getting banded in two days. With that said, I'm totally with you on the cooking thing. My hubby is a chef so I don't cook and have never learned how. Not going to learn how. That's just something he new when he signed the papers. At least that's what I tell people. My biggest feat is that mac and cheese incident. lol We were at my father in laws one evening for a get together and he asked me to make the mac and cheese. I've been in this family six years mind you, he knows this would be a disaster. Well, anyway, it was a littler box so I thought there would only be one thing of cheese in it, seems reasonable right? Not so, there were two. One of them went in to the boiling water and was ruined. Had to add velveeta by the time it was over. lol That was almost a year ago, still haven't lived it down. Oh well, all in good fun. PS-Your blog is a riot! I absolutely love reading it! I'm on vacation right now from work due to getting banded and I'm trying to read all of your blogs. You're just too funny, very eventful life. Can't wait to read more.

I get banded in 2 days and I've been on liquids for the 14 days pre op as well. It is hard. And I agree that going out and running errands or doing something a lot of the time equates to getting something to eat. At least I know it always does for me. The first three days are the hardest and it does help to look at the bigger picture. It really wasn't as difficult after that cuz your stomach does shrink a lot during the liquid diet phase in the beginning. It's just mind over matter really. Drink a lot of water as well and it won't be so bad. Water really helps at filling you up and helping you feel full. The downside is it makes you pee a lot. Good luck and keep me posted on how you're doing. Remember, all of us have been here, we're here to help you.

Two more days to go. Then the liquids won't be so bad cuz I won't be so hungry. It's getting to the point that I almost can't do these liquids anymore. Went to the area Relay for Life Cancer Walk last night, we go every year. This year was a little rough, for a couple of reasons. We lost our team captain this year to cancer, so that was the hardest part. And on a lighter note the guy at the camp beside us was grilling steak and we were four camps away from the people making funnell cakes. That was rough. I overpowered though. Didn't cheat. I threatened to like the powdered sugar off my hubby's funnell cake though. lol This is almost over. Tomorrow I make my way to Kansas City, the first leg of my trip, then I'm off to Columbia Monday morning for surgery. Then this liquid stuff won't be as bad cuz I won't want food. Usually in our family after we have any type of surgery we don't really want to be around food for about a week anyway, so this works out great for me. Well, as always, hope this finds out all well. Enjoy your day and I'll keep you all posted about Monday.

Two more days to go. Then the liquids won't be so bad cuz I won't be so hungry. It's getting to the point that I almost can't do these liquids anymore. Went to the area Relay for Life Cancer Walk last night, we go every year. This year was a little rough, for a couple of reasons. We lost our team captain this year to cancer, so that was the hardest part. And on a lighter note the guy at the camp beside us was grilling steak and we were four camps away from the people making funnell cakes. That was rough. I overpowered though. Didn't cheat. I threatened to like the powdered sugar off my hubby's funnell cake though. lol This is almost over. Tomorrow I make my way to Kansas City, the first leg of my trip, then I'm off to Columbia Monday morning for surgery. Then this liquid stuff won't be as bad cuz I won't want food. Usually in our family after we have any type of surgery we don't really want to be around food for about a week anyway, so this works out great for me. Well, as always, hope this finds out all well. Enjoy your day and I'll keep you all posted about Monday.

Three more days till I get banded. I'm so excited, I almost can't stand it! I'm doing the best I can to stay busy but nothing seems to be working. The liquid diet is getting a little old. I'm glad that part is almost over. At least after surgery I won't be as hungry and have to choke down a protein shake all the time if I want to eat something. Any new and creative ways to make them are welcome. I'm always open to suggestions. Well, not much going on here. Just wanted to post that it's 3 days away. I'll let you all know how things are going. Hopefully I'll remember to take the laptop to the hospital. If not I'll get with you all as soon as I get home. Have a great day.

