Hi!

I'm Julie and looking to change my life on April 2nd. Yep, that would be my surgery date.

I'm a single mother of sometimes adult children. Own a very small salon in central Phoenix and have never worked so hard to make so little Just kidding, life is what I make it and it's awesome! This growing up has been a process and I feel like I have control over everything in my life but my weight. I've struggled my whole life with eating and bouncing up and down on the scale. More often it's UP! I feel like I've done it all... weight watchers, HCG, calorie counting, Atkins, and even the cabbage diet. Ya I lose, but when I get back to normal eating (No, one cannot live on Cabbage Soup), the weight slowly comes back on and adds a few extra pounds for good measure.

So here I am! This is me, getting real with myself and sharing my journey.

Hope to connect with you soon,

j~

hI pa... Guess i am lucky in that a couple of ppl in my dept has already done the lapband and been very successfull at it. So i have chosen to tell just bout everyone. Plus i am such an open person i dont keep secrets well especially ones i am so excited bout.. Everyone i work with knows details bout my Vacation in April and the lapband... lol i am sure they are tired of hearing me. I am not having my surgery where i work though. I am actually traveling 2 1/2 hours away but thats cause my hospital dont perform it and the closest is and hour and half away so choose to drive the extra hour to use a guy i knew had a good success rate.

That's great brokenwings. There was actually a conversation in our lunch area on Friday about bariatric surgery. If it wasn't such a crazy work day and I didn't have to quickly get back to work soon after the conversation started, I probably would have joined in. It seems like people in my department are alway on one diet or another and one girl, currently doing the hcg injections (with a 500 kcal diet), was say that she would NEVER do weight loss surgery. I was burning to to join in and give my views, but like I said I had to get back to my patient. It probably would have been the best time for me to put it all out there. I feel like I have to inform people that no matter which surgery I choose, WLS is not the easy way out and takes a lot of work in conjunction with "the tool" of WLS.

Hi glg wow so many rn's in the group. I M like you all excited and can't wait

Hi glg wow so many rn's in the group. I M like you all excited and can't wait

Hello Everyone! I am scheduled for Lapband surgery on March 20th. I have a pre-op meeting with the doctor tomorrow. I keep waiting for something to pop out and say it isn't going to happen...I have waited a long time for this and am keeping my fingers crossed.

Sorry I have been remise in welcoming everyone... So WELCOME! I am glad so many of us are RN's. We will be able to share tips and stories about life with the band and a crazy work schedule. I know I am worried about when I work 3 in a row.. I am usually not the best at eating and when I do it is poor food choices and shoving it down so I can get back on the floor. Oh how things are going to have to change. I'm glad to see our group growing!

Hi Dhales.... welcome to our group. Pull up a chair and join the converstions. Think you will find it helpful supportive and also at times Silly (everyone needs a little silly in their life and to laugh at themself)

Sue.. !! hey you. I am also thinking omg how am i going to chew chew chew when i have to run back onto the floor... lol going to be interesting but dang it i am going to do it someway or other. I am going to be bout me.

I was teasing them the other day told them i am going to do this loose down to a 165 lbs grow my hair down my back and show up to work in stilitos .. thing is one of the girls busted out laughing i was hey why you laughing she was omg deb i can see you doing that... lol

Hi Dhales.... welcome to our group. Pull up a chair and join the converstions. Think you will find it helpful supportive and also at times Silly (everyone needs a little silly in their life and to laugh at themself)

Sue.. !! hey you. I am also thinking omg how am i going to chew chew chew when i have to run back onto the floor... lol going to be interesting but dang it i am going to do it someway or other. I am going to be bout me.

I was teasing them the other day told them i am going to do this loose down to a 165 lbs grow my hair down my back and show up to work in stilitos .. thing is one of the girls busted out laughing i was hey why you laughing she was omg deb i can see you doing that... lol

If you get down to that weight you deserve to walk in hot..... Oh the thought of running around is stilettos for 13 hours :shudder:

WELCOME EVERYONE! Our group is exploding with people from all over the country!

Love it!

I am the nurse that circulates the lap band surgeries so I definitely know what is going to take place as far as the procedure goes!! So there is no keeping it secret for me but that's fine with me. I am hoiping it will make me more accountable! I am so glad I stumbled along this website.

Hi gig. I think one of the things I have to put under my nervous column is that I am also having my procedure done at the hospital where I work also. It's a pretty large facility, so most of the people who will be caring for me don't know me since I work in cardiology. Plus, I tend to be a private person and haven't told but 3 people at work yet. I have no plans of hiding that I am having lap band surgery, but I am also not shouting it through the hallways. You probably know how us medical people can be. Once I return to work and say I was out for 3 weeks due to having surgery, there will be questions galore.

Welcome everyone! My surgery is April 2! I'm getting REALLy nervous and excited! Any soon to be bandsters in the dfw area??

Welcome glg41! It's great to see our group is growing rapidly! I feel very fortunate to be among all you nurses. Good luck tomorrow with starting your liquid diet. I have been dieting since January 4, the day after I met with my surgeon. My required doctor appointments passed by quickly, but now that I am actually scheduled for surgery, it seems like the days are creeping by.

I keep waiting for something to pop out and say it isn't going to happen...I have waited a long time for this and am keeping my fingers crossed.

Hi dhales,

Welcome to the group. I am normally an optimist but feel the same way that you do about something coming up and keeping my surgery from happening. My pre-op appointment is Wednesday, and I am not going to inform my bosses until I am cleared for surgery.

WOW, we have so many new members since my last post! Welcome everyone! My surgery is scheduled for (Friday) April 13th. I work in an elementary school and was able to schedule most of my pre-op appointments during spring break.

I did great for a while on a modified low calorie diet that I was on through my program but I am having a hard time sticking to it now. I think knowing that I have surgery scheduled makes it tougher for me to stick to it. I am actually looking forward to my pre-op diet because I think I will be able to stick to it knowing it is needed specifically for the surgery. At least I hope so!

We have such a great group going here! Nurses, be prepared for post-op questions! I know we all have our surgeons and staff to go to with questions but sometimes it just feels better to get a push from someone in the biz to call them and ask...PA my sister is a PA and I know I will often ask her things before calling my doc.