SecondHandRose

Congratulations!! I know you are excited! What kind of pre op diet will you need to follow?

Hi Jen, Gosh, that was my question too! Made me crazy. I am getting my procedure through Tru Results but other places are different. They asked me about my education then told me about someone my age loosing and keeping off the weight. Then put me in a room with a 6 page multiple choice questionnaire. Do I hear voices, do I think I am suicidal, do I have ideas that will change the world. Over and over again. I asked another bandster what hers was like and she similar and gave me the advice not to talk about the shocking things in life or that I am stuck on those shocking issues. I think you have to think 'bright and positive' in a low key manner when you take the test, if that makes sense. We are sane enough to keep things in perspective and move forward. We are all different but that is my suggestion.

Just got my date! The 17th.:wub:

It's awesome hearing those of you who were banded this week!! SO very glad to hear you are coming through with little pain and gas. I'd love to know how much weight you all lost on your pre-op diet AND how long you will have to be on liquids.

Congratulations!! Hope all goes well and you're feel great real soon! Who ever thought we'd be seeing ourselves in the November group?? I truly never thought I'd make it through the obstacle course insurance placed in my path.

Yay, Deb!!! Best of thoughts coming your way and hoping you have a speedy recovery and feel good quickly!

Gooo Kathryngnv!!! Hoping by this time next week you will be feeling GOOD!

Yay, Sophie!! Good thoughts coming your way and hopes you are back on your feet quickly!

Gooooo Barbara!! Best of thoughts coming your way and hopes for a speedy recovery!

YAY, John!!! Hope you feel great when you wake up and recover quickly. thanks for the support for the rest of us.

Lori, We are all probably addicts to the eating behaviors we've developed and now suffer because of. You are having to break up with your best friend! But, she is TOXIC, she has been lying to you and cheating you out of good things. She is EVIL. Just like a drug addict has to say goodbye to friends, so do we. The bad news is that 'friend' is killing us! You WILL end up being what you want to be, that pro helping others navigate through the obstacles. We all need to know what we will do with ourselves on the other side of this banding experience. It is only an hour or so then LIFE is there for the taking! Decide what you will TAKE. One thing I can't wait to do is NOT shop at Lane Bryant, EVER AGAIN!!! Thanks for showing me that!

Deb, don't take your eyes off the end goal...you will do great from now on. When I have cravings I actually think about the food, the process, then that wasted feeling afterwards. You are SO right about not feeling good once we get off track. The one thing I see is that is will not last forever. On our own the diet would last forever. We CAN get through this!!:wink2:

I am beginning to realize this pre-op diet is a fast hard jerk of the reins. I see the slide back to eating again as a relearning period. Congratulations on Monday being YOUR DAY!!:smile2: Today, is my first day of the diet. I've been doing the diet since Monday. But officially this is the first day of the rest of my NEW LIFE...Living HEALTHY and Feeling ENERGETIC!!

Best of thoughts for all going in next week to be banded! The rest of us will be waiting for your posts. Hoping each of you have good experiences!

I got my approval this morning!!! :thumbup: Picked up the shakes and diet plan, can't wait to start my pre-surgery diet tomorrow! My son had his last appt. this morning, too...

Thanks for writing this! Your employer is one fabulous person/company...gives me hope.

I go on Monday for my last appt to meet Aetna requirements for coverage. I have a tentative date of 11-25, which is Thanksgiving...lol! So...I am hoping for a fast approval and a date before Thanksgiving. Planning to ask them if I can start the diet immediately and get scheduled asap after approval from Aetna. My Birthday is Nov 1. This is my BD gift! Hoping all goes well for you early Nov. bandsters!!

UGH! Your BMI is high, you would think there would be NO reason to stall or deny your surgery!! Especially after all they require to get surgery! I have Aetna too...and that is my fear, that they will find a reason to deny coverage. It's not right, not careful at all of a desperate situation you and I both find ourselves in. How long will it take for the appeal process to run its course? SO sorry to hear they are doing this to you.

Yay!! Best to both of you!

I was thinking about that...what I'd say, because NO one, c'ept my Mom, Hubby, my two boys and BFF, knows. I plan to tell them the truth. Small meals, NO sodas, limited white foods, high Protein and getting very active. Isn't that what the 'others' do to loose weight? Lots of my friends take Adipex from their doctor's weight loss program. My MIL told me I was too pretty to be fat. Then last Thanksgiving, his uncle and I were alone for a few minutes and he was talking about how fat people are discriminated against. He couldn't shut up about it. It is so rude for people to say things or judge anyone.

I am thinking thyroid...there is a range that says normal. But sometimes our normal is not standard normal. I was in Normal range but for needed some to stop my hair loss. One doctor said NO thyroid meds, but for me, two doctors out of three have said YES. So, keep that in mind. Especially with your hair falling out, and tired all the time. Hope you get relief soon. ((hugs)), Rose

Hi BTRIEGER, we live in the same area...have you heard of Dr. Marsden? Who did your surgery??

I was asked how much I drank on a pre=psych form and then in the Psych's office. He asked a couple different times and ways. I drink a couple times a year and he had a hard time understanding that. Makes me sweat, makes me go to sleep...not as much fun as it was in college. About your friend. She will have to run into a wall before she will change. All this fuss over her telling her doc is pointless, though I know you care much for her. Alcoholics and other addicts are fabulous at diverting attention away from their problems and slipping out of your questions. She will stop when she has to or wants to. Then you can offer your kind words of encouragement and hugs. Hopping over to youtube to watch the surgeries.