Three more days till I get banded. I'm so excited, I almost can't stand it! I'm doing the best I can to stay busy but nothing seems to be working. The liquid diet is getting a little old. I'm glad that part is almost over. At least after surgery I won't be as hungry and have to choke down a protein shake all the time if I want to eat something. Any new and creative ways to make them are welcome. I'm always open to suggestions. Well, not much going on here. Just wanted to post that it's 3 days away. I'll let you all know how things are going. Hopefully I'll remember to take the laptop to the hospital. If not I'll get with you all as soon as I get home. Have a great day. :thumbup:

Went to the doctors office for all of my pre-op and nutrition classes today. That was super fun, and will also save me time on Monday when I have surgery so all I have to do is check in. My last day of work was Wednesday, so I'm officially on vacation till after surgery, supposed to be cleared to return to work on the 26th. Not near as excited for that as I am for the surgery. But how many of us really are? The only thing I found out in pre-op today that bothered me (this is going to sound girly, but bear with me) I had to take off my long acrylic nails for surgery. I've had these since I was 13 and I'm 29 now, so you can imagine how this made me feel. Since my fingernails don't grow on their own I've had acrylic overlays on them so they would grow. Explained to the doc they were my nails, but she said I have to take them off because they can't read stuff right with them on there. However, SMALL SMALL PRICE TO PAY! I'm so excited I almost can't stand it. :thumbup::ohmy: I bet I don't sleep a wink before Monday. Hope this finds you all well. Enjoy life and I'll talk to you all soon.

Went to the doctors office for all of my pre-op and nutrition classes today. That was super fun, and will also save me time on Monday when I have surgery so all I have to do is check in. My last day of work was Wednesday, so I'm officially on vacation till after surgery, supposed to be cleared to return to work on the 26th. Not near as excited for that as I am for the surgery. :mad2: But how many of us really are? The only thing I found out in pre-op today that bothered me (this is going to sound girly, but bear with me) I had to take off my long acrylic nails for surgery. I've had these since I was 13 and I'm 29 now, so you can imagine how this made me feel. :thumbup: Since my fingernails don't grow on their own I've had acrylic overlays on them so they would grow. Explained to the doc they were my nails, but she said I have to take them off because they can't read stuff right with them on there. However, SMALL SMALL PRICE TO PAY! I'm so excited I almost can't stand it. :lol::lol::lol: I bet I don't sleep a wink before Monday. Hope this finds you all well. Enjoy life and I'll talk to you all soon.

thanx for all the great updates everybody. i can't wait to get banded. best of luck to you all. keep me posted and i'll do the same.

I'm so sorry to hear about your bad experiene. I too went and got my hair, nails, and toenails done before surgery. I'm getting banded on the 15th (6 more days). YAY ME! Thankfully I did not have the terrible experience you had. I have been there though. The ladies that do my hair and nails know me very well, I've been a regular there for over a year. Nails every two weeks, hair every six to eight. I keep very short and punky so it takes a lot of hair cuts. Looks awesome though. Again, sorry for your terrible experience and I hope it works out better for you. You're much prettier and smarter than them anyway. Without your lap band. I'd go back after a while and see if they treat you differently, then tell them to stuff it, a la Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

How great for you that you're doing so well. I'm getting banded in 6 days. I've been on the liquid diet now since the 1st and I'm doing awesome! Haven't cheated one time and I've lost 9 pounds in 9 days. 39 pounds from onderland as I type this message. Never thought I'd be able to say that this soon. Keep up the great work. Also, anything you can tell me about the surgery I appreciate it. Hope to hear from you soon.

I'm six days away from getting banded. I absolutely can't wait. :wub: My surgery date is the 15th. That's going to be my new birthday. The first day of the rest of my life. I've been on the liquid diet now since the 1st and I've found a lot of new and creative ways to "eat" the shakes. A little tip: If you put ice in them you can trick yourself into thinking you're eating ice cream. :biggrin: Good luck to anyone that reads this that's getting ready to get banded. And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm on a lot and in the chat rooms. Also you can email me or send me a message. I'd love to hear from you and be friends. Good luck to all and have a great day.

I'm six days away from getting banded. I absolutely can't wait. :crying: My surgery date is the 15th. That's going to be my new birthday. The first day of the rest of my life. I've been on the liquid diet now since the 1st and I've found a lot of new and creative ways to "eat" the shakes. A little tip: If you put ice in them you can trick yourself into thinking you're eating ice cream. :frown: Good luck to anyone that reads this that's getting ready to get banded. And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm on a lot and in the chat rooms. Also you can email me or send me a message. I'd love to hear from you and be friends. Good luck to all and have a great day.