Hello everyone! I am having my lap band surgery tomorrow afternoon! I am really excited to do this. I have been on a liquid diet through the holidays, so I know now that I can do ANYTHING!

Hello everyone! I am having my lap band surgery tomorrow afternoon! I am really excited to do this. I have been on a liquid diet through the holidays, so I know now that I can do ANYTHING!

Congrats and good luck... Do you have to spend the night in the hospital?

Congrats and good luck... Do you have to spend the night in the hospital?

Yes...I will stay one night in the hospital if all goes well. Probably back to work in a week.

how long did it take you to get your surgey date?

Hello everyone! I am having my lap band surgery tomorrow afternoon! I am really excited to do this. I have been on a liquid diet through the holidays, so I know now that I can do ANYTHING!

You are going to do great. I had all these fears and concerns. And they quickly faded away as I was explained everything in the surgery prep area. Didn't know I was even put under. It was fast and recovery was great. Not as scared...so don't put the energy into that stuff. Good luck, I am excited for you. Serendipitybaby

Congrats!! I will be banded in the morning! But my daughter wishes it could be afternoon.....we need to be there at 6:30am!! I feel pretty good right now so I must be ready for this and know I want this! Hope I can sleep!!

When I was told my insurance approved me....they said surgeons office will call in a few days with a date. That was Friday and I waited all weekend ....surgeons office called on Tuesday with a 12-28 surgery!! Had my pre-op today. I will be staying one night in hospital.

how long did it take you to get your surgey date?

When they called about insurance approval they said surgeons office will call in a few days. That was on Friday and I had to WAIT all weekend. Then surgeons office called Tuesday with 12-28 surgery. Did my pre-op today. I will be staying one night.

how long did it take you to get your surgey date?

how long did it take you to get your surgey date?

Hi! It really did not take as long as some....I started the entire process with attending a seminar the middle of October. I saw the surgeon for my first consult November 18th. Got my insurance approval December 23rd. I was lucky in that I work at the hospital where the surgeon is, so things moved pretty quickly. I actually did all my pre-op testing and had my surgery date scheduled the same day that I received my approval. Do you have a date yet??? Good luck to you

You are going to do great. I had all these fears and concerns. And they quickly faded away as I was explained everything in the surgery prep area. Didn't know I was even put under. It was fast and recovery was great. Not as scared...so don't put the energy into that stuff. Good luck, I am excited for you. Serendipitybaby

Thanks so much for the encouraging words! So far I am not too nervous....mostly just excited. I cannot wait to eat mushy foods....they sound so good after the liquid diet I have been on! LOL. I had a great night's sleep and I am ready to go!!!!!

When I was told my insurance approved me....they said surgeons office will call in a few days with a date. That was Friday and I waited all weekend ....surgeons office called on Tuesday with a 12-28 surgery!! Had my pre-op today. I will be staying one night in hospital.

So sorry you had to wait all weekend....waiting is hard! But Congratulations on your day today!!!! I pray that all goes well for you....my surgery is at 2:30 pm today. Today is going to be a GOOD GOOD DAY for us!

Congrats!! I will be banded in the morning! But my daughter wishes it could be afternoon.....we need to be there at 6:30am!! I feel pretty good right now so I must be ready for this and know I want this! Hope I can sleep!!

Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very excited for you - I'm hoping to get an appointment date with the doctor next week. What did your liquid diet consist of? Was it just regular food blended or protein powders and such? I wish you a speedy recovery!

Jaleena from NC

Very excited for you - I'm hoping to get an appointment date with the doctor next week. What did your liquid diet consist of? Was it just regular food blended or Protein powders and such? I wish you a speedy recovery!

Jaleena from NC

Thanks Jaleena!

I think that different doctors follow different protocols, but my surgeon requires two week liquid diet to de-fat and shrink the liver, which makes the surgery procedure easier. It basically consisted of 5 shakes a day: ( slim fast, atkins advantange, glucerna glucose control, or carnation instant Breakfast with no sugar added.) in addition to that, I could have broth, sugar free drinks, (no dark colas) sugar free Jello and sugar free popscicles. It really wasn't too bad after the first three days, except for being over the holidays with all the office parties and family dinners. But, this was something I had really committed to so I found a strength and determination I didn't know I had. Good luck to you!

Hey goodmorning !!!<BR>i am also a newbie here, and i wanted to wish you all goodluck on your surgery!!! I hope all goes well. =)<BR>Also, i wanted to encourage you to document your journey and video blog everything if you can on youtube, there is such a big loving group supporting everyone. We all follow eachother journeys. I am hoping to get banded soon also, I am going to my first seminar on thursday!!! and go from there..yeyy cant wait !!!<BR><BR>Good Luck !!!! =) Keep me posted. =)<IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt=

Had mine Tuesday before last, waiting to go to surgery was the worst part. My dr did not require pre-op diet. I was a self-payer who went to Mexico. Happy New Year and good luck to the both of us.

I guess the bright side is I will be able to eat the yearly black-eyed peas for good luck on new year's day.

Vanessa