I am being banded on september 6th and i am looking for others who will be banded on the same date so we can be there for each other and talk and help each other through our journey. I am a self pay patient. My ins does not cover this procedure but i wanna be healthy and active again so i have alot invested in this and i wanna be as successfull as i can be. I have about 100 or more pounds to lose. I dont wanna be skinny when i reach my goal i wanna be muscley. lol. i plan to start working out as soon as i am able to do so without alot of pain. I am only at 270. but i have bad back problems and knee and ankle problems so i am hoping i can lose enough soon to be able to excercise again. So if u are scheduled to be banded on the 6th please friend me i would like to chat and support each other. thanks, Violet

Sept 6th here, I'm so excited and a tad bit nervous. I'm glad to see that someone else has the same date as me. Im on my first week of my pre op diet it started out ok and then I fell off for a few days but now I'm back and ready. Do you have a pre op diet if so how is it going? Well keep in touch!

I'm scheduled for 9/9... On pre op for 3 days now. No cheating but I'm hungry! Very hungry. Allowed 3-4 shakes per day and 1/3 cup of cottage cheese or yogurt. So far, so good but I feel like I'm starving but I know I'm not. Didn't realize how much I REALLY ate before I started this. No wonder I'm fat!

Sept 6th here, I'm so excited and a tad bit nervous. I'm glad to see that someone else has the same date as me. Im on my first week of my pre op diet it started out ok and then I fell off for a few days but now I'm back and ready. Do you have a pre op diet if so how is it going? Well keep in touch!

My preop diet started on the 23 i believe. It has been going ok. I am on Low carb low calorie hi protien. I been drinking shakes in the morning. i mix eas whey protien with strawberry yogurt, strawberries lotsa ice, and sometimes a third of a banana. I can have 1 serving of fruit a day. I am also eating lots of meat and cheese. I really have not cheated. I have eaten a few crackers here and there but not really a cheat. I am super excited but scared and nervous. I am scared that i wont use the lapband to its fullest. A customer at work told me she knows of some people that had it done and they just went back to eating the way they were before being banded and ended up not losing. I am also scared shitless because i am deathly afraid of being put to sleep. Every 1 tells me it will be ok but it doesnt help. I asked dr for some anxiety meds he told me no cuz i am already on so many meds. I dont know how i am going to get through this next week with the anxiety. I have my preop appt on tuesday and i dont know what they are going to be doing. I can not wait to be banded. I am so excited.

Hi Violet,

I too am scheduled for surgery (Banded Plication) on Sept. 6th. Definitely looking forward to it, but with a bit of anxiety too. I was at 290 before the Pre-op diet started last Wednesday. Have lost 10 pounds with it. I know I still need the surgery though, otherwise I would just balloon up again. I am also a self pay customer. If you dont mind, what was you cost? Mine was 10,500 for Banded Plication. My name is Paul and I hope you have a worry free surgery.

Hi Violet!

I am being banded on September 6 as well. I am in St. Marys, GA. I'm nervous and excited! I am also self pay $10,500. and hoping it will be worth every penny.

Good luck to us both!

Maryann

I am being banded on september 6th and i am looking for others who will be banded on the same date so we can be there for each other and talk and help each other through our journey. I am a self pay patient. My ins does not cover this procedure but i wanna be healthy and active again so i have alot invested in this and i wanna be as successfull as i can be. I have about 100 or more pounds to lose. I dont wanna be skinny when i reach my goal i wanna be muscley. lol. i plan to start working out as soon as i am able to do so without alot of pain. I am only at 270. but i have bad back problems and knee and ankle problems so i am hoping i can lose enough soon to be able to excercise again. So if u are scheduled to be banded on the 6th please friend me i would like to chat and support each other. thanks, Violet

Hi Violet,

I too am scheduled for surgery (Banded Plication) on Sept. 6th. Definitely looking forward to it, but with a bit of anxiety too. I was at 290 before the Pre-op diet started last Wednesday. Have lost 10 pounds with it. I know I still need the surgery though, otherwise I would just balloon up again. I am also a self pay customer. If you dont mind, what was you cost? Mine was 10,500 for Banded Plication. My name is Paul and I hope you have a worry free surgery.

