Hi All

Band day is Oct 7th. Thing is you all sound excited and jumping for joy about having the band in. I had to wait 12 months on the public list to get mine so I have read a lot, thought a lot and discussed it a lot and I am ready to change my life, but I dont feel excited. Will this happen???

I am no longer afraid of the operation, nor the tough journey ahead of me and I no longer blame anyone else for me being fat. I did it by myself, people want to blame society and blame ads on TV but I am the one who opened my mouth and shoved all the rubbish inside of it. And now I am the one taking my life back, making my life healthier and hopefully living a lot longer than I would with the weight on. I am not doing it for my kids or my husband but i am doing it for me.

Sorry venting here but I have never said those things before and it feels great. Good luck to us all:biggrin:

I think if I were trying to match the feelings I had in the last few days before I had my band; then I would liken them to going for an interview for my dream job - nervous, apprehensive, feeling unprepared like I'd missed something vital that I needed to know, scared of failure etc, worried I wouldn't be able to do the job if I got it. I dont' think excited came into it.

Having my band fitted was getting the opportuninty to suceed not a garantee of success by its self. The same way that going for an interview does not guarantee you get the job.

Your feelings are fine, you are approaching it with caution and supressing your expectations because you don't want to fail at it and then deal with disappointment.

You'll be fine, use the tool.

Good luck.

my surgery date is October the 6th. I have been waiting for about 4 months now and I did also read and watched a lot about the band. I am looking forward to that.

I know I am the one to blame for all the weight gain but you know there are a lot of factors that made me gain weight. Like miscarriages, depression and so on so I look at it as a second chance to make my life better and to be able to move around more without hurting my back or my knees. That alone makes me look forward to it.

I hope you will feel better about it.

The nurse that runs the weight loss program at the local hospital and my doctor, god bless 'em, were far more excited than I when insurance approved my surgery. My feelings were a relatively calm, "One thing accomplished, on to the next step." I am pleased with my band, but I'm fairly reserved and not given to jumping with excitement. :smile:

I'm excited but not like a kid waiting for christmas. More like I'm ready to begin this new eating and lose the weight. I feel so bad healthwise and can't wait to feel human again. And feeling human again is something nice to be excited about :smile:

Good for you:)

Hi Gerry! To tell you the truth, I wasn't excited when I first decided to get banded, I was scared! I was afraid that I was making the wrong decision. I then had to diet for six months to try to at least maintain my weight so that my insurance would approve me. Those six months only made me more nervous. It wasn't until a week after I was banded that I got excited. I had lost 13 pounds my first week post op and it finally hit me that this band may just work! I'm now down 45 pounds since I was banded on May 13 and I don't regret my decision for an instant! Good luck on your weight loss Gerry! This is a wonderful place to go with questions! :smile: