So excited. Finally have my surgery date! June 6th! Super excited and scared and nervous. Any advice tips or anyone looking for a bandbuddy please hit me up

my date is june 13 so excited

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!

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.

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?

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.

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!!

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?

Also how do yall get all those trackers?

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

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.

thank you i think i got it

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

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

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.

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?

nadekusibe... thanks for asking great questions. They are very helpful to me. Appreciate all of you who are helping us newbies with all these issues.