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YES I DO GET BANDED TOMORROW....WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO . I leave for the hospital in 8.5 hours, my surgery is at 7am!!
I like everyone else am excited and nervous at the same time. I have spent the last 13 days on this liquid diet (my dr. only requires 10 ), but becuase he told me my liver was large two weeks ago I started the liquid diet early ( yes, I"m crazy ), the last thing I want tomorrow is for my liver not to have shrunk. I have lost 18 pounds in the last 13 days I am hoping that is a good sign.
If I am feeling up to it tomorrow I will try to post somthing. I can't thank you all enough for all the support and I look foward to chating with you all soon!!!

YES I DO GET BANDED TOMORROW....WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO . I leave for the hospital in 8.5 hours, my surgery is at 7am!!
I like everyone else am excited and nervous at the same time. I have spent the last 13 days on this liquid diet (my dr. only requires 10 ), but becuase he told me my liver was large two weeks ago I started the liquid diet early ( yes, I"m crazy ), the last thing I want tomorrow is for my liver not to have shrunk. I have lost 18 pounds in the last 13 days I am hoping that is a good sign.
If I am feeling up to it tomorrow I will try to post somthing. I can't thank you all enough for all the support and I look foward to chating with you all soon!!!

Tomorrow morning I'll be banded. I'm so excited but nervous too. I'll be glad to be rid of this liquid diet and back on regular foods someone in the near future. I'm not sure what I would've done without all your support. thank you all. I'll see you on the other side.

It's imperative for you to stay properly hydrated...and if you don't take in sufficient calories, your body will adjust it's metabolism to compensate. If that happens, then it will likely be more of a challenge to loose weight.
You should do whatever works for you. Initially post op, I kept a bottle of Water with me all the time, so I would remind myself to drink because the water bottle was never more than a foot away from me.
As for eating, it's not a good feeling to force yourself to eat...but you do need some calories. Perhaps a Protein Shake would be more palatable for you. I also had to remind myself to eat newly post op, however it was easier for me to manage as I am retired.
I've observed that there are 3 situations which slow/stop my weight loss: not enough Protein, not enough calories, and not enough exercise.
Best wishes...

The month of August was not too good for me. For the past 4 months I have been without a job and have been applying like crazy. This past Thursday God gave me an amazing opportunity and I now have a job and hopefully things will start to settle down.
Now I can hopefully get back on track with my weight loss, exercising, and eating habits.

You can do this, it won't be easy and you will want to cuss at everyone who even talks about food. However, its necessary for your dr. to shrink your liver. I am on day 11 today with only two more to go and several days ago I thought I couldn't do it, and now I have two more days. Keep the prize in your sight. Remember everything you had to do to get to this point, all the tests, dr. appts., waiting for results. Your almost there.......can't you see that light at the end of the tunnel? Remember why you are doing this and fight through the hunger. YOU CAN DO IT!

Did you get gas-x strips or chewables? If not, get your daughter to get you some and walk , walk, walk. This was the advice I have gotten from my girlfriend who had her surgery two years ago. Hope you feel better soon!

Your post makes me extremely nervous. WHY are you still so hungry 6 months later?????

Glad to hear everyone who had surgery this week are doing ok. I have mine in 4 days. I plan on follwing the advise of my girlfriend who got banded. After she got home she did not weigh herself until she went back to the dr. two weeks later. She didn't want to be on that rollercoaster of being up and down daily. Especially durning the next few weeks your body will retain and release Water and you really can't get a true count of weight that way. Plus, what it does to your mind, if your down your happy, if your up your like why am I not losing.
I know I am going to be losing weight having this surgery, I don't want to keep playing the same mind games with myself and give all the power to that scale.
I hope all who had surgery this week just keep feeling better and better, I look forward to your posts, it encourges me as I get close!!! Thanks

Glad to hear everyone who had surgery this week are doing ok. I have mine in 4 days. I plan on follwing the advise of my girlfriend who got banded. After she got home she did not weigh herself until she went back to the dr. two weeks later. She didn't want to be on that rollercoaster of being up and down daily. Especially durning the next few weeks your body will retain and release Water and you really can't get a true count of weight that way. Plus, what it does to your mind, if your down your happy, if your up your like why am I not losing.
I know I am going to be losing weight having this surgery, I don't want to keep playing the same mind games with myself and give all the power to that scale.
I hope all who had surgery this week just keep feeling better and better, I look forward to your posts, it encourges me as I get close!!! Thanks

Glad to hear everyone who had surgery this week are doing ok. I have mine in 4 days. I plan on follwing the advise of my girlfriend who got banded. After she got home she did not weigh herself until she went back to the dr. two weeks later. She didn't want to be on that rollercoaster of being up and down daily. Especially durning the next few weeks your body will retain and release Water and you really can't get a true count of weight that way. Plus, what it does to your mind, if your down your happy, if your up your like why am I not losing.
I know I am going to be losing weight having this surgery, I don't want to keep playing the same mind games with myself and give all the power to that scale.
I hope all who had surgery this week just keep feeling better and better, I look forward to your posts, it encourges me as I get close!!! Thanks

I can officially post in the post op section! Arrived at the hospital at 9am went back for surgery Around 11am and woke up around 1:40pm. I am banded !!! When I woke up I thought omg what the hell did I do to myself . Once I got that pain medication in me I changed my mind lol. I feel awesome I'm so blessed and thankful. I'm ready to begin this journey with massive success like many of you ! :)
ps. I'm a little loopy so please excuse me if this isn't making any scense .

