HELLO!!! I saw October and even December Bansters but no November...so I thought I would start the November Bansters! I called the Insurance company and I got a verbal approval. If all goes well I will be banded on November 14, 2011. Woo-hoo!! 11/11 will be the beginning of a WONDERFUL NEW LIFE!! I can't wait to do this for ME!!

Hello fellow November bandsters. My surgery date is 11/9 & I am interested in the FB group as well, but don't want the whole world to know I've been banded. What to do, what to do????

The facebook group is private. No one but the people in the group can see it or any posts you make After I friend you and add you feel free to delete me as your friend too.

I'm November 3rd. I feel totally unprepared. I still have no mentor, which really bothers me.

On a positive note, I finally figured out how to add the ticker at the bottom of my messages. The peer pressure was really getting to me!

What do you mean by mentor?? Are you looking for some one to guide you through this process??

WannaBe:

Right, exactly. I see the value of bonding with those who have had their surgery in November, but I'd also like to have a more experienced person(s) to use as a sounding board. You know... someone who knows the ropes... someone who can point out the pot holes so we're not all recreating the wheel... someone who has a little success under their belt?

After I posted the mentor thing, I found a thread dedicated to the whole mentor topic (duh) and I'm about to read that stuff right now. There's a lot to digest on this forum (no pun intended).

/P2P

I hear you. Maybe try to find a group bear where you live. But you are more than welcome to join our Facebook group of folks doing this the same time as you

juliebug,

I, too, am uncomfortable with the way Facebook arbitrarily revamps their privacy settings. True, you can tweak the settings, but what's been exposed before you get it tweaked?

I was thrilled to find this forum with a little more privacy? If I have to rely upon Facebook, I'm afraid I'll have to pass.

/P2P

The group I made is totally private, no one out side of the group can see or read any posts you make or even see the group you are in. If you ar doubted add me as a friend and try to find it. I will let you be my friend and give you two days to find the group if you can you are one in a million. If you can not I will add you to the group

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Hi Prisoner,

I just joined the fb nov banding group. I understand what you are talking about. The fb group is total private to the members that are accepted into it. I am doing a life changing surgery. I need the support of our nov group because we are doing it together and we will want to discuss things that we are going through together. I also want to talk here and be able to get help from anyone or maybe I might be able to help someone else in the future. Of course it isn't private like the fb group. I am happy for both of them. I hope you will join. It is a great bunch of people.

Linna

Hi all! I finally got my call today!! YAY!! But it looks like I need to roll on over to the December Bansters. I wont be able to get in until December! So good luck to all going before me! I'm excited for my new life!

thats ok we can still be friends won't hold December against ya lol

Hi all! I finally got my call today!! YAY!! But it looks like I need to roll on over to the December Bansters. I wont be able to get in until December! So good luck to all going before me! I'm excited for my new life!

Hi All!

My Band date is Nov 8 and I am super excited about it. So count me in as a new member of the November Bandsters!

Thanks Dave....I'll be watching so I can see what's ahead of me.

Cheri, I so appreciate your advice and sharing your experience with the band and being banded in November. It's reminded me how incredibly important it will be to stay focused on working out as much as possible after surgery to maximize my weight loss. It's not the ideal time to be banded for me, living in Boston where I hate to be cold and tend to get a little depressed and hibernate in the winter; I will have to really fight those SAD tendencies to be successful. I am lucky in one regard: my family doesn't live near me and the holidays are very low key with just me and my guy, and he's not a big eater anyway! I'm having surgery on the morning of November 9th, and start my 2 week pre-op liquid diet next week.

Let's do this, people!

Thought that I would tell you that I have clinical depression and it did not seems to cause me any trouble with weightloss after surgery. Lost 84 lbs. Still really no hunger 2+ years later.

I had a good 7 or 8 months of no hunger whatsoever after I got through the first month. The first month people are gonna be hungry so just accept it and plan ahead. Buy you some movies you won't watch, or books that you won't read until that month begins, new fingernail polish, polish every night if you have to, fix your photo albums, buy some special bubble bath and bath products Just something to keep your mind off of the fact that you are hungry. I would go to bed with my stomach growling. So find a project or something you can be doing during this month to make you feel special. Because what you are doing is so worth it.

After you get through that first month or 6 weeks you will be so happy you did it. But don't let your depression get you down. One reason I decided to get the LapBand is because of the depression. I could not handle dealing with that and the weight and I am doing everything I know to do to help with the depression, but the weight being gone does help.

All of you sound so excited and happy I keep coming back here to read and take it all in. I know you all will do so good and as I said I will be praying for the November bandsters to do good before during and after surgery. You all seem to be bonding with each other, such a GOOD idea and it will help you all so much, support, support can't get too much.

Also it is okay to be nervous it is surgery and it is something new and seems like your future is unknown. But it will be filled with feeling better, smaller clothes, healthier bodies and minds, workouts that make you feel so good (some during, some after), compliments, energy, healthier eating plan and so much more.

Again good luck to you all!

Cheri