Serenidee

Hi, wishing you luck for your operation. Hope it went well. I'm getting my lapband this coming week =)

Hi there Rhonda! Finally got my PC back on track, just in time for my operation... 3 days from now! Wow, not long to go... excited! Thanks for the notes

Hi Lucky... thanks for the message. Am back online! 3 days to go to my operation... not long now! =)

Finally got my PC up and running again, thankfully in time for my operation. Delayed it a little and now am having it on June 30th. 3 days to go. Not at all nervous really.. but any information of what I might need to organise for hospital or after the operation at home... would be greatly appreciated.

How goes it ma'am? Hope all is well with you and yours in your little part of the world! xox

Hi there Kygie, a fellow Queenslander here, wanting to say "g'day" and hang in there! I'm just new and don't get my band until June 21st, so can't give you any advice at all.. just to keep coming back to this supportive group full of like minded friends. Take good care... Dee :-)

G'day there Lucky! I've already had a great day here... it's nearly midnight on Tuesday evening here in Australia. Getting ready to write something on this blog thingy i am making myself do... then hitting the bed. Thanks for saying hi, and ditto to you, starting out on your day... hope it's a good one for you and yours too! xox

Hi again! My girls are 14 and 16. They are great girls too, really are the best kids, but don't tell them i said so! lol My pre-op is officially (from the surgeon) one month on the shakes program. This is to help shrink my liver. My friend a nutiritionist said tho, that i should slide into the month long deal, because it will be way hard going.. for all the reasons you have outlined. So, today i started the phase 3 of this program for three weeks, phase 2 for three weeks and then phase one for my remaining 4 weeks until surgery. I think too, that i may have to wear some type of mask for sleep apnoea is i come back as positive for that disorder. I haven't got my results back yet. I'm thinking too, it's a given that i try and exercise as much as possible as well. I agree, this is a second chance for me too... isn't it a nice feeling? I know the road is going to be bumpy, but surely there is something bright at the end of it for both of us! Have an outstanding day! dee xox

Absolutely Rhonda... we can and we will do this! I am Australian, and we don't have the same health care situation as the USA. I have private insurance, so could have had my surgery a month from seeing the surgeon the first time, but have two daughters to get organised fo care while I am recuperating. So, decided to wait until their vacation time etc. I am also starting early for my pre-op in a bid to get this show on the road and give myself the best chances of a quick turn around after the op. I can only imagine how it will feel with only 4 days to go! I am not sure if I told you, but Thursday is the 8th April, my youngest daughters' birthday. So special day all around. All the best, and please keep in touch, and if you need anything... best I can, I will help out. Blessings... dee x

Just new to this Rhonda.. think I put the reply to you in the right spot, second time around... either way, thanks for the message! dee x

Another Aussie (Queenslander) here... thought I would say g'day!

Hi, just wanted to say hello and wish you well in your surgery on April 01st. I start my Pre-Op then, and have my band on June 21st. Will be thinking of you, and keeping you in my prayers. All the best! Dee

G'day, Dee here (newbie). I have only recently decided to have lap-band surgery. My details are in my profile. I happened upon your group and after I saw some of the posts - thought I would join. I have a date set for surgery, and want to learn as much as I can about the procedure. This has all happened so fast, and where I live is fairly isolated, so I thought I would check out online support networks. Yours looks pretty 'fair dinkum', so here I am. Reckon i might keep a blog too, so that i never forget what it was like... as i make a new life for myself and my beautiful daughters. Blessings, xox :-)