Well, it's been a long road to get here but I have my date Sept 8th. I had a date back in Feb but had to postpone until now....I am excited but so SCARED.

That's my date as well! Scared as well as excited!

Good luck to you:)

September 8th is also my set surgery date. I have so many feelings, I'm excited, scared, and a bit anxious as I've never gone through surgery before.

I have to complete my sleep study this Friday, and my endoscopy will be done Saturday morning.

Luckily I didn't have to go through sleep study or endoscopy....

I'm just hoping the 2 week liquid only pre-op diet doesn't drive me bonkers!

I got banded on August 26th and i was scared too but i promise you, you feel and remember nothing!!.. lol.. The most painful part of that day was getting the I.V. They came in, put something in my I.V and the next thing i remember is the nurse talking to me and telling me i was in recovery. I was so out of it, i looked at her and said.. "Did i get a lap band already?" She laughed and said yes. I was walking around 15 minutes after she woke me up. I went to the surgery center at 7am and i was home in bed by 12:30. My biggest suggestion for you is to take your pain meds before you go to bed after your surgery. I was so medicated from surgery that i didn't take any more pain meds and at 4am, i woke up in agony and tears. My mom immediately gave me the liquid pain meds but it took about 15 minutes to kick in. It was 15 minutes of hell. Stay ahead of your pain the first couple of days. Gas-x dissolving strips work great for the gas and they taste good too.

I was banded August 12th and I was scared before the surgery. I didn't have a pre-op diet and I'm glad I didn't. I think I would have turned back if I had a pre-op diet. However, post op, it's way different. You don't have the hunger and the liquid diet is not hard at all. It is a great start to a great journey. Although my journey has been very short so far, I'm still so excited about the lap band and the wrst side effect I've had is itching at my incision sites.