Brighton Belle

I am going in tomorrow, nil by mouth from 10 am which means I can at least have some caffeine in the morning-my pre-op diet is a small bowl of Cereal and tea or coffee...so that's ok. Due in at 11am, on the list for 4pm. Not sure what I am going to do all day, apart from seeing the dietician at 1pm. Could not do this before as I live a long way away. I have got loads of books and my mp3 player and a couple of wedding magazines...OK, actually four! My daughter is getting married in a year or so and it is nice to think I won't be a size 20 by the time it happens. Plumplump, I will keep you posted on what the Glasgow Nuffield is like and also Mr Galloway. :mad:

Just hope this is a 24 hour sneezy thing as I am due for banding on Wednesday. Started a runny nose and not sure whether this signifies a full blown cold or not...fingers crossed it will go away quickly. The streamier they are at the beginning the faster they usually go.:thumbup:

I alternated with streaming, being bunged up, and sneezing all last evening. I woke up this morning and it has practically gone! Tomorrow I have to set off for a 5 hour drive to Glasgow for the surgery on Wednesday, also paid the money today so thank goodness I do not have to worry about putting it off!

I am being done in Glasgow at the Nuffield by David Galloway. To tell or not to tell...I am not at all sure so that is why I am keeping it a secret at the moment. I am very interested in what other people have done about telling. Work knows I am off for two weeks but not for what for. I work part time but I am in a position where I go off on courses and study leave etc so no one that works for me has really questioned me about it. Struggling a bit with being hungry on the pre-op diet. A few more days to go.

I too am getting banded on 9th September and getting quite excited. Doing the low carb low fat low everything diet to reduce the glycogen stores in the liver and although I am quite hungry the incentive of banding on Wednesday is keeping me going. The day I started the preop diet I weighed and measured myself (and should really get a photo) because I told myself it is the fattest day of my life, I will never be as heavy again. Wishing the best of luck to other 090909sters.