Hi paul, My surgery is costing 8950 but it does not include fills and post op appts. My dr is retiring the end of this month but the dr who is doing my fills and aftercare is a nice guy. His staff is rude but I can deal. I didnt have it done with him originally because they wouldnt accept financing well thats what they told me. My dr. said that they did but I am confident i made the right choice of Dr.s he is really great and so is his staff.

Hi paul, My surgery is costing 8950 but it does not include fills and post op appts. My dr is retiring the end of this month but the dr who is doing my fills and aftercare is a nice guy. His staff is rude but I can deal. I didnt have it done with him originally because they wouldnt accept financing well thats what they told me. My dr. said that they did but I am confident i made the right choice of Dr.s he is really great and so is his staff.

Hi Glowormvl,

I wish you the very best in your journey. It would be so nice if staff members were a little more sympathetic to our causes, but to most, it's just a job. Keep your head up and I know you can make it through this. I really hope this is the very best decision that I am making. I still get anxious wondering how adjusting to life without the occasional Burger or pizza will be, but I know it is right to do this. I would really appreciate it if you could keep me updated on your Quest. Take Care and Good Luck!

Whoo the 6th is right around the corner. I have my surgery time its 7:15 that morning but I have to be there at 5:30 goodness that's early. Get in early get out early that's what I'm striving for. Well see ya'll on the other side! Btw I'm a little nervous and anxious just ready to experience life with the band.

Hang in there Jewel! You can do it! My surgery is at 7:45am. Hope to be out of there by 10. Please check back in after surgery and let us know how things are going. I just got my meds for after surgery. Ready to go! Take care and Good Luck!

I did all my pre op stuff today (including paying $$$) and have to be at the surgery site at 6:15 AM on Tuesday, Sept. 6 for 7 AM surgery. I am excited and nervous in equal parts!

Whoo the 6th is right around the corner. I have my surgery time its 7:15 that morning but I have to be there at 5:30 goodness that's early. Get in early get out early that's what I'm striving for. Well see ya'll on the other side! Btw I'm a little nervous and anxious just ready to experience life with the band.

Wow I am glad to see so many I am also being banded September 6th this has been a tough long journey for me to get to this point I am so excited. But very nervous at the same time... I am new to this forum so i dont know how to work everything yet but i would love to get some friends that are going through the same thing I am..

Sept 6th is the day counting down I too would love to have someone to be able to relate what I am going through unfortunatley I am new to this HELP please???

Sept 6th is the day counting down I too would love to have someone to be able to relate what I am going through unfortunatley I am new to this HELP please???

I had banded plication surgery on Sept 6. Hows everyone doing? Ive been pretty hungry. I have lost 25 pounds including the pre diet. I got a fill today of 1.5 Ive been pretty happy with it so far.

Im doing pretty good im on my last week of soft foods before I can start back to normal food. As of the 22nd which was my post op dr visit I lost 11lbs. Haven't started exercising trying to get motivated to start doing that now. Haven't really been to hungry I get full so fast and stay like that for hours, I know my surgeon put 3cc in at the time of surgery. Im supposed to get my first fill on Oct10 we'll see if I need it. How's everybody else doing?

Hi guys. I was banded on 9-1 so about a week before you guys but am new to the site and don't have any support groups near me so I need some online friends that know what I'm going through. I was a self pay patient too and my cost was 12,000. It hasn't been easy. I have had my first fill and the Dr. put 2 cc in. I am going back on 10-12 and I will be gettin another fill because I don't feel alot of restriction. I really want to be able to get full off of that half cup to a cup portion. I am wishing you all good luck. Friend request me if you want.