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my journey has been ok. It's a lot of accountability that you have to take on in order for your band to work. Making sure you get your Protein and work out. The worst things for me have been trying to stick to my diet when my family is being a bad influence and the fill I had was painful.

Yeah it's a life changing thing. I could imagine I have my most of my family coming over Saturday and they will be eating like crazy but have to stick to my diet hopefully it will get Easier for both of us.

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I am somewhat close to that area. I am in homewood.

Youre not far from me I'm in Crestwood

Hi!

I'm pretty close by as well. My husband and I are both getting banded on Sep 19th in Oswego and the pre-op liquid diet starts 8/30. I'm off to costco tomorrow to pick up a bunch of cases of shakes and Water. I'm so nervous!

Hi!

I'm pretty close by as well. My husband and I are both getting banded on Sep 19th in Oswego and the pre-op liquid diet starts 8/30. I'm off to costco tomorrow to pick up a bunch of cases of shakes and Water. I'm so nervous!

Who is your doctor. I am nerves too but I know this is the best thing for me.

MookNana--where are you having your surgery done in Oswego? I'm on the Aurora/Oswego border, and the closest Dr I could find is at Central DuPage.

MookNana--where are you having your surgery done in Oswego? I'm on the Aurora/Oswego border' date=' and the closest Dr I could find is at Central DuPage.[/quote']

That is were I am having mine central dupage. But I believe the have a outpatient surgery place they can do it in Oswego .

Who is your dr? I'm seeing Dr Klem at CDH. I did see he originally had an address in Oswego, but when I called the place they said they were no longer seeing patients there and I'd have to go to the city. Dr Klem was listed as one of the Drs, but it looks like he changed groups. How long did the process take you? I will be done with my testing on Tues (I hope) and am not sure how long the process takes after that is all completed.

Who is your dr? I'm seeing Dr Klem at CDH. I did see he originally had an address in Oswego' date=' but when I called the place they said they were no longer seeing patients there and I'd have to go to the city. Dr Klem was listed as one of the Drs, but it looks like he changed groups. How long did the process take you? I will be done with my testing on Tues (I hope) and am not sure how long the process takes after that is all completed.[/quote']

My doctor is dr Woodword. I afterward all the testing it takes a couple days for the insurance to approve it. And after that the give you sugary date. I waited a year after I was approve. I wanted to try one last time by myself before I go through it. CDH is a very nice hospital there. Bariatric team there is very nice.

Youre not far from me I'm in Crestwood

thats like fifteen or twenty mins away from me.

MookNana--where are you having your surgery done in Oswego? I'm on the Aurora/Oswego border, and the closest Dr I could find is at Central DuPage.

I'm with Dr. Woodard at CDH, but the surgery will be done outpatient at the Oswego surgicenter. I think he called it Kendall Pointe? Off of 30, if I recall correctly? Which will be nice since it will only be about 10 minutes for us to get there.

So far I've been pretty happy with Dr. Woodard--he actually took my gallbladder out laproscopically when I was 19--I had no recollection of him, but he remembered me! He and his office staff have been very pleasant and responsive. I wasn't super crazy about the dietician--she was nice enough but just gave me a printed out packet and basically read it to me. I can think of more entertaining ways to spend $50. But if that's the worst thing that happens I'm doing OK!

I did the costco run today--by the time I was done stacking the pushcart with 7 cases of Protein shakes, 2 cases of Water, a small case of juice boxes, a case of broth, and some other supplies to tide us over till after the surgery, I could barely steer the dang thing! The checkout lady had a good chuckle at my stash.

Oswego is less than 10 mins from me, that would be ideal, I'm jealous. I thought my dietician said they give me what I need for the pre-op diet--is that what you bought for, or is this for your post-op? I have to go to a support meeting on Mon night as one of my requirements, so I guess I will find out more then.

I live in Plainfield... close to Rt30 and Renwick.

I am am scheduled for surgery Sept 6th.

Oswego is less than 10 mins from me, that would be ideal, I'm jealous. I thought my dietician said they give me what I need for the pre-op diet--is that what you bought for, or is this for your post-op? I have to go to a support meeting on Mon night as one of my requirements, so I guess I will find out more then.

I bought for a combination of pre and post-op. Our pre-op diet is 5 Protein shakes a day, plus a cup of broth and a sugar free Jello if we feel like having a treat. We have to provide our own supplies.

The dietician recommended Bariatric Advantage shakes (conveniently available for purchase on our doctor's website...) but we compared the nutrition stats and found the Premier Protein Shakes from costco to be comparable and more convenient. We wound up getting enough of those for half of our shakes, and we'll use Bariatric Advantage powder (ordered cheaper from Amazon) for the rest.

I guess every doctor has their own way of doing things. Ours has only made vague allusions to some kind of support program. We weren't required to go to one but it sounds nice!