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Congratulations to all who have been banded. Hope you are all doing well. Im scheduled for next Mon July 19th and am soooooo excited. Looking forward to the Journey with all of you.

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27th here! Very excited! Good luck to all =)

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I'm set for July 30th. OMG! How did it go for you?

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Woohoo, I'm now banded!

Didn't get released until around 7:30pm, and just made it home a few minutes ago. A little sore. Right now it's mostly the gas in my shoulders that are bothering me, unless I move around a lot. Don't forget the Gas-X! Also, a pillow for the ride home. Every little bump feels like a huge pot hole.

Hope all the other 7/13 banders are doing well!

congrats! Hope all is going well for you!

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congrats tothose who have been banded over the last 2 weeks......i'm on the 19th....5 days away (4 dependin on how ya countin)......diet got much easier. cottage cheese is my friend and sf choc. pudding oh my.

im 13lbs down from the time i weighed at my surgeon consult. hope that matches the dr scale on monday morning.

im ready. been ready. wish i wouldve done this years ago. but im ready for the upgraded me. watchout world here comes me!:)

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Good luck all! My surgery is Friday morning and I couldn't be more excited. Pre-op diet has been a breeze (though it had 2 days of colonoscopy prep at the beginning of it, it just happened to be scheduled this week too).

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July 22nd for me! Can't wait!!!! Keep in touch with your progress everyone! I would love to hear everything!!!

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My band is scheduled for July 29th. I would like to hear from those who were banded earlier this month. What do Ineed to expect... Please someone ease my nerves...

My BMI is 45 and I am 37 years old... 4'11" at 230 lbs.

If I dont do this I may not see age 40. Where can I find support groups to attend in Mississippi?

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I'm going in on the 27th also. Scared and excited! Wish I could have done this when I was a lot younger.... Oh well, at least my health will benefit and that's really what it's all about! :)

Tracy

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just got rebanded on the 10th, 5 days post op and my 4th day back at work. Feeling 99% back to myself. I am go glad to have the band back

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My band is scheduled for July 29th. I would like to hear from those who were banded earlier this month. What do Ineed to expect... Please someone ease my nerves...

My BMI is 45 and I am 37 years old... 4'11" at 230 lbs.

If I dont do this I may not see age 40. Where can I find support groups to attend in Mississippi?

I was banded on July 13th and I have to say, so far, so good. I'm not in much pain and I really don't have much appetite. Only four 1/2" incisions and one 2" incision all up pretty high on my abdomen so not suffering too much. Feel like I did a few hundred crunches (yeah, like that will happen!). Had a little nausea post surgery, but it went pretty well. I even took a little walk outside last evening with my dh...

Hang in there! It's only as scary as you make it out to be. (My starting BMI was 40.4 and I'm 46 yrs.

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Woohoo, I'm now banded!

Didn't get released until around 7:30pm, and just made it home a few minutes ago. A little sore. Right now it's mostly the gas in my shoulders that are bothering me, unless I move around a lot. Don't forget the Gas-X! Also, a pillow for the ride home. Every little bump feels like a huge pot hole.

Hope all the other 7/13 banders are doing well!

I got released at 3:30 yesterday and you are right-the ride home was pretty hard. My belly doesn't hurt too much now and I'm starting to figure out what I can drink. I was glad to see in your blog that you had a weight gain also(not in a WEIGHT GAIN way!) because I was pretty concerned when I stepped on the scale this morning and discovered that I had gained 2 lbs. How is that possible??? I didn't have any food for over 2 days and I gain weight? It must be all of the IV's and anethesia. Good luck to all of you-this is a whole new uncharted territory for us.

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My surgery is next Wed, Jul 21st. I had to do the Protein Shakes for 2 weeks pre-op. The ones I drink isn't that bad. They really taste like a mikeshake.

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I got released at 3:30 yesterday and you are right-the ride home was pretty hard. My belly doesn't hurt too much now and I'm starting to figure out what I can drink. I was glad to see in your blog that you had a weight gain also(not in a WEIGHT GAIN way!) because I was pretty concerned when I stepped on the scale this morning and discovered that I had gained 2 lbs. How is that possible??? I didn't have any food for over 2 days and I gain weight? It must be all of the IV's and anethesia. Good luck to all of you-this is a whole new uncharted territory for us.

I did have about a 4lb gain while in the hospital. I assumed it was the IV fluids and all the gas. I still have a lot of the gas, but it's slowly getting better. I have lost 3 of those 4lbs though, so it comes right off. :sad:

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I'm also scheduled for Monday, July 19, 2010! I'm nervous and excited. I LOVE this site and reading everyone's comments and the insights into it all are wonderful. Good luck everyone!

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