Calling all upcoming bandsters...

I just wanted to start a thread where everyone can post their surgery dates and we can start to compare notes.

I am scheduled for 9/12. I have ALL my pre-op stuff next Wed & Thurs, including psych eval, sleep consult, lab work, 4 hr nutrition class, and pre-op appt with surgeon. It is going to be a couple of very full days.

My parents are coming for a visit the following week, and I don't plan on telling them about the surgery, so I am rushing to get through all of that before they get here.

How is everyone else doing getting their pre-op stuff scheduled?

Here is the list of September Bandsters: I'll try to keep it updated for everyone.

9/1 okiegirl

9/1 TexasBr@t

9/1 TruBlueSue

9/1 finallyonmyway

9/1 ashley

9/4 JamesA

9/4 SLHarrison

9/5 Em1125

9/5 kittylover54

9/5 mcw12985

9/5 chabutter

9/5 BigBZ

9/5 TamifromAL

9/6 Ashlee

9/6 Cole

9/6 Kathy S

9/6 r2ht4u

9/6 Gjdf52

9/6 babyjessica

9/6 P McDonald

9/6 harlito

9/6 kareyquilts

9/6 LindaN

9/7 bibytz

9/7 kristyinusa

9/7 sunnshyne411

9/7 MICHELLE43

9/7 cassandra

9/7 green

9/7 happykat

9/8 dovie6523

9/8 valgal1968

9/8 PattyMartin

9/9 mary9

9/9 msgoat4949

9/11 cindyn

9/11 BJean

9/11 SheryBery

9/11 SherryA

9/11 RHCPgirl

9/11 lamamama

9/11 PHAT TX

9/11 drcollier

9/11 fraleyk

9/11 Dana Kwt

9/12 want2lose

9/12 ItsGottaGo!

9/12 TxAngel

9/12 HopeWorks

9/12 kattiegirl

9/12 brendab

9/13 katt

9/13 jewel

9/13 avasa

9/13 whlatimer

9/13 twiceblessed

9/13 suleehci@yahoo.

9/14 gonnabethin

9/14 mom of many

9/14 spike6

9/15 swanny

9/15 fugnick

9/15 coryW

9/15 ericergoman

9/15 melissa0915

9/18 Linstadt

9/18 tayvia99

9/18 April

9/18 Turmoil

9/18 LovinColorado

9/19 vv0710

9/19 susoue

9/19 Elaine53

9/19 reredc

9/19 missSD

9/19 sweet31eve

9/19 lisalee

9/20 mariecarmen

9/20 wantlapband

9/20 samos

9/20 labradoodle

9/20 ErinS

9/20 beechpad

9/20 lifelongband

9/20 mejomojogolow

9/21 jgandg

9/21 WandaKay

9/21 Dallasmist

9/21 JewelsInLove

9/21 YellowRoseKnows

9/22 diane5467

9/22 kellieatkins30

9/22 Lila

9/22 shell04937

9/22 venetiaann

9/22 butterfly1973

9/22 teachmath

9/23 tgjones

9/25 buzz321

9/25 sandranoelle

9/26 marie noone

9/26 christy

9/26 Lin

9/26 The Woman

9/27 Bettina

9/27 tommygirl

9/27 GettinThinMan

9/27 MimIN

9/28 Tracicat

9/28 jumbojet

9/28 "D"-n-OK

9/28 rbabcock61

9/28 Lisa99

9/29 Lapoli7

9/29 ratgirl

9/29 sweetsue

9/29 chattanoogabrat

9/29 phw72

9/29 JessyInSD

9/29 Chrissy "O"

Emily

GOOD LUCK to you!! I wish you a smooth day tomorrow! Post once you are home!

Sherry

September 18th is my day. Today I started the pre-op diet of liquids only. Very fun! I still do not know if I have insurance approval. I have been calling Aetna daily. They think I should have an answer this week. I have pre-op testing on Thursday. Keep your fingers crossed that the approval comes. Can't wait to start my new banded life.

one more day for me YIKES!!!!!!

