Hi!!! I just joined this site today and what a great resource this is!! I am 31 years old and live in NYC. I am being banded on June 9th- a week from today!! I started the pre-op liquid diet on Monday and I am having such a hard time with it--Im so hungry lol. Anyway, I thought I would see if there was anyone out there who is being banded around the same time that would want to be email buddies. It would be great to have a friend who is going through the same thing and we could be a good support system for each other. Also--is anyone in the NYC area and being banded in the future or have been banded recently?

Hope to hear from you all soon:)

Danielle

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Well, I'm not what you are looking for, I was banded last October and I live in Texas but I wanted to say congratulations on your band date! :biggrin:

Hi!! I welcome anyone who would like to be friends:) Congrats on your successful banding. How has it been? Looks like you have done well. My surgery is next week and I cant be more happy!!! I just need to get through this pre op liquid diet:) Nice to meet you!!!!

I have had success with my band, and it hasn't been too bad. I do have to diet to lose weight and the last 15 pounds are coming off at about 1 pound every frickin 10 days but they are coming off so I am not complaining.

Stick with your pre op diet its very important for your safety during surgery and I am a firm believer in strictly following the post op diet as well. I think it helps "settle" the band in place. I tried to look at it as a month of sacrifice to gain a lifetime of being thin. But it was hard so I do sympathize with you.

Try and manage your expectations for the band, I didn't start losing until I started getting fills 6 weeks after surgery. Just focus on learning the eating rules for those first weeks and then after you start getting fills, start trying to lose.

Congratulations, again. :biggrin:

Hi There!

While I don't live in NYC, I do live in NJ, right across the River. My surgery date is June 30th and I'm nervous, excited, etc. If you want to start a support email rapport, I'd be happy to do so!

Good Luck and keep on the right track - we CAN do this.:Dancing_biggrin:

NJ is close-yes it would be great to chat with you. I will be banded a few weeks before you so I will let you know how it goes! When do you start your pre-op liquid diet??I am on it right now and let me tell you--it is much harder than I imagined:( But it will all be worth it in the end! I am so excited:)

Edited September 1, 201015 yr by Jack