We already have 2 other August threads going but let's all try to consolidate all of our thoughts and encouragement into one thread so that we can all support each other and face our fears and struggles together.

I was originally to be banded last March 2010 so I started posting there and I love how that thread is still going with many of them having great success and encouraging each other.

My name is Dee and after much hassle with my surgeons office staff I have a surgery date of 8/16.

I have an appointment with him on 8/3 and there I will discuss my concerns about aftercare and dealing with his staff. Hopefully, all will go well and I won't have to cancel my surgery and find another surgeon.

I have been going through this process now for over a year. I started out with NYU but found after I paid them $750.00 out of pocket that my insurance is out of network for them. They made promises but I didn't want to risk getting stuck with a humongous bill. I want to be thin and healthy not bankrupt.

I found another surgeon that accepts my ins. and he seems nice enough and is the Director of the bariactric program at his hospital but his staff has treated me like I'm begging for a free surgery.

Well anyway, I'm planning to start my pre-op liquid diet on 8/2 anyway on my own advice.

I'm looking for much support and encouragement and am willing to do the same for all of you August rush people.

Kellyodoran came up with the name August rush!!

Edited July 31, 201015 yr by msdv

Welcome and good luck with your upcoming surgery!

Hi everyone, I am new to this site and just wanted to introduce myself! My LAP-BAND® surgery is scheduled for August 26th. I am excited and nervous but sooo ready for this.

Right now I think I am ready and don't have too many questions but I know that will soon change once the band is in place. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Hi everyone,

I'm being banded on Aug 5th in Belgium. Am counting down the days on my calendar... just can't wait to get it over with now!

xx

Hi Emsey

Who is doing yours in Belgium? I'm booked in on the 16th with Dr Marc Focquet.. How are you feeling now?

Sal x

Hi All,

I am 31 yrs old 220lbs and just got approved for the Realize LAP-BAND® and will be getting banded this friday August 13th.

Me too!!! Well, 31 and getting banded this FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!! I think the date is a sign of luck! I'm currently 283 (started at 311 in April... did pretty well on my pre-op diet!)

I took the whole week following off. I don't have a demanding job and sit at a computer most of the time but I had a hard time after my gallbladder surgery and wished I had taken more time off for that one.

Good luck!!!

Hi everyone, I am new to this site and just wanted to introduce myself! My LAP-BAND®® surgery is scheduled for August 26th. I am excited and nervous but sooo ready for this.

Right now I think I am ready and don't have too many questions but I know that will soon change once the band is in place. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Welcome! Have you started your pre-op diet yet? How is that going? I was just banded on August 6th and have been pleasantly surprised at how smoothly it went.

Good luck to you!!

I confess -- I did not read all the posts up to now! Usually I do before I post, but there are just too many for me to catch up on. Sorry. I just wanted to add myself to the August Bandsters.

I was banded on 03 August, and I'm doing great. I do have a heaviness in my chest that shows no signs of going away, but I'm sure it will. That's my only complaint! I was hungry for the first time today, and it took more that I expected to fill me up! I'm really trying hard not to eat when I'm not hungry, but I'm only having moderate success with that ... partly because up until now, I haven't felt any hunger pangs. I'm just trying to take each day as it comes.

Hello everyone, I am getting banded on Aug. 25th. I am starting my pre-op diet tomorrow. I am currently @ 282 lbs. 28 yrs old. Definitely looking forward to being banded. Good luck to those getting banded soon!

Hello!! I'm also fairly new to this site. My band date is August 18th and I'm doing my preop diet now. I feel much better than I expected, I'm not hungry and I don't feel fatigued. I think the protein shakes are making all the difference by keeping me full.

My starting weight is 278, I'm 5'10 and my BMI is 40.

I am new to the board but I am a "rusher" as well. My surgery date is Aug 19th...super nervous but I know this will be a good thing.

Erin

I'm being banded on Friday morning ... THIS FRIDAY!!!

