Yes that is right I am being banded tommorow and I am so ill with nerves :sick Thankyou to all that have supported me in the past couple of months I look forward to getting back on here after becoming a bandster:bandit Love Kellie

Hey Kellie!

I'm being banded tomorrow too. Best of luck to you!

Well good luck to both of you. I am sure everything will go just fine. It is normal to be a bit nervous, but once you arrive at the hospital things move so fast and the next thing you know you are waking up in recovery and you have officially entered bandland.

My thoughts will be with both of you tomorrow. As soon as you feel up to it, please post and let us know how everything went.

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I'm new to the board. I am celebrating my one week anniversary of being banded. So far I think I am doing ok. I'll be glad to advance to more foods! I am still of soup broth, etc. Good luck to those of you who go tomorrow. The surgery was no problem. I was home in a few hours!

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Best wishes to both Kellie and to jg! I was banded just last week and I am still excited about it. Looking forward to hearing how everything goes for the both of you. Kellie, don't worry. i have a feeling that everything is going to go just fine. I had a bad case of pre-band jitters and worries, and it was all for naught! Good luck!

I am being banded Friday AM and my nerves have been so bad that I could keep the toilet paper company in bussiness...hehehehe

Good luck and hope your home before you know it...

So tomorrow is the big wonderful day for you! Congrats. And stop your worrying. Your friends will be here when you're all done. Keep us posted.

Yes that is right I am being banded tommorow and I am so ill with nerves :sick Thankyou to all that have supported me in the past couple of months I look forward to getting back on here after becoming a bandster:bandit Love Kellie

good luck kellie xxxxx from liz xxxxxxxx

They postponed the surgery until the 10th october and I am pissed it is no fault of my own the surgeon had trouble with the man who went in before me He had a bleed and took over three hours to do so I am not a bandit I am very very depressed and I have sore eyes from crying so much

I did tell the surgeon my thoughts though as I think it is hard for me to be emotionally sound if things like this happen

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Oh! Kellie! I am so sorry that things didn't work out as planned for you, espeically after the mental and physical preparation that you have done! Obviously everone wants all to be well for tha man who had the emergency, but it is frustrating for you.

Ask to be first of the day next time, to minimise any chance that the surgical team will be delayed or called away for emergency again. I hope that you get a new date quickly - if it's 5th October we can be band sisters!

Keep us posted with how you are going.

Kellie, I am so sorry your surgery was delayed, how disappointing to be there and be ready and have to go home without the band. But, the good news is you do already have another date, and it is only a couple of weeks away.

I'm planning to do the lap band. What is the time period it normally takes to actually get into surgery and how long do you spend in the hospital?

I'm planning to do the lap band. What is the time period it normally takes to actually get into surgery and how long do you spend in the hospital?

For me, I arrived at the surgery center at 12:00, and was home in bed by 5:30. They were running a little behind, so I spent some time beforehand waiting. The surgery itself as about 45 mins. I think it was about and hour and a half after I got out that I was on the way home.

Wow, that's fast. Which is good for me. For what time spanse do you go through the consultations and such?

That took longer. My consultations were in mid June, my surgery wasn't until Aug 31 because of work commitments. I would have been able to have the surgery within about 2 weeks otherwise. I was self-pay, so that cut down a lot on the time it takes.

That's not so bad I guess. I see that you've already lost 27.2 lbs, that's great. Congratulations! I hope you'll post progress pictures at some point, I find them to be an inspiration.