A week from 2mor I will be doing my pre op and I am freaking out already I don't think I can do this

then dont.............is that what you want to hear??

silly girl...we all were where you are now..

just breathe deep...please relax as you are this close to starting a new life that is healthy

you are gonna do so well.....how exciting

now keep smiling

think positive

and believe in yourself

i believe in you

Like CG said

Also, go back to why you made this decision. I am pretty sure you did your research and thought this through. It is natural to be nervous. We have all been there. We may have felt we couldn't do it but we could and WE DID. You will too!!! You CAN do this and the weight loss even during the pre-op is quite motivating!!

of course you can what they said goes for me also.

line dancer

Thanks girls I'm hoping I don't have to go two weeks on shakes if I can do this then surgery is a piece of cake how long did u have to wait till ur insurance approve it

I am doing the pre op diet now and I thought I could not but I know now I can. I thought I have done worse things to my body just to get thin, this is nothing I have not tried before. eh but this time I will have a better outcome.

I am on day 5 of my pre op diet and had been doing ok up until today. Was a really hard day today but I am looking forward to tomorrow. 9 more days and I will be banded and the pre op diet will be a thing of the past.

You have not been approved by your insurance yet but are doing the pre-op diet?

I am a long way from gettting everything done I need to so my insurance will approve me but for some reason that seems odd to me.

nervous?

that is a good sign for some.

It's like beeing nervous on your wedding day this is a huge thing surgery it's a lifetime commitment just like a marriage.

The liquid diet /pre op diet is very simmilar to how you will be eating for the first few weeks following your surgery. Trust me you can do it, we all did and can.

Come in to chat for support and feel free to come and voice and concerns, or good and bad things we hear it all. or feel free to write a post. You are making a commitment to yoursel fand your health, these are the first days in a wonderful journey.

I'm not gonna lie i had a mini freak out the day before my surgery, and i think it was healthy and i needed to get all of my what if's out of my head. For me so far the lapband has been the only thing that has worked.

Welcome to the Lapband I hope you enjoy your jouney.

--icestorm12132008

This is a journey, not a simple fix. Of course you will have good and bad days, now as always. But I expect that over time your eating habits will change, as mine have. I don't miss bagels or pasta. Sometimes I'll have a bagel crust, or a piece of pasta, but that's it. I've had enough for many lifetimes and am so glad that I don't crave them any more. It takes time to get to the right fill level for each person, so in that time you gradually learn what you can eat and cannot eat, how much, when etc. The band gave me something I lacked-- an internal brake, something physical to say that I'm full. Without that I'm a bottomless pit. It did not happen immediately, but it did happen. It's been 4 1/2 years now (including two revisions) and I'm really happy. Love my band! Good luck to you.