Had my pre-op visit today and was given my date. November 6. Very excited. :-)

YAY!! Congrats welcome to the Nov sleevