I know it's still a couple of months away but i just found this site last week and have been reading threads from people who were banded august and sept of last year.

I'm happy i've finally made the decision after thinking about it for a couple of years (could actually kick myself for not acting sooner)

I'll be filling out the paperwork this week and sending it in. Nothing is covered here in Canada so it's 100% out of pocket for me which is a HUGE amount of money but they way i figure it is that we don't need another car new or used, we aren't buying a house (live with my parents who are in and near their 80's) and even though we have credit cards and take vacations i'd like to be able to do it and not be exhausted after an hour of walking through Disney World or fit in to the seat of the plane next year when we fly to England.

so i'm here and thought we could support each other through our decision, preop, post up and through the months ahead of us.

i also thought i'd keep track of all our stats if everyone's ok with that. i'll do it in the second post and we'll take it from there :cursing:

Congrats to us all for making the decision to get and stay healthy for whatever our reasons are we've done it.

I'm 42, married, have a beautiful 4.5 year old daughter who has more energy then she even knows what to do with and i'd love to even keep up with half her day.

5'8, 320lbs and would love to see myself at 165 but would be thrilled with 175.

I don't have a surgery date yet until i submit the deposit of $3000 but it will be sometime in the second week of Aug.

My husband asked me yesterday if I'm looking forward to Wednesday, and I asked "what are we doing on Wednesday?" He looked at me and said "WE are not doing something, YOU are have surgery" Oh yeah! This pre-op diet hasn't been too bad, once you get over the hump, it's like South Beach, you just get used to eating smaller meals and drinking some shakes. I'm finding it VERY hard to not tell anyone, my sister asked me out for dinner this week and I had to say I have other plans and a bunch of friends are getting together on Friday and they think I'm going, but I'm faking a headache. My husband already asked permission to dance with my friends in my absense. He's awesome and loves to dance, but I still love that he makes sure that I'm not going to get mad. I actually LOVE when I see him ask another woman to dance, because so many men don't like to dance and then their woman is sitting there wanting to dance. We have a lot of fun together, I'm looking forward to surgery so that we can have many more years of fun!

i'm not telling my mil because she can't keep secretes and will tell sil's who's we don't speak with (for over 5 years)

dh will bring dd to her place for dinner thursday - the day of my surgery and will just say i'm not feeling well

Just got a call for the hospital..they want me there at 5:30am tomorrow...:thumbup: No rest for me... I will likely not be able to sleep anyway...and then getting up at 4am...uggh... but that can only mean I am surgery #1 for the day!! WOOT!:thumbup:

EWWW!!! :thumbup: Caster oil!!! Thank God I don't have to do that. Thank you everyone for your good wishes.

Welcome fbinfw! We have the same surgery date. It's so close now, I can't believe it!

Jen, I have to be at the hospital at 6am but surgery isn't until 9. I'll be thinking of you both.

LaptoFab you are also Wednesday. There are a lot of us on Wednesday!

I'll be anxious to hear how everyone is doing.

Good Luck to all the Wednesday bandster and Good luck tomorrow, Tally!!

got a call late this afternoon.

my time is set for 3pm - the latest they could book since i have to sleep over and dh has to come home for dd.

i was told i can't eat or drink anything after midnight - boy that's going to be hard since i'll be going through breakfast and lunch starving.

i hope i don't get a huge headache. i always get them when i don't eat

Starting to freak out so it's nice to get the well-wishes! Thanks Diane! I'll be thinking of you AFTER:) Jen

I'm am 40 & married. Looking forward to getting banned on August 25th. I like your goals! Will keep you in my prayers.

My surgery date is the 25th. yay us!:thumbup:

Hi everyone, I am fairly new to the boards, I just got my approval last week, and they set my surgery date for Aug 23. I haven't officially started my pre-op diet, although I have tried to cut back on the Junky stuff I eat. I have all my pre-op testing tomorrow(8/10) and my dietician class as well.. so I guess that is when I will get all my pre-op diet instructions. I never really thought my insurance would ever approve me so I am so nervous that my date is soooo soon.. I work for our local school district and I start back next week.. Its going to be so hard, everyone goes out to lunch the first week before the kids start. I am hoping to only take 2 days off of work and go back on Wed. I look forward to all the info I am going to learn.. Thanks everyone

Hey everyone! How are the Newly Rushers doing???... i Still haven't found somebody on this board with the same date as I... Is there any August 20th Rushers out there? LOL anyway hope everyone getting banded this week has a speedy recovery! Good Luck Everyone!!!

ok- two hours till surgery. I didnt sleep but an hour. Im nervous now..

Good luck to everyone in the next few days. Thank you for all your support and good vibes up until this point.

Kirby, good luck with going all day with no food! poor thing.

Jen, I'm starting to freak out too!! We'll be fine. I'll catch you on the other side.

Happy Band day , to all you having your surgery today!!!!

~Jennifer~

Good luck to all surgery people!

I am one week banded, and am starting to get really hungry. I know the Dr. put a little fill in on the operating table, but I can feel those demons reawakening. I liked it so much after surgery, I wasn't hungry at all! That felt good. The last two days I have been shoveling more and more into my mouth. Well today I'm going to try to be really good, 800 calories or so. The last two days I was up close to 2,000 cal.. Maybe try to have more broth and such. I go to the Dr. on Thurs. so will see what he has to say.

Peace out

Kelly:frown:

I'm having my surgery at 6:30am tomorrow morning. Lost 12 pounds on the PreOp diet and can't wait to get this over with.

ok- two hours till surgery. I didnt sleep but an hour. Im nervous now..

Good luck to everyone in the next few days. Thank you for all your support and good vibes up until this point.

I am sure you are out of surgery so hope all is well. Happy Band Day to you!