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.

Tommarow at 11:00 am for me. Im nervous as heck!!!

Good luck, beachbunny!! You'll do great.

Tomorrow at 6:15 for me. Wish me luck...say a prayer...send positive thoughts!

I posted this under the intro section but wanted to post it here too since I am a fellow august 2010 bandester. my surgery is 08-25- 20.

Hi everyone!! My name is Tracy. I am a 33 year old mom of three. 6 yr old twins and a 14 month old. I have struggled with my weight since I was 12 years old. I have had some short term success with diets and exercise but nothing that ever lasted. Right before I found out I was pregnant with the last baby I had lost 90 lbs (280 highest weight ever to 190). I felt great, was healthy and happy. But of course being pregnant I put the weight back on. Not quite as much as I had lost (thank goodness). Now it seems that I just cant get it off. I have struggled to lose the same 20 pounds over the last year. Take it off and then it just comes right back.

I started researching the LAP-BAND® in March on this year. I had actually thought about it before I lost the 90 lbs. Finally in july after I felt confident that I was make the right decision for me and my family, I went to a seminar. Since I am self pay (hubby's insurance as an exclusion) things have moved pretty fast. I am almost one week into my pre-op diet and scheduled for surgery on the 25th. At my consult I was 251 and I am going to work toward 130-135.

I am so looking forward to getting some of this weight of and feeling better. I look forward to chasing my kids at the park or taking them swimming and not being worried about how i look. There are so very many things that I am looking forward too but most of all I want to give myself every chance I can to watch my children grow up.

Anyways, that's me and the start to my journey!! I look forward to getting to know all of you better and supporting each other as we all venture down the road to happy, healthier selves.

Hello! I am brand new here. I was going to post in Introductions but I am getting banded this month and thought I would post here first. I'm 38, currently weigh 248 and my bmi is 40. I actually don't have a final goal weight yet. I am giving myself lots and lots of small goals to keep myself motivated. My surgery is scheduled for 8/24. I have a bunch of appointments this week - chest x-ray, stress ekg, blood work, medical clearance and pre-surgical consult. It has taken me over 4 months to get approved by my insurance. I just found out last week that I was approved on appeal. I haven't really had the time to get nervous yet. It doesn't even seem real to me yet.

Is anyone else getting banded on 8/24?

Starting: 248 lbs, 40 BMI

1st goal: 224 (10% loss)

2nd goal: 212 wedding weight & wearing my wedding ring comfortably

3rd goal: 185 started dating my husband weight

Hello Madamm Frou Frou,

Renee here. Will be banded day after tomorrow 19/08. Am paying for my own surgery. Our medical insurance does not pay for this type of surgery (am in South Africa).

Am slightly nervous - bit affraid of the surgery.

Current weight: 109Kg

Goal weight: 65Kg

Hope to chat again soon.

Renee

Hi Renee,

there are more then a few of us who where scared of the actual surgery, self included.

you'll be fine. i'm 5 days post op and starting to feel myself.

chin up and we'll see you on the other side

My surgery is tomorrow (8/19) at 9AM.

Wish me Luck!

Good Luck you'll do Great!

Congrats Tracy and Renee you will be so happy to do this! I know I am! Welcome!

I'm a week post op and went to have a "first breakfast" through the program I used. They basically started me on my mult-vitamin and gave me some muscle milk. My wounds are healing good too. I've still had some pain and it was pretty bad this morning due to some bad sleep last night, but I'm feeling better now. Turns out I've already lost 42 pounds in three weeks. Bad thing is that I weighed what I do now the first time I went to see the doctor about 16 months ago when I was first considering the band. At least its coming back off though. Good luck to all of the people that are still planning on being banded this August.

I was banded yesterday! I am doing well with only moderate pain. My surgeon found a hiatal hernia when he was in my belly..so I had that fixed before the band surgery.

The staff has been wonderful here at the hospital. I'm only consuming ice chips right now and I am urinating like a race horse!! I am not hungry at all...the ice just helps sooth my throat from the tube they stuck in it.

I'm really excited about starting my new life.

Cheers to August Rush '10!!

Edited August 20, 201016 yr by RaeZur

I was banded yesterday (8/19) too! They also fixed my hietal hernia. All in all, not too bad of an experience, but it's clearly time to take my pain meds this morning. :-) I don't post much here, but I'm glad that others do and I appreciate the support of the community.

Goood LuuuccKKKK to all the rest of the August 2010 upcoming bandsters !!!

and to aLL of us who have already done it !!! CoNgrAtuLations !!!!! :scared2: we are all in it together !!! :confused:

So Tomorrow morning is my BIG day and I am starting to get really nervous. I just got off the phone with the anesthesiologist and now its sinking in. I will need to be at the hospital by 8am and then I will be officially banded. Im happy and unsure all at the same time.

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