Just wanted to wish all October bandsters luck. I know many of us will be starting our pre-op diet today. My surgery is the 6th and I start my diet thursday. We have all worked hard to get here and our journey has started. I know we will all do great.

Well my liquid and low calorie diet is going ok, I AM hungry but MOTIVATED!! Just a few more days. October 18th. I'm all pre-registered and SO READY to go.

Good luck fellow banders! I can't wait for before and after pictures from this October group!

I'll jump in to this one as well. I'm new here and my date is the 17^th just two days before my 51^st birthday. No cake this year, we did that a couple of weeks about prior to the pre-op diet. Good luck to everyone!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! ! !

I'm sure you know you have the best Birthday Present EVER.

So have a Happy HAPPY !

Shirley.

We will be Soul Bandsisters because of the same day..

I had Fantastic Care.

Thanks for the good words Shirley. I am 63 and wondering if I am too old for this, but the doc says no!

I am in North Carolina. Anyone else in NC?

I thought i came on yesterday and posted that my surgery went well, but i guess is didn't. Too much meds in my system i guess. So, on to yesterday, I got called in early, apparently one of the surgeons cancelled his surgries he had for yesterday so I was supposed to be at the center at 7:45 but they called me at 6:30 and said pls be here when u can. So i got there and signed all my concents, they took me back to put in my IV and such. I was wheeled into OR at approx 8:40 back in recovery by 9:30 and home by 11. My surgeon told my husband and mother-in-law that I did very well on my pre-op diet because my liver looked great and he has an easy time doing the surgery.

I didn't really have any gas pains to speak of until today, and even now they are minor compared to what some ppl describe. I have 4 incisions and one of them is larger than the rest.(picture attached to bottom). All in all i feel pretty good, aside from the fact that I'm sore I'm doing great. I have been eating chicken broth,SF popsicles, and SF jello. When I get over the soreness I will be in perfect shape to start my new life. Thank you to all of you who give support to all of us each and every day you guys are all the best, and I know that you will succeed in your journey.

P.S. I started a Vlog on youtube, my screen name is kali5377 to anyone tha tis interested, I plan on updating it weekly.

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Today was the first day of my pre-op diet I HATE the shake mix the surgeons office has you buy. It is Bariatric advantage I may just need to try some different things. I haveput myself on liquid diets before and it was no where near as hard as today was. I just got to push through.

I got a call today from the Hospital today and I go do my pre-op testing on 10/18 I am super excited and nervous.... say a prayer for me that I dont snap and go eat everything in site.

I thought i came on yesterday and posted that my surgery went well, but i guess is didn't. Too much meds in my system i guess. So, on to yesterday, I got called in early, apparently one of the surgeons cancelled his surgries he had for yesterday so I was supposed to be at the center at 7:45 but they called me at 6:30 and said pls be here when u can. So i got there and signed all my concents, they took me back to put in my IV and such. I was wheeled into OR at approx 8:40 back in recovery by 9:30 and home by 11. My surgeon told my husband and mother-in-law that I did very well on my pre-op diet because my liver looked great and he has an easy time doing the surgery.

I didn't really have any gas pains to speak of until today, and even now they are minor compared to what some ppl describe. I have 4 incisions and one of them is larger than the rest.(picture attached to bottom). All in all i feel pretty good, aside from the fact that I'm sore I'm doing great. I have been eating chicken broth,SF popsicles, and SF jello. When I get over the soreness I will be in perfect shape to start my new life. Thank you to all of you who give support to all of us each and every day you guys are all the best, and I know that you will succeed in your journey.

P.S. I started a Vlog on youtube, my screen name is kali5377 to anyone tha tis interested, I plan on updating it weekly.

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Welcome to BANDLAND ! ! ! The big cut is for your port. Sounds like your doing fine to me. Yes you will be a little sore, but you have pain meds. to help you threw it. Will talk to you later, October Bandster.

So tomorrow is the day and I'm so excited. The two week pre-op diet went great except one emotional meltdown day. Most of the 11lbs I lost didn't come until this week, so hang in there those that are just starting out. Drank Pure Protein - 34g of protein and taste really good. I had to remind myself that with that amount of protein I wasn't feeling hungry it was the habit of eating I was feeling & missing.

Thank you all for the support, encouragement and honesty that this is not an easy process , but we're worth it. This group has been a great help over the last few weeks. I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes tomorrow and wish all of you success in the journey!!

Today was the first day of my pre-op diet I HATE the shake mix the surgeons office has you buy. It is Bariatric advantage I may just need to try some different things. I haveput myself on liquid diets before and it was no where near as hard as today was. I just got to push through.

I got a call today from the Hospital today and I go do my pre-op testing on 10/18 I am super excited and nervous.... say a prayer for me that I dont snap and go eat everything in site.

Try the Muscle Milk light. So far all of the pre-made flavors I tasted are pretty good. Today I went and bought the powder, which I don't like at all. This is rough....

So tomorrow is the day and I'm so excited. The two week pre-op diet went great except one emotional meltdown day. Most of the 11lbs I lost didn't come until this week, so hang in there those that are just starting out. Drank Pure Protein - 34g of protein and taste really good. I had to remind myself that with that amount of protein I wasn't feeling hungry it was the habit of eating I was feeling & missing.

Thank you all for the support, encouragement and honesty that this is not an easy process , but we're worth it. This group has been a great help over the last few weeks. I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes tomorrow and wish all of you success in the journey!!

I will be thinking about you! :-)

Oct 13 is the begining of the new me. Thank you to all the staff at tempe new day surgury center

7 hours and counting!!! Yay!!! So excited. i can't sleep. See u all on the other side my bandster family!!!

My surgery was October 12th and I came home today. I was laughing and talking to the lady in the OR and the next thing you know, I am in recovery!!! Right away they had me sipping clear liquids, sucking on an Airspirator and walking around. I was OK for the first coulpe of hours until the gas pains hit...... WOW!!!! They gave me liquid Percosets which really helped. I am now home still sipping clear liquids and only the incisions hurt. I have been really sleeping both days so now I am off to bed....By the way .... I lost 29 lbs. on the 2 week liquid diet!!! MARKW6

Well guys, I am on the losers bench. I feel more like I'm on the a quarterback just broke my left side bench, but as long as the meds keep coming I will survive

I'm scheduled for October 20. Finally. It has been a year getting this far. I start my liquid diet on the 6th. All shakes and clear liquids. The only solid food is one serving of steamed veggies if I need it. It is funny about how differnet each doctor is about the pre-diet. But I will follow my doctor's directions. It was a fatty liver that caused some of my delay.

I am also on the sehedule for the 20th, nervous but oh so ready