My surgery date is on November 10th... Is anyone else getting banded on that day?

Have you started your pre-op diet? And what has your doctor suggested for you to do for your diet?

I'm starting mine on Monday which will consist of drinking slim fast low carb shakes 3 times a day and having 1 meal. Not crazy about the slim fast taste... not sure how I'm going to get through it!

You are lucky! Even though I have dropped 30 lbs now preop, my surgeon wouldn't even let me have dinner that was part of a job interview...had to have soup!

I am so excited for Wednesday, this 3rd week of diet has been a challenge..and not to have wine like on a friday night ahhh killin me!!

I have to admit I had a small bowl of clam chowder yesterday, woke up 1 lb lighter haha. I just hope it doesn't screw up my liver. I know mine needs to be small because they are attempting a single incision procedure in stead of the usual 4-5.

Bye and good luck!

fatboy_slim

Day 5 of my starvation, er, pre-op diet and the scale says I've lost 17 lbs! If you'd have asked me 6 days ago if I would be able to stay on this "diet", I honestly didn't think so. In fact, I had asked my doc, if I felt weak, could I add a little Protein. (No!)

So now I'm thinking, what if I lose the 100 lbs by Wednesday? Do I still get the Band? LOL

By-the-way, am I the only one to notice just how many food comercials are on TV? Amazingly, few actually appeal to me right now.

Edited November 7, 201015 yr by LowPSI

Hello everyone!!

We are now only 3 days away! :smile2:

Glad to hear everyone is doing so well on their pre-op diets. Mine wasn't as strict so it explains why I've only lost a few pounds. Based on your guys success on the liquids, I'm looking forward to seeing my results after the band and being on the liquids only.

Good luck to everyone on surgery day!

Sha, are you ready?! I know I am!!!

Wednesday at 3pm for me, how about you?

I am so looking forward to peeling off this fat suit I am zipped up in LOL.

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Dang! I don't find out my time until the afternoon before!! :smile2:

Sha, are you ready?! I know I am!!!

Wednesday at 3pm for me, how about you?

I am so looking forward to peeling off this fat suit I am zipped up in LOL.

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good luck to you. I am schedule for the same day and have to be there at 6am so I figure they will start at 7:30 or 8:00. I am excited but also nervous.

Sha, are you ready?! I know I am!!!

Wednesday at 3pm for me, how about you?

I am so looking forward to peeling off this fat suit I am zipped up in LOL.

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Hi FBS!

Yes I am so ready... getting nervous but really excited. I check into the hospital at 6am and the surgery is scheduled for 8am.

I'm looking forward to the fat suit coming off too! LOL

14.6lbs lost and I still have 2 days. Im not nervous yet, but Im sure I will be soon.

14.6lbs lost and I still have 2 days. Im not nervous yet, but Im sure I will be soon.

Wow that's a great loss... Congrats!

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Hi Nov. 10th ers! I was hoping to band with you on Wednesday but just received a call saying I am bumped up to Tuesday the 9th at 10:45 am! Needless to say I was quite surprised and now more nervous than ever.

I wish everyone good luck and speedy recovery!

Not to brag LOL but today I have officially lost 34 presurgury lbs in about 3.5 weeks woo hoo!

Fatboy_Slim

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Hi Nov. 10th ers! I was hoping to band with you on Wednesday but just received a call saying I am bumped up to Tuesday the 9th at 10:45 am! Needless to say I was quite surprised and now more nervous than ever.

I wish everyone good luck and speedy recovery!

Not to brag LOL but today I have officially lost 34 presurgury lbs in about 3.5 weeks woo hoo!

Fatboy_Slim

Well that's great news... get the nerves over and done with. I had my final appointment today so I am offically ready to go! My surgery is now scheduled for 7:30am so I check into the hospital at 5:30am. I will be leaving my house at 4am due to traffic.. Yikes that's early! :thumbup:

Good luck tomorrow... let us know how you are doing and what you experinced. Might help us with the nerves tomorrow LOL

Take care and wishing you a speedy recovery as well!

tomorrows the day!! I'm excited, and kinda nervous, but kinda not. The CMAs are on tomorrow night, so thats how im keeping myself focused to get through the surgery haha. Clear liquids today consists of italian ices. and they can be regular, sugary ices. I havent had one of these in so long because even when I wasnt preparing for surgery, i never had the regular ices because I was always trying to loose weight.

still dont know what time i'm supposed to be there by tomorrow, wish I knew so i could plan around that. oh well. good luck everyone ♥ I know we'll all be great!!

Hello again everyone!

Tomorrow is the big day... how is everyone feeling?

I'm getting really nervous...excited about getting the band but nervous about the surgery. I know the nerves are normal I'm just having a lot of different feelings right now. At least mine if first thing in the morning and I don't have to sit through half a day like some of you.

Good luck to everyone and let us know how you are doing after the surgery!

I find that Im not really nervous yet, but Im sure that will come tonight :crying: Today Im just trying to go through a normal everyday routine. I took my daughter to daycare this morning, and am now trying to clean the house so that I dont have to look at it and wish it were clean later

I did my last test yesterday and found that I had officially lost the 15lbs that my surgeon required me to lose. Now lets just hope that the liquid diet helped my liver out.

I guess Im more worried about them getting in there and finding some reason not to band me. I wont rest assured until I wake up and they say "you're good to go April, welcome to the start of your new life". Anyone else nervous about that?

I find that Im not really nervous yet, but Im sure that will come tonight :crying: Today Im just trying to go through a normal everyday routine. I took my daughter to daycare this morning, and am now trying to clean the house so that I dont have to look at it and wish it were clean later

I did my last test yesterday and found that I had officially lost the 15lbs that my surgeon required me to lose. Now lets just hope that the liquid diet helped my liver out.

I guess Im more worried about them getting in there and finding some reason not to band me. I wont rest assured until I wake up and they say "you're good to go April, welcome to the start of your new life". Anyone else nervous about that?

Yeah I've been worried about that too... unlike most of you here, I did not have to do a liquid only diet and was able to eat one meal a day. The more I read about other people and their strick pre-op diet to shrink the liver, more and more i think about them not being able to band me. My doctor seemed really confident yesterday so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. It would totally suck to wake up and be told they were unable to put a band.

You've lost a good amount of weight so I'm sure all will be fine for you. Good luck!