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November 2006 Bandsters

AZA

By AZA, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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AZA    0

AZA
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Hi All, Anyone else getting banded this November? I'm scheduled for November 1!

I've been lurking on this site for the past few weeks and I'm still trying to learn as much as I can about the lapband and what to expect after surgery.

I'm wondering what I should be doing now, 6 weeks pre-op, to prepare for surgery and living with the band. I considered starting the liver-shrinking diet right away but I'm afraid I would fall off that plan before my surgery date. Maybe I should concentrate on increasing my exercise...cause as it is I'm not doing any LOL!

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GayleS    0

GayleS
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november 7th for me, in monterrey mexico with dr rumbaut, cant wait . e-mail me sometime jackye

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coyotegirl    3

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Hi, Just wanted to say Good luck to all you November 06 Bandsters.

I'm a November bandster but it's November 04!!!

Good luck to all!!

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keekahari    0

keekahari
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Nov 9th for me! I have scheduled and canceled and scheduled and canceled this surgery quite a few times... This one is for real!:wacko:

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helensmith    0

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:pout: Well i saw the doc today, and i find out i have a hernia in stomach area , she is debating on even doing surgery now and is though thinking of doing them both at same time too, she said she needs to think on it. now i got to go get a cat scan of tummy, see a heart doc, and phyciatrist of course, my doc i see him on monday for my letter. and she saying insurance saying 6 month diet from doc , insuracne told me they did not need that i almost at stage of giving up hope , just a big merrygo round

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AngelaT    2

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Hi therr is a thread already started of November bandsters...there are several of us! Good luck! Mine is Nov. 7.

Look for the nov. 7 bandsters!

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MusigalF    0

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I am 33 hours from surgery! Monday at 6AM, I report. I'm impatient, excited and a little scared.

So count me among the November newbies! November 19 is my band rebirthday!

Flora in Naples

Dr. Mark Liberman at Physicians Regional Medical Center ( formerly Cleveland Clinic, Naples)

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POOPIE1    0

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hi, i was banded on 11/28/06 just wondering how you are doing . i am still not eating good . deb woodbury ct

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annieM    2

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Where is everyone? I've only lost 45 since 11/06. I'm still working on it every day. I won't give up!!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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