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Carolinegee

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Carolinegee    11

Carolinegee
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Hi, my name is Caroline and tomorrow is finally the day were I get my band! I'm so excited and nervous and scared and just soooo emotional! I'm laying in bed tossing and turning...its going to be such a loooong night! Well I'm 20 years old...i know i know I'm a younging, currently weighing in at 287 pounds...yikes. I'm just so ready to take control of my weight and my eating and everything. Sighh..so nervous though...

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LB4Me    35

LB4Me
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Best of luck. Post when you are on the other side.

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horsegirl315    114

horsegirl315
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Good for you! I'm 24 and can't wait to get banded! Let us know how it goes!

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Corrigan    75

Corrigan
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Good luck and don't forget your PJs and slippers.

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missKAYLA    0

missKAYLA
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best of luck! i was 20 when i got mine, good for you! prayers for a quick & speedy recovery!

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SkinnyMiniWannabe    0

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I just turned 21 today and had my surgery this past Nov 22nd. Its an amazing journey. I've only just started but it already feels like a new life. Stock up on broth and Vitamin Water. Just be sure to keep hydrated and take it easy.

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terricharles    3

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not to be a downer.....and I am happy for every one that makes the choice to have lapband surgery.......but I know when I went though the process to get approved my insurance would not approve me at first because I was in child bearing years (I am 45, with two adult kids 18 and 24) I had to prove to them I was NOT having any more kids........so how is it you girls at 20 21 are getting though the process so easy? Any one else have that issue?

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GrammyDiane    1

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Good luck tomorrow Caroline. I just was banded on Monday and everything went very smoothly. Hope things go as well for you. Try to relax and take it easy!

Diane

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loretta\ Baconton Georgia    10

loretta\ Baconton Georgia
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I am so jealous of every one already banded. I am still appealing BCBSI decision and I can not wait to see what they have in store for me to do next.. They do not know that I will keep on and on...

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Shellyac    22

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not to be a downer.....and I am happy for every one that makes the choice to have lapband surgery.......but I know when I went though the process to get approved my insurance would not approve me at first because I was in child bearing years (I am 45, with two adult kids 18 and 24) I had to prove to them I was NOT having any more kids........so how is it you girls at 20 21 are getting though the process so easy? Any one else have that issue?

I have never heard about not being allowed to be banded because you are still considering having children. I have heard some women say they are having WLS because they need to lose weight so they could have children. I know that we are told that we need to wait at least a year before trying to have children because of the effect of the weight loss on the pregnancy but that is about it.

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Carolinegee    11

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Thank you all so much for your kind words, everything was a success and I am now at home relaxing and eating my surprisingly delicious jello!!!

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terricharles    3

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I have never heard about not being allowed to be banded because you are still considering having children. I have heard some women say they are having WLS because they need to lose weight so they could have children. I know that we are told that we need to wait at least a year before trying to have children because of the effect of the weight loss on the pregnancy but that is about it.

I think if I had said yes that I was planning on having more kids,my insurance would have said no to the surgery

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Grider    92

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TERRI- wow thought we abolished that crap when we burned our BRAS! what insurance is this, we need to all complain, because that is sexist... not right,,,,

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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