Wheres My June Bandsters??

[fericito 138]

Hello everyone! I'm new here & I love that y'all are so excited!! It makes me excited too I am scheduled Wednesday for my first appointment. I'm doing self-pay, so I'm wondering what's the soonest they will schedule my surgery? Is there a waiting period other than the two weeks for the liquid diet? Yay for all of you who are scheduled this week!!!

I am self pay also and once I'd gotten my paperwork turned in they told me a could pick any date at least two weeks out - so that I could do the liquid diet before surgery. I chose the date I did since I have the whole following week off but it did mean waiting a little longer for surgery.

[NOgunbe 11]

my date is june 13 so excited

[TreehouseLady 11]

Nadekusibe... Glad you found your way to this group I sent a long message on my iPad about the two June groups only to see it had been returned to me. So I'm now on my desktop which seems to work much better for some reason (except it hurts to sit and bend my knees You are two days ahead of me... hope to stay in contact. Best of Health!

[tweetychelle 7]

I am ready. june 11th is my day. it can't get here fast enough. I love the weight I am loosing. One week from surgery and 12 lbs down.

[loribelle 2]

I am having surgery June 5th! Banding plus hernia repair. Now I am on a clear liquid diet which sucks! Just blew it and ate three strawberries.......lol. But the laxative they have me drinking should flush things right out. So what is it you are wanting to know?

[AlleyKat 26]

I had my pre-op testing Fridaymorning. My ECG looked good and I'm just waiting on my blood test results. I also went to costco and picked up all sorts of stuff for my pre-op diet which starts June 11th. I am allowed Protein Shakes and bars, fat free deli meats, water-packed tuna, chicken, and non-starchy veggies with fat-free Salad Dressing.< /p>

On Thursday morning the clinic called and said my surgery had to be moved up to 7am instead of 8:45am. They just said there was a "scheduling conflict" which is okay. Now my hubby and I have to leave home just after 5am to be there for 6:30am.

I hope everyone who is already recovering is doing well. Keep us updated!!

[NOgunbe 11]

yeah i have to have the hernia thing that I have to get repaired also.I dont know how its going to feel now with out heart burn I've had it for so long lol...but I've lost 18 pounds since I started my journey and I'm nervous about after surgery and all the extra skin...does anyone know any good excerises to prevent so much extra skin?

[NOgunbe 11]

Also how do yall get all those trackers?

[JulieC74 37]

Surgery tomorrow and clear liquid diet today....needless to say I am starving!

[IL_MissKitty 14]

Go to TickerFactory.com and make the ticker of your choice. Once you have your ticker made on TickerFactory.com, copy the code in the bbCode box to either Word or Notepad. Make sure the entire code is on ONE line. This seems to be the trick. So, if you use Word, make your page landscape and use a small font. You will probably need to hit the backspace at the end of a row or possibly cut and paste to get everything on one line. In other words you want your line of code to start with Now copy and paste this code into your signature box. To get to your "signature", click the drop-down arrow by your user name and click on "My Settings", then click on "Signature" in the left navigation bar.

Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the signature box and click "Save". Hope this helps!

Once you are in the "Signature" area, you can make a ticker from this website. Not as many options though.

[NOgunbe 11]

thank you i think i got it

[NOgunbe 11]

lol sorry ladies but i cant seem to be able to put up my before pic lol i feel so slow smh...**sad face** can somone please help me again

[IL_MissKitty 14]

You are one step ahead of me on pictures. I haven't even put up a profile picture yet!

[miswoo 23]

why is it that some doctors only want one or two days of a liquid diet and some want two weeks or more? I don't get it.

Based on what my patient advocate says "You won't have to do but 3-5 days low-carb diet because your BMI is so low", I am thinking it is to get some extra weight off for safety reasons.

[miswoo 23]

I started my pre-op diet today, trying to take it day by day. But whooa, day 1 is sure hard, lol. Just staying focused on the new me! I hope 2 weeks go by a lil' faster than usual. Come on June 14th, lol!

Mocha Lala - we are being banded the same day! I still need a buddy, interested?