Calling all October bandsters...

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

I am scheduled for 10/18. I have ALL my pre-op stuff done as of last week. I start Protein shake diet on 10/4.

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

October 4th....all preop done.

No liquid diet prior, just light meals day before surgery.

I'm getting done by Dr. DiMarco in Harrisburg, Pa. Anyone else using him?

Non-lap band ?.....How do I make my profile more me. Everyone has tickers and things. I want one cool stuff!!!! :rolleyes

Hey octoberers

How has everyone been?

Can you believe we're almost a year out?

Are you where you want to be?

I know i have good restricion but it doesnt help eating small quantities of crap.

i need to exercise. i'm hoping by turkey day i will be closer to where i want to be.

have a good weekend!

No I am not where I want to be...and I understand totally about the small quantities of crap!! I don't exercise maybe that will help cause I have been the same for a while now the only difference is now I am not using any diet pills etc. to help which is what I was doing to get where I am now.

No i'm not where i want to be but like you said the small portions of crap doesn't help. i'm still pleased with how far i have come but i know that i could of been farther if i would eat better.

I don't know how many of you chose not to tell anyone about having the band, i was one who only told my parents, well my mom told me today that she let it slip... to my aunt that i had the band done. I am so upset with her for this, you see she is thinking about having the surgery and she had decided to tell people, and i knew when she decided to tell people that she would end up telling about me. I had asked her not to tell anyone over and over. She doesn't understand why i'm upset with her, so i'm asking .... do you think that i'm over reacting? I just feel that she told on purpose, and I wouldn't of said anything about her if she would ask me not to. Now i feel stupid around my aunt. When asked how i have been losing i would always just say i was eating smaller portions, which wasn't a lie. Oh well there's nothing i can do about it now.

i dont think you are overreacting.

i told everyone mainly becuz 2 aunts worked in the office and i knew they would tell everyone else so i beat them to it...

but if you told her nto to say anything then she should have kept that to you.

went to Friacos witht he hubby. i was so excited since we've been kinda tense with each other. ordered the Beans, & figured i could pick at a bean tostada and a steak taco. well didnt pay enuf attention to the steak and it so got stuck. pb'in in a public bathroom was sooooo not on my friday to do list!!!

do you think that i'm over reacting?

Yes. And I don't really understand why you've kept a secret for what is almost an entire year now. I didn't tell people in the beginning--I wanted my privacy in recovery. But once people started noticing, I came clean. Simply because I wouldn't have liked it if, at my highest weight, someone lied to me about how they were losing weight.

Are you ashamed you had the surgery?

Also, getting the lapband isn't like getting a tooth pulled, and you know that. Your aunt is making a very big decision and your mother knows that you have a lot of experience and knowledge to share. Why don't you want to help your aunt make an educated decision about whether or not to have the surgery?

Had this question come up months ago, I might have given you different feedback. But, c'mon...it's been a year.

What do you think is going to happen once people know?

Well im being band on oct 1 im on my pre-op diet now oh boy i miss eating food in trying to hang in there.:think

I didn't tell everyone...only a few people know like my immediate family and a few friends. I will tell someone that I know won't blab my business and if it is to help them. Especially since I was like a 37 BMI and a lot of people think I didn't need the band.

Hi All,

Well...I got the call I've been wanting from Dr. Ren's office this afternoon. The insurance company approved my surgery!

Apparently, they initially denied me for not weighing enough. Nilsa, the insurance clerk, immediately asked for an expedited appeal. The person who did the appeal review reversed the decision & faxed an approval letter right away.

We submitted about 50 pages of medical history and other documentation. One of the advantages, I think, of taking 9 months from deciding to have the surgery to actually getting it set up is that I was able to get all my facts together. With the exception of a chest x-ray, I already had done everything the doctors and insurance company wanted.