My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7am. I am so excited and a little nervous. I know it is completely stupid but i cheated a little bit at dinner tonight. I am at a hotel and they didn't have anything that I liked or that was healthy. I ordered out at Red Lobster and had some fish and a salad(I tried for steamed broccoli but some stupid cook put tons of salt on it). I didn't have any croutons on my salad but neglected to tell the server not to put any of those to-die-for cheddar bay biscuits in there. For one person she gave me 5!!!!! i gave a couple to my son and saved some for my husband but must confess I ate about a 1/3 of one. I don't think it will screw me up but I still feel incredibly guilty. I have worked my butt off these last 3 weeks to eat correctly and am already down 24lbs(this includes what I lost right before the pre-op by giving up bread and soda) so I don't really know why I would do something so boneheaded.
Oh well. Will post after my surgery in the morning.....
Wish me luck!

I posted a new thread under post-op for fellow sept bandsters. Had my surgery yesterday. I'm uncomfortable but doing ok.

I second what Enuff_is_enuff said!! Goingforit.....you and i are both 6 days away from our surgery, this pre-op diet has been tough, not just on me but my husband and my Son is well. I'm hungry, i'm grumpy (trying not to be) and there are a lot of emotions there when you take people who are addicted to food and take that away from them for two weeks!!! The feelings are still going to be there. We need to learn how to deal with them now. This is all part of our journey. You are doing great, reaching out to this forum instead of just going to food, think about it....that's amazing!!! You are on the road to success, you got this. You have lot's of support here. I don't know what you are fighting about with your boyfriend, but I'm sure he is worried about you since it's getting close and i'm sure he wishes there was more he could do for you. My husband feels helpless becuase he knows he can't do anything about my hunger and I feel like i could chew someones arm off right now...lol. Here for you anytime!

hello, not familiar with tulsa i did get something in the mail from usa that does fills out of tulsa, I am from oklahoma city and use dr gornichec at intergris hosp he charges 150.00 for private pay or if you dont want to go through your insurance, he also files insurance as well , not sure if that is much help but thought I would throw that out there.

Just wanted to send prayers and best wishes for easy surgeries and quick recoverys to all our September Bandsters who are scheduled to get their bands tomorrow and over the next few days, there are a lot of us!!!! Thinking about you guys!!!!
Please let us know how your doing!!!

Just wanted to send prayers and best wishes for easy surgeries and quick recoverys to all our September Bandsters who are scheduled to get their bands tomorrow and over the next few days, there are a lot of us!!!! Thinking about you guys!!!!
Please let us know how your doing!!!

Got my time, 0710 on Tuesday the 4th!!!!

Im getting banded on the 6th of Sep, and my liquid diet has been very hard, I get very hungry

IRRESPONSIBLE??????? Hold me back! That just ticks me off. I am sure your friend meant well but....jeesh! I think it is irresponsible to be obese and not give a lick if you aren't around 10 years from now to care about your family because you dropped dead of a heart attack while on your way to your favorite fast food joint. Not trying to sound harsh but...jeesh!
Come visit this forum as many times as you want if you want encouragement. That I what I have gotten from this site and I don't really listen to any naysayers. Good luck.....to all of us!

Hello everyone! This is my first post. Getting banded on the 6th. Survived day 5 of my pre-op liquid diet. Ugh! Only 6 more days of this until surgery. Thank God for Unjury Protein Powder because those shakes are my saving grace! Why is it that when you can't eat certain foods, they suddenly look so much more appetizing than ever before? Went to the grocery store today for my family. Not so fun. Oh well...no one said this would be easy. On a positive note, I am completely motivated and excited for next week.

I am being banded one week from tomorrow. My surgery is scheduled for September 7th, I cannot wait. Not just for the surgery but also for this cotten pickin pre-op diet to be over with. I think I would prefer mushies over this.....Good luck everyone!

oh, and many thanks to you RhondaMarie for keeping this list going and updated!!!

Congrats to all!! Yes we now have a large group of us September Bandsters!! I'm on day two of my pre-op diet, going ok, one hour at a time.........
Maybe we should set a date for an on line reunion to update everyone on how we are all doing?????