Liquids is hard... I am allowed a small piece of lean chicken or fish for dinner with a light salad (I've just been chopping a few ounces of chicken into my salad) so I think that's been keeping me sane. I've never looked so forward to a salad that wasn't The Cheesecake Factory's Chinese Chicken Salad!!!!

But this forum is also keeping me sane... I'm finding myself on here ALL day just glad to be "around" people in similar circumstances. Seeing the same issues, laughs, hopes, doubts... really is helping me make it to Friday!!!

So thank you all for being here!! We'll get there!

Hey Guys, I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Well in about 48 hrs i will be banded! I thought i would never make it to this week since i started my Journey back in Dec 2009. Well I MADE IT!!!:thumbup:

I am getting really nervous and exctied at the same time. That also means i am at the end of my 2 week pre-op diet, it was ok, good days and bad. Did i cheat.......Yup! But i got back on track and was able to lose 9 lbs.

My total loss since i began my Journey is 21 lbs:ohmy:!!!!!

Now i am just waiting for the hospital to call to pre- register me and to tell me what time to arrive at the hospital! :thumbup:

Also, Good luck to all my fellow August rushers getting baned this week!

Have a great Monday!!!!:thumbup:

Well, tomorrow is the day for me! I started to get nervous last night...but I am just keeping my eye on the prize and trusting God, and all will be well! I'm headed to the grocery store today so my family will have lots of premade frozen dinners to eat for the next week or two so I don't have to worry about making dinner.

This last few days of liquids has been very frustrating for me...and I know it doesn't help that it is my TOM...yeah, just what I wanted for surgery day :thumbup: I don't understand the posts that people say they stop being hungry after the first few days. I would say I felt hungry 60-70% of the time. It wasn't ever a big deal, just annoying. I figured I made the choice to get WLS, so I need to deal with the consequences, both good and bad that come with it!

I hope I have smooth sailing like so many of you that are already done!

I am scheduled to be banded this Friday. I started my journey back in March with the seminar and then the supervised diet for the insurance. It's been a whirlwind of specialists and testing, all leading up to Friday the 13th. I am ecited and nervous all at the same time.

I confess -- I did not read all the posts up to now! Usually I do before I post, but there are just too many for me to catch up on. Sorry. I just wanted to add myself to the August Bandsters.

I was banded on 03 August, and I'm doing great. I do have a heaviness in my chest that shows no signs of going away, but I'm sure it will. That's my only complaint! I was hungry for the first time today, and it took more that I expected to fill me up! I'm really trying hard not to eat when I'm not hungry, but I'm only having moderate success with that ... partly because up until now, I haven't felt any hunger pangs. I'm just trying to take each day as it comes.

I too was banded Aug. 3, but I have been slurping down creamy Soups, low fat yogurt, pop-cicles, pudding, and soupy scrambled eggs.

Well all my fellow rushers, I had my first "incidint" this morning! I allways start the day with my protien (get it out of the way)..... Then I take my vitamins (get that out of the way too). Well I had been taking one tiny multi, and two calcium. I forgot and took a big multi. So I took two one right after the other and boyah! I got stuck! Started to burp alot and then the next thing you know i.....slimmed! WOW! What an experience, just a whole bunch of clear stuff! My pills did not come up or anything! Other than that, all has been well in my neck 'o' the woods.

Peace out

Kelly:tongue:

Good luck to everyone who will be banded in the next few days. I already, after just six days out, think it was the best thing I've ever done (except marry my husband!). You'll do great.

My3lilaggies -- I was often "head hungry" on my pre-op diet, but not so much "stomach hungry". On Clear Liquids, 48 hours before my surgery, I was not very hungry. I'm just now getting hungry again -- and just now dealing with "head hunger". I think I've entered Bandster Hell.

kellyodoran -- I have lots of options, now that I'm starting to get hungry. I'm trying to stick to the three meals a day that the doctor recommends, but that's just not going to happen for me at this point. Thanks for your suggestions. I'm off to have a no sugar added fudgesicle!