eyezchu22

Congratulations!! I am scheduled for 11/9/09. Best wishes, keep us posted on your progress.

My date is Nov 9th too. But I am in Massachusettes. Good luck!!!

Hi Cindy, Thanks for the support!!! When is your date? Best wishes on your journey!! Charise

Great name!! Great Idea!! I just started mine on youtube YouTube - eyezchu22's Channel

My surgeon will be doing the sil on me if my liver has shrunk. She said she would go through the belly button.. But if its bigger she would have to revert to standard laprospic procedure. Hope my liver is shrunken enough lol.

Has a name been giving to the november 09 bandsters group yet???

I am too lol. I have to be there at 9am for an 11am surgery I am second... My pre-op is the 3rd too lol. I dont have to do a pre-op diet at all. But I have been stressing

I have the same date!!! What time are you scheduled 4x4?

Congrats!!! Give yourself time to heal and soon you will feel good as new. Glad everything went so well for you... I have 2 weeks from tomorrow until I am banded!!

I never check mine either... I figure it must be ok else I would be in pain, I go for my pap soon and the nurse can check then mine is cut real short too.

Glad to here your feeling so good, and Happy. Congrats on the weight loss so far. I can't wait to be in your shoes lol 17 days and counting until I jump on the "band" wagon lol.

My surgery date falls on a monday so I took off the rest of the week and am thinking that depending on how that week goes I can take more time off if I need it. Hopefully I will be one of the lucky ones who bounce back... I have a desk job too so it shouldn't be so bad... Plus would love to save my vacation time if I can...

11/09/09 is my date! keep in touch and let me know how things go for you.

Hi all, Is anyone else getting that last supper feeling??? I gave up soda in june and have been doing well with out it, and today i broke down and had one with lunch, now I can't stop thinking about leaving work and bringing home a six pack, LOL. Does anyone else feel like or plan on having a last hurrah??

Ok my surgery is scheduled for 11/9/09. YAY!!! My doctor said we dont have to do a pre-op... But I kinda wanna do one anyway. Can someone who had or has to do it please tell me the rules... Also what does the pre-op physical consist of?

Good Luck!!! I am scheduled for 11/9/09!!! My Doc said i didnt have to do a liquid pre-diet... I just have to be NPO after Midnight the night before... I want to do the liquid diet anyway So if anyone can give me the rules for it I would appreciate it... also do you guys have to do a pre-op physical? What does that consist of? Thanx

Hi all, I just got my surgery date today. I am scheduled for 11/09/09!!!! yay finally lol. Does anyone have to do a pre-op physical? what does it consist of?

I called today (exactly 2 weeks later). They said they will call me either later today or tomorrow to set up a date. My Surgeon usually does mondays and tuesdays for surgery so hopefully I will be a band member by Turkey Day!!

I called insurance company and they said they have recieved NOTHING from hospital yet!!! The insurance lady even checked the fax with me holding to Dble check. I am kinda annoyed because i was led to believe it was pending approval... It cant be approved if it doesn't yet exist to the Insurance company. The surgeon said they would call within 2 weeks so i will wait until tuesday and then I am calling them and my Insurance to see what the hold up is. I am trying to be patient but it is SOOO hard. LOL hopefully by this time next week I will have more info....

Congrats!! I am playing the waiting game now. I should be called sometime this or next week...Just waiting on insurance approval... Best Wishes

I saw the surgeon a week ago today. She said they would contact me after they get my insurance authorization, which I could expect a call within two weeks. And that I was looking at a date in late October or early November. Can I call today to check the status? I dont want to be a pain... but my boss needs to know sooner then later because he is creating the next two months schedule. Or should I just be patient until next week?

Hi everyone thanx for the support...Yesterday I went to my appointment. The nutritionist was very understanding and gave me helpful tips on how to be mindful of what I am eating. I was weighed (ugh) and I actually lost 7lbs!!! since last I was there. I then met with the surgeon who answered all of my questions and she said that I was looking at a late October early november date. YAY!! she also said to NOT gain one single pound and if I can lose more that would be great. I am sooo excited now. Best wishes to everyone Eyezchu

Thanks for the feedback... Hope they are understanding... In the meantime I have been really trying to increase my workouts and eat really healthy.I wish i had done this all along but shoulda, coulda woulda's aren't gonna help me come thursday so I just am now even more motivated to show them I really really want this and am a worthy canidate.... Hopefully they see that.

I meet with my surgeon and nutritionist on thursday( less then 48 hrs). I am really nervous they won't think I am a good canidate because I really didn't lose any of the 20lbs they said I should work on losing ( only about 3 lbs). I was very motivated after the immersion seminar and started the pre-op diet they recommended in a nutrtional folder. I followed it to the "T" for 2 and 1/2weeks at that point i actually lost 7lbs... Then my hubby lost his job and our income dropped dramatically so making ends meet and trying to stay a float took priority and weight loss as well as exercise was on the back burner. I looked on the calender and realized my apt was in less then a week. I stepped on the scale and had gained back 5 of the 7lbs I had originally lost. I started to cry. I am crying now as I type. I don't want the team to think that I haven't committed my self seriously to a change of my lifestyle. But how can they when I haven't lost any of the weight I was supposed too. I don't know what to tell them... I feel like their should be no excuses for me not giving my all no matter what the circumstances and that they will feel the same way and say I am not a good canidate for this surgery. Has anyone out there gone through this before? What was the outcome did you buckle down and lose the weight? Will I be wasting the surgeons time if I keep my apt? Should I keep it?

Congratulations on your success. I just started the program and will meet with my surgeon Dr. Kim 9/17/09. I met Dr. Shah during imersion day when she came in to answer questions and she seemed really nice. Did you feel like they were pushing Gastric Bypass? There was two of us there interested in Lapband and the rest of the room was for Bypass. By the end of the day the other person had changed her mind for lapband to bypass. I could just have felt alone lol and am over reacting. How was your hospital stay?Good luck with your journey.