I'm emailing all the way from New Zealand. My lap band surgery is set for 9 March 2011. I'm currently on Day 5 of the pre-op Optifast diet. Looking forward to chatting

Hi Mullet and welcome I want to wish you all the best with your surgery and journey. I am 3 months post op as of tomorrow and have no regrets. There are ups and downs along the way but I hope you find more of the ups as I have! I personally thought the pre op liquid diet was the hardest... but I stuck to it and the surgery went fine and I lost the first 15 lbs to boot (in my stats)...

OT, I am in an online gaming league and our Head Admin is from NZ. I also have another friend who lives in NZ whom I met at a get together a couple years ago (from a Christian website). Hope to get over there someday!

Again, good luck and don't hesitate to ask questions on the boards! Good group of folks here!

God bless, Susan