Just seeing if anyone else is being banded in May. Our time is coming quickly and before we know it, it will be here.

some insurance carriers require different stays. my insurance requires that i am in the hospital for 23 hours, so it looks like i might be overnight as well. we'll see.

I will be banded tomarrow also and I'm scared too. Good luck and we'll talk after we are feeling better.

I bought the magic bullet and I love it!

May 4 here we come. I'm scared out of my mind

I bought the magic bullet last weekend.......lets hope it does well with a Protein Shake, havent tried that yet.

First thing I tried to make in it was chocolate mousse...lol(sugar free of course)

My surgery is May 24th!!

Magic bullet is awesome!!! I have made shakes in it and it blends it fine.

I'm surprised your staying over night...I was told I was out the same day. I'm on day 5 of my pre-op diet and already losst 10 lbs, doh!

I've been talking with a friend who had her surgery done by my Dr. and the same place. She told me I won't even be able to have ice chips or anything until the next day. I guess they make you stay over cuz they do the xray the next day to check your port and see if its leaking. My surgery is at 8:45am so it's going to be a long day. She said they'll probably discharge me the next day by 10am the latest. My mom had hers done at a different hospital and she had ice chips the day of and she went home a few hours after her surgery. I'm really not looking forward to staying. I know they'll give me a morphine pump that I'll be able to control myself.

I kinda hope they make me stay. that way, if there is any problem, they can hopefully find it right away and I won't have to make a special trip back to the hospital whilst in pain.

I have to be at the hospital in just over 12 hours from now....KRIKEY!!!!

Surgery is a week from today for me! Just had my final weigh in and lost a total of 24 lbs! Yay! Starting to get nervous now though. It's finally starting to feel real. Good luck to everyone getting there's this week!

Just seeing if anyone else is being banded in May. Our time is coming quickly and before we know it, it will be here.

im getting banded on the 18th!! I am sooo nervous! I wish us all the best of luck!

I kinda hope they make me stay. that way, if there is any problem, they can hopefully find it right away and I won't have to make a special trip back to the hospital whilst in pain.

I have to be at the hospital in just over 12 hours from now....KRIKEY!!!!

i wish you the best of luck!!congrats on your new journey!my liquid diet starts on may 10th and my surgery is on may 18th!!

Hi everyone I got banded this morning..the incisions look great...but my left shoulder is throbbing..I walked 10 laps on the hospital floor..my shoulder hurts w0rse than anything..I am drinking crystal light

Just seeing if anyone else is being banded in May. Our time is coming quickly and before we know it, it will be here.

I am having mine done on May 12th....Day 2 of my 10 day liquid diet with a horrific headache I was reading some of these and wonder why the pre op diets vary so much. I would love to have just a 3 day diet!

Did u have a pre op diet? Any suggestions to make these 10 days go smooth?

Hey, the shoulder should feel better in a day or 2, that's actually from the gas that they use to "inflate" your stomache cavity to allow more space. They had to do that with one of my surgeries and it is painful but it does usually go away pretty soon.

Congrats and good luck!

Hi everyone I got banded this morning..the incisions look great...but my left shoulder is throbbing..I walked 10 laps on the hospital floor..my shoulder hurts w0rse than anything..I am drinking crystal light

Hi there fello banders.

I am scheduled for May 12th. I am getting nervous! I had been previously scheduled for October 24th but in pre-op testing they found a large tumor during pelvic sono. FORTUNATELY it was benign but I had to have open abdominal surgery and a 2 month recovery. This was the earliest I was eligible for the band surgery.

I'm truly grateful that they found the mass in pre-surgical testing---i was grumbling about the "waste of time" but it turned out to be an important thing to do!

I am very short and petite and the weight really shows up on me. I have about 80 lbs to lose..but frankly I'll be really happy to lose 50.

I'm wishing everyone out there who is having surgery a good experience and wonderful outcome.

I am excited and nervous all at once!

I went through all of my clothes this past weekend..i haven't donated my winter fat clothes yet...and won't till after the surgery is definitely done.

sending hugs to all of you,

Banded(hopefully!) Kitten