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Not cheating, especially at the stage you are at right now, no full restriction. You are working just as hard to lose the weight as anyone else.... so no, NOT cheating! :thumbup:

I have been banded for 6 days. I asked my doctor about this pain prior to surgery, he explained that all nerves in the body are connected. This is reflective pain. When ever the mouth of your stomach and that area hurt, you feel it in your shoulder. Perfectly normal, but literally a pain. Mine does seem to happen after I have a large portion of liquid ( which is all I am allowed right now) so it makes sense, it the band tightens, it hurts, and since it's reflective pain, I feel it in my shoulder. It does help when I put a heating pad on. Good luck to everyone who is experiencing this, hope this info helps a little.

Ok so tomorrow is my big day... and after my surgery being postponed once for a bladder infection, my feelings these time are completely different.... I am not as excited, and I am truly afraid. Not afraid of the surgery, but afraid of failure, afraid that after all this, I won't have restriction, or maybe that I won't care that I have restriction and I will still over eat; afraid of not losing weight. Has anyone felt that ? and if so, what was your outcome after the surgery? To top it off, my husband who had jury duty today, and who has not been 100 % of my surgery, now will not be with me during my surgery tomorrow... his jury duty extends through tomorrow... So I'll be alone. :smile: No other family members in the state. My close friend from work said she'd come by and check on me... super sweet of her, don't know what I would do without her... Anyhoo... just scared.... wish me luck tomorrow 5/11/10. Thank you for reading my boring worries :wink2:

Thank you everyone!! Wish you guys the best as well!

Hi Guys... So I'm totally new at this blogging thing.. so I apologize if it reads funny. I'll get the hang of it one day. So just to give you a little background. I am 32, mother of two. I have been battleing my weight since I was about 10, with lots of losses and more gains. I finally decided to do the Lap Band, because I am at a witts end with this battle. Originally I was scheduled for my surgery on April 20th, however I started to feel a little sick a few days before, lots of trembling and super super cold.. but no fever. I thought as long as I didn't have a fever, I was safe for my surgery. Well to my luck the night before, after going to bed with 5 blankets and still cold, I woke up at 1am and had 102.7 fever. At that time I called the doctor and he postponed my surgery, he said most likely I had an infection, Oh boy did I... I had the worst bladder / UTI infection I have ever had, and to top it off I had diverticulitis, which is also an infection but in the intestins :w00t:. I had both things going on at once... thank God my surgery was postponed, I can't imagine feeling as sick as I did on top of a surgery. Well now I am scheduled for May 11th.. cross my fingers it will happen this time :biggrin:. Feel free to contact me any time or to add me on as friends. I am looking foward to new friendships that will develop along with support for a mutual surgery that will tie us together. I wish everyone the best of luck!! Take care Chrissy:wub:

Hi Guys... So I'm totally new at this blogging thing.. so I apologize if it reads funny. I'll get the hang of it one day. So just to give you a little background. I am 32, mother of two. I have been battleing my weight since I was about 10, with lots of losses and more gains. I finally decided to do the Lap Band, because I am at a witts end with this battle. Originally I was scheduled for my surgery on April 20th, however I started to feel a little sick a few days before, lots of trembling and super super cold.. but no fever. I thought as long as I didn't have a fever, I was safe for my surgery. Well to my luck the night before, after going to bed with 5 blankets and still cold, I woke up at 1am and had 102.7 fever. At that time I called the doctor and he postponed my surgery, he said most likely I had an infection, Oh boy did I... I had the worst bladder / UTI infection I have ever had, and to top it off I had diverticulitis, which is also an infection but in the intestins :biggrin:. I had both things going on at once... thank God my surgery was postponed, I can't imagine feeling as sick as I did on top of a surgery. Well now I am scheduled for May 11th.. cross my fingers it will happen this time :confused:. Feel free to contact me any time or to add me on as friends. I am looking foward to new friendships that will develop along with support for a mutual surgery that will tie us together. I wish everyone the best of luck!! Take care Chrissy

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Waow thats Awesome, how long were you on pre-op for? & was it all liquids?

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Hi, I have the Premera Blue Cross and it did require I do 6 months of weight management. I did 4 months a couple of years ago with Natural Weight Loss Clinics in Tacoma and 2 more months at my doctors office. My Dr. is Dr. McMahon and he runs the Weight Loss Clinic at Swedish Hospital in down town Seattle. So far the experience has been great. The know what they are doing as far as our insurance goes and they are willing to help. I would suggest you also check him out ! Good luck!

CONGRATS EVERYONE!!! :thumbup: I ALSO GOT APPROVED- SURGERY DATE 4/20/10!:cursing: Well we are all on the same boat, all super excited, and all ready to start a journey that will lead us to a new life. I just got all my tests finished up yesterday, and my pre-op visit is on the 6th of April. I wish you all the best.. and keep posting, that way we can support each other with any challenge we may face!:frown: GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!