Well, I thought I posted this yesterday, but evidently it didn't take. I was originally scheduled for lapband on 1/19 but it was canceled because I had an abnormal EKG and was told I needed to get cardiac clearance before I could have the surgery. Well, I had another EKG, a nuclear stress test, a heart scan, and a heart cath (which put me in CCU for about 24 hours due to internal bleeding) but I finally got the clearance and my heart is fine! I have been rescheduled for April 5 and am both excited and scared. The internal bleeding I had was very painful and I really don't want to go thru that again. But I want and need the lapband, so I'm going forward with it. I keep telling myself that after everything I went thru with the heart cath, the lapband surgery should be a piece of cake (no pun intended, since cake helped get me in this mess to begin with!). Anyway, I haven't posted much, but I've been lurking for a long time. Started researching the lapband last May and it's taken me this long to get here. I'll be so happy to get to Bandlandia with you all. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions then.

Thanks for listening (reading).

Sheila

Hi Sheila,

I posted to you on the spotlight board regarding your surgery date. My date is also April 5 and my dr is Dr. Duckett in Toledo. I live near the Cleveland area. Maybe we could be band buddies?

Jacky