November bandsters unite!!

[socaldude 0]

I am having my surgery on 11/22.

[Back2BestME 0]

I'm being banded nov 4th

anyone wana be buddies and support each other?

I'm 23 years old and have a 8 month old baby....:smile:

[susidivah 0]

Welcome to all newbies to the November thread! :smile:

BacktoBest- feel free to send me a private message if you'd like and we could buddy up :hurray: And congrats also on your little one!

Wow, some of you are gonna be doing 3 wks pre op diet? I start my 2 wk pre op on the 25th and already trying to get all the "junk" and off limits stuff outta my place to avoid temptation! Mine is a full liquid diet and I think I'm more nervous about it than the actual surgery :w00t:

For those of you wondering about medications... my surgeon told me that if it is the size of an M and M or smaller you shouldn't have to crush it or get liquid form. But I'd do what is comfortable for you. I'm gonna still talk to my pharmacist about some of my pills...

Has anyone looked into any chewable vitamins to take post op? I even have Flintstones on my list :grouphug:

[donna niemi 0]

Was the soduim low from the preop diet?? Glad your back on your way to having a band!!!!

no sure, i didnt eat broth for the 2 weeks. i am hoping to get released tommorrow from the doctor so i can reschedule for nov 18th. i feel great. :smile:

[ape087 1]

I'm being banded nov 4th

anyone wana be buddies and support each other?

I'm 23 years old and have a 8 month old baby....:smile:

Hey,

Id love to be buddies. Im 23 as well, and my daughter is almost 11 months old. SHes one of the main reasons Im doing this. I want her to be able to grow up and want to be like mommy, with good eating habits and onfidence in herself.

[lilly_louise 0]

Hey all,

Good luck for everyone who is doing the pre-op diet or is about to start. I would love to know how you are coping with it!! I'm very scared I will find it extremely hard to stick to for the two weeks especially because I will be on holiday so won't be very busy...

I don't start it until Nov 3rd so have a while yet! So let me know how you go!!!

Not too long now :smile:

[ellenmarie 0]

I was supposed to get banded on October 25th but my insurance is making me wait till November 1st. I am excited about getting banded but I am also scared out of my mind. I go for my preop on the 19th and start my preop diet on the 22nd. if anyone has any advice on the liquid diet it would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to all the November Bandsters!

[elizabeth_ahmad 1]

Just got my date. November 29. YEAH!!!:)

[Bella Luna 1]

I'm being banded nov 4th

anyone wana be buddies and support each other?

I'm 23 years old and have a 8 month old baby....

My day is the 10th. I could have done the 5th, but wanted to push it back because my husband has a 4 day weekend starting the 11th.

I have a 14 month old. I'm nervous because they say I'm not supposed to lift anything for 6 weeks. That's obviously impossible when you have a baby. How are you going to handle it? My baby will only sleep in her crib, so I'm going to try to get a ladder and see if she'll crawl in. I don't know how long I can go without picking her up. Is your little one crawling/walking? Let me know if you have any ideas.

Edited October 14, 2010 by Bella Luna

[Bella Luna 1]

Just got my date. November 29. YEAH!!!:)

Yeah, I'm so excited for you! Do you get to Celebrate Thanksgiving, or will you be on a liquid diet?

Edited October 14, 2010 by Bella Luna

[Bella Luna 1]

Hey,

Id love to be buddies. Im 23 as well, and my daughter is almost 11 months old. SHes one of the main reasons Im doing this. I want her to be able to grow up and want to be like mommy, with good eating habits and onfidence in herself.

I feel the same way about my 14 month old daughter. She's always been large, which doesn't bother me, but I know it's because I'm large and ate too much when I was pregant that she was over 9 pounds when she was born. Plus she's constantly eating. I don't know if this is a normal thing for babies, but she's as obsessed with food as I am! My son isn't like that, but he is obsessed with candy. I'm so glad that my kids are young enough that they wont really remember the fat me and unhealthy eating habits. By the way, how do you plan on managing an 11 month old post-op? I'm not quite sure how I'll manage not lifting her.

[lashonda23 0]

Hi everyone and congrats to all. I am a 24 year old Social worker who is a single mom of a very busy and active 2 year old. I started my journey in April of 2010, that's when i knew for sure that the band was something that I really wanted to get. I had to change my insurance around because what I was currently getting would not allow me to get the pysch visited needed in order to have surgery so once I changed that everything just went with a flow...I started my journey at 403 lbs now I weigh 388 and I am having my surgery on Nov. 11th at Hurley's hospital in flint mi. I picked my surgery date so I could get use to some of the rules like no swallowing down liquids or chew your food a freaking hundred times (lol I hate puree food) or the fact that you can't use straws and etc. I also wanted to make sure I could learn to incorporate exercise into my routine. I try to do it at least 3 times a week but lately it's only been twice. However i want to know that when i get the band that it is my tool and not my problem. I will do a 2 week liquid diet before surgery and a 2 week clear liquid after surgery. My surgeon said it's very important for me to follow my liquid diet so I can shrink the liver so he wont have to cut a sista open instead of just poking holes...so I am going to have to do the but I can to make sure I have no part in solids before surgery.lol...Enough of my story here is my journey...feel free to save me as a friend or a buddy! this journey will be long and hard but so worth it!

Seminar date: 6/9/10

Psych visit: 7/14/10

insurance approval for LAP-BAND®®: 9/1/10

Consultation: 9/13/10

Nutrition visit: 10/4/10

Pre Op testing: 10/27/10

Liquid diet start: 10/27/10

Surgery date:11/11/10

Feeling of achievement: 11/11/11...When I lose 100 pounds!!!!

[deelucious1 0]

I am to be Banded on November 1st! I am nervous, excited and impatient! I know what my main focus is and I am excited to get back in the gym with a purpose! I always went to the gym and would eat right to lose weight but I have had the plateau for over 10 years. I have been in and out of this site as well as incorporated information from other sites to ultimately change my decision to get Banded rather than get Gastric. I am sooooo happy with my decision, I just feel like it won't work for me then on the other hand I know this Band is fool proof. I don't have a love for food, I just love to feel full. I don't eat candy and I know I want to be a size 6 one day before I turn 40!lol!!!!

[socaldude 0]

Anyone being banded in Orange County, CA in November? I'm looking for support.

[Slimintime77 0]

Anyone being banded in Orange County, CA in November? I'm looking for support.

Hello!!! I am being banded 11/3 in Orange County, at Chapman Medical Center by Dr. Krahn!!! Who is your surgeon? Nice to see someone else here from So.Cal!! It will definatley be nice to have some local support!!!