So, a week from Monday, I'll be checking into NYU Medical Center for my band. Only 50 more Protein shakes to go! :rose:

Wheres our Oct 2006 people??? I know Ive been m.i.a. and just realized its our bandaversary. Really would like to hear from the original crew to see everyones progress and see how I measure up. Cant say that Ive been very rigid with my diet but very happy with my weight loss so far. It hasnt been easy the past year but always a progression downwards on the scale. Ive had my fair share of running to bathroom in resturaunts to pb but also has been a learning experience along the way of what is tolerable and not tolerable. I had one instance after a fill of being overfilled no joy in that. But overall has been a great year because I feel like I got my life back. Im no longer afraid go out Im enjoying life again. I would like to hear from you guys. Please write. Ive lost 62 pounds to date and have 30 more to go!:whoo:

ITS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT OUR BANDAVERSARY IS HERE!!:faint: I TOO HAVE NOT LOST ALL I WANT TO. BUT WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT BACK EITHER!! SOME OF THESE BOARDS DEPRESS ME, READING ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE LOST 129LBS IN 6 MO ECT. :ranger: IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE A COMPLETE FAILURE!:phanvan:paranoid:tired. I FEEL BETTER LOOKING AT THE MAJORITY OF OUR NUMBERS ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 60LBS. I NEED TO INCREASE MY EXERCISE TOO:bored. I WILL GIVE YOU SOME ADVISE. DON'T DO WHAT I DID:rolleyes: I DECIDED I WASN'T LOOSING SO I WENT TO THE SLIMFAST SHAKES 2X DAY AND ONE SALAD MEAL AT NIGHT. I GUESS I WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH CALORIES AND I TOTALLY STOPPED LOOSING! WENT BACK TO 6 SMALL MEALS AND LOST 3 LBS THE 1ST WEEK! JUST SOME ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WHO TRIED IT:heh:

LINADU:I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I DIDN'T TELL EITHER EXCEPT MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY-MOM, SISTERS. MY SISTER APPARENTLY TOLD HER MOTHER IN LAW. WHY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT RECENTLY AT A FAMILY BIRTHDAY PARTY SHE CORNERED ME AND SAID "DIDN'T YOU HAVE THAT SURGERY FOR WT LOSS? " I WAS STUNNED BUT I DIDN'T LIE. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO SAY "THEN WHY HAVEN'T YOU LOST MUCH WT?" I WAS DEVASTATED FOR WEEKS! THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T TELL. IF I FAILED IT WAS MY PROBLEM. (I SELF-PAYED FOR SURGERY). NO - ONE UNDERSTANDS THIS ISN'T LIKE THE GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY. IT COMES OFF SLOWER. I GRANTED COULD AND SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOWN MORE. BUT I CAN'T AFFORD FILLS AT $200/POP AND I HAVE ONLY HAD 3 WHERE I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD 5-7 BY NOW. BUT THAT IS NONE OF HER BUISNESS ANYWAY. I TOTALLY AGREE W/ LINADU- YOUR PRIVATE WEIGHT STRUGGLES SHOULD BE PRIVATE:mad:

ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I FEEL ENCOURAGED AFTER READING EVERYONE'S POSTS. MAYBE I AM IN THE NORMAL RANGE OF LOSS AFTER ALL!!

STARTING BMI 54 NOW 48 I GUESS THAT IS SOMETHING!!! DOWN FROM SIZE 32 TO 26. (IT'S HARD TO NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE THIS BIG) LETS KEEP GOING. LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. 60 LBS AGAIN BY NEXT YR AND WE WILL BE DOWN 120!!!:whoo::clap2::cool::clap2::whoo:

very true! by this time next year we will be rocking!!

things are going ok for me

i go in for another fill tomorrow, i've pretty much lost my restriction and have been eating all the wrong things. thank god i've been working out or i would have gained at least 10 pounds instead of staying the same or one up one down...

i exercise daily and have even started running. i love the endorphine rush that i get from it!!!

i still have about 85-90 pounds to go ... but i'd rather be where i am now than where i was a year ago.

I guess I am the slow poke of the bunch so far!!

slow and steady wins the race ... :Banane35: