Last week was my 5th appointment of my insurance required 6 month supervised diet! It went by really fast after having all the required testing! I was required to have an upper GI, pelvic ultrasound, chest xray, echocardiogram, ekg, nuclear stress test, home and lab sleep study, pulmonary function test, abdominal ultrasound, two nutrition consults, 2 psychiatry visits, pulmonary consult and a cardiology consult! Wow! It made the time fly by and now I am just waiting for my July 2nd pre-op visit and my surgery is scheduled for August 1st! My pre op diet starts July 18th and I will be on the Optifast program. It will consist of shakes, bars and soups, 6 times a day. My birthday is August 17th so I will probably just be starting mushies but this will be the best gift I can give myself! I can't wait to be banded! Is anyone else scheduled for August?

hi there I am new to this site and I'm actually scheduled for this this tuesday on the 31st to get my lap band my insurance didn't require the 6 months of diet and exercise but I did everything else. I'm extremely excited and nervous at the same time

I just found out today that my surgery is scheduled for August 23. Very happy.......

My friend has the same insurance and the same doc and they gave her a September dte weird, but at least we finally made it this far.

August 9th!!

started my pre-op diet yesterday. not that bad what sucks is i work night shift and tonight is my first night back since i started and omg im so.. hungry. i know its mind over matter but i just keep telling myself 23 more days!!!

started my pre-op diet yesterday. not that bad what sucks is i work night shift and tonight is my first night back since i started and omg im so.. hungry. i know its mind over matter but i just keep telling myself 23 more days!!!

your pre op diet is for a month WOW I start Tues for two weeks Good luck

OMG a month!

August 8th!

Scheduled for August 3rd. Really excited and nervous at the same time. But I'm ready to start getting healthy!! Really thankful for this support website and all the comments to help me in my journey!!

The anxiety and nervousness is starting to set in! Ugh!

I don't start my liquid diet until the 9th, but have really starter curbing my hunger. It is not so bad I thought it would be a little harder because I stopped smoking also.

Yes! I am scheduled for Aug 5th .....as. Long as all pre ops go well

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Your doing all the right things to get you on your way to be healthier and on this beautiful earth longer! Congrats!

The anxiety and nervousness is starting to set in! Ugh! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I'm sure that's normal with any new venture...keep the mindset of doing this to live a longer healthier active life! We can do this! We've made our decisions and now it's almost time to live it! I can't wait until mine on Aug 5th....hooray!

just made my last appt with my surgeon it's not unitl 19JUL then we submit for insurance approval sounds like I will join you in August and my Son shares the same birthday as you do Maybe mushies will include...cake and ice cream(smile...Ha Ha)

I'm scheduled for aug 5th, providing all of these pre op tests go well. I was told I have apnea which I was not surprised....we can do this. I am getting so excited

I'm August 5th and can't wait!! I also had the 6 month requirements and feel like I'm at the surgeon, nutritionist and doctors daily lol!! Hoping to start my pre-op diet July 15th... :-) can't wait till we're all living the banded life!