Woo hoo! The final hurdle was cleared yesterday. I had my endoscopy and my surgeon said the golden words: "See you next Friday at 8 am for the surgery." Anyone who is on this journey with me will agree those are the best words ever! So, does anyone else share my surgery date? Or within a day or two? Would love to keep up with you to share ups and downs.:thumbup:

hi

I am having my surgery on 23rd April as well... better keep in touch to know the progress

I have started my liquid diet from yesterday and started getting little headaches..trying to control myself. I hope it would be ok when i go to work next week.

Regards

Yatin

Hi there! I'm being banded April 22nd.... I can't wait. I"m on the liquid diet as well, and finding it a challenge (I didn't get this way by being good at dieting!).

Good luck next week!

I am getting banded on April 23rd as well! Very excited about it, the day can not come fast enough! I have been on my pre op diet for a week now, basically high protein low carb. The surgical center has yet to give me an exact surgery time, but I am sure I will find that out before next Friday =) Good luck to all of you and blessings for a smooth and easy surgery and recovery.

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Jaymie, I'm on the 22nd too. Also slogging through the pre-op liquid diet. Cannot WAIT to get this done, though!!

Best of luck to all of you!

I am on the 22nd as well! I am on day 7 of my all liquid diet and Thursday at 11:15 can not come soon enough! )

Good luck to everyone and I hope we can keep track of eachother's progress!

Woo hoo! The final hurdle was cleared yesterday. I had my endoscopy and my surgeon said the golden words: "See you next Friday at 8 am for the surgery." Anyone who is on this journey with me will agree those are the best words ever! So, does anyone else share my surgery date? Or within a day or two? Would love to keep up with you to share ups and downs.:confused:

Hi, I am having my surgery on April 28th. I am just behind you. What are you doing pre-surgery regarding stockpiling food and liquid vitamins, etc?

Hi Lola'smama,

So far my doc has only asked that I start taking a supplemental general Vitamin with this pre-op diet. They told me we will be adding a chewable Calcium in the post-op phase but to not worry about it. I have loaded up with broths (chicken and beef) as well as weight watcher smoothie mix. I just can't get past the whey Protein additives. Up until Wednesday I can still blend versions of bean Soup for protein but Thursday is Clear liquids. I'll be happy to give you a heads up as I forge through the road ahead! PLEASE do the same as our dates are SOOO close. Do you work? How much time are you taking off? I'll add you to my friends list so we can keep up!

Hi Yatin,

I'm the opposite as you. I found it much easier to deal with this diet while at work than at home. I had to watch my family enjoy some good tasting foods while I had liquids. YUMMY, right? Let's keep up with one another. How long are you taking off from work for the surgery?

Hi

I am having my surgery on 23rd Fri. and my doc has advised that I can be back to work from monday. So I am planning to rest for the weekend and start work from Monday.

Regards

Yatin

I'm on the 28th but will looking to hear how your progress goes.

Hi all, I'm new to this board. I'll be banded April 22, day before you. I'm very excited.

I'm on the 28th but will looking to hear how your progress goes.

Thanks for the heads up about work Yatin! I have already requested Monday but I might just show up if I am feeling well. Time off is precious and I don't want to waste it if I am ok for work! My surgeon tried to tell me to take the whole week off and that sounded drastic. I guess we'll see! It's almost here! Woo hoo!

Hi Lakeside,

I am laughing at how small our world can be. I am very familiar with Auburndale as I lived by UCF in Oviedo for 15 years. We've only been in Charlotte just shy of 2 years. Auburndale is where Fantasy of Flight is with the dummy hanging out of the crashed plane off of I-4. Anyway....we all need to support one another for sure and warn each other about any pitfalls!

I wonder if what happens at weight watchers will happen with you? Men ALWAYS lost the weight faster. We had husband and wife teams that ate identical food and yet the husband would beat the wife every time. We may be very envious if you can eek out better weekly losses! LOL! Seriously, good luck with your liquid pre-op diet!

Hi Mesmom!

Welcome to the April Bandsters Club! By all means join the chatter about our upcoming life changing event! We'll be thinking of you on April 22! Let us know what to expect! Good luck!