I am so excited like many of you this has been a very long journey. Actually, I have been thinking about it for 4 years. My sister had Gastric Bypass 14 years ago and lost 197 pounds. SHe has only gained back about 20! I am getting the LapBand because I have had Colon Cancer and my Doctor thought this WLS was the best of both worlds. I wasn't happy in the begining that he wouldn't do Gastric but now I am completely happy I had to wait the 6 months and am now going with LapBand.

I am on day 6 of my pre-op diet. I am going through BayHealth here in DE. I was excited at first because in my pre-op folder there was a paper titled Pre-Op diet that was only 7 days and allowed for Yogurt, Cottage cheese and 3 oz of chicken a day BUT then I saw the dreaded paper that had my surgeon's name on it and it was 2 weeks of only liquid! sad times!!!!! I wonder how two Dr's in the same network would have two different prep's? Oh well, my Dr also required a 5-10 weight loss before surgery. I was 5'9 and 260 but at my last visit I was 245. My surgeon was happy but my PCM told me not to dip below 35 or I wouldn't qualify.

Thanks for keeping me sane over the last couple of weeks!

Congrats and welcome. I am right behind you on the 21st!

Congrats and welcome. I am right behind you on the 21st!

Thanks! Good Luck to you too!