I will be banded September 22, 2006 in Toronto, ON

Skinny here I come!!

Ok, kiddies... I survived. Consider me a bandster.

Congrats!!!! It sounds like things went very smoothly. Please share more details when you are feeling up to it. We want to know everything!

It'sgottago,

is the liquid diet your on full of calories? Are you exercising? Some of us just tend to hang on to then unwanted fat. I do the same thing. Your body may think it's starving and will hold on to every thing it can thinking it's the only way to survive. Write down everything you eat (sorry drink)daily and make sure you call your doctor. They may have a suggestion that can help.

I"m sure you will be fine and after surgery. Don't be discourged there is a "mini me" inside of all of us fighting to get out!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

James - I love your ticker. Just had to get that out there.

I am so excited for you and really hope you'll tell us more soon. In fact, I hope we'll hear more from many September bandsters as more of us reach our dates.

I told my daughter over the weekend - it went well. Better than the dieting! I should have known better than to go to the fair! Back to the regimen today, though.

JamesA that was an incredible report. Here's hoping you're success story continues!!

Ok, kiddies... I survived. Consider me a bandster.

All went well, including the pre-surgery labs. Before you know it, you're climbing up on the table and going ni ni... My surgery took a whopping 11 minutes. Probably two minutes longer than it should since I had a small hiatal hernia. Awoke in my patient room, and from then 'til now I've consumed an Otter Pop, a Capri Sun juice, and some sips of water.

Unfortunately, it didn't go as well for another person. After 1.5 hours, they decided to abort the surgery. Due to previous surgeries, my understanding is the organs where not all positioned they would expect them to be, and there were serious risks long term if they were to do it. Bummer.

I plan on writing a detailed outline of my adventure though Bandsterland. Maybe it's not an E ticket... but still worthy of blowing your hair back.

More to come!

11 minutes? Wow!

Sounds like you had a great experience, and I look forward to hearing more about it!

I am with you! I am the 22nd and we have been celebrating the 12 days of Fatness at my house. I am getting in all my "last's" before my liquid diet (which is the part of this I am most afraid of) I didn't get fat because of my determination and will power...

So we are all counting the days now....

Diane - 12 Days of Fatness! LOL That's great. I celebrated more than 12 days prior.

Your DH will be a bandster too? That's fantastic! I would love to have this in common with my DH. He's been getting colder feet than I have. I'm glad he's out of town until Fri. I was getting tired of all his second guessing me! I needed some time to chill. Did you all make this decision together? Or was it your idea first? Inquiring minds want to know...:eek:

Hey Guys!! I made it! I just got home to Knoxville from Nashville (where my surgery was.) Everything went very well. I'm not really even in that much discomfort, my abdomen just feels like it has gone through several thousand crunches. I can't even tell I have the band in. The only thing I've had today is water, and it seems to go down normally! Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers, and I want to know how everyone else did today as well!!

Mallorie

Hi Jean,

We have both struggled with our weight our whole lives and have been together struggling for the last eight. We are getting older, enjoying life less and less because we are always tired and in some kind of pain. We decided to go to a seminar and took a few months to take yet another shot at dieting before making the decision that it is just so much easier to exercise if we were not carrying another person's weight on our backs everywhere we go. We are both more than 150# overweight. It is great, because we are there to support each other and right now he is out getting me Chinese for one last time. I just hope I can not be a big sissy and scare him out of joining me in bandland. We are self payers, so he is going to do it probably in the Winter when I am all better. I am really more scared of the pre-op diet than the post op one. I don't know how I will last 1 day on liquids much less 10. I am not fat because I have all this will power...

Keep us posted on your progress!

Diane

Mallorie,

Great to know your doing so well, and very happy for you things went so well for you. I can only hope mine goes as well. Keep us posted with your progress.

Mallorie! What great news! I am so happy that things are going so well for you!! Keep up the good work. You know we're all thinking of you and wondering how you are. Keep us posted when you feel like it.

P.S. What are crunches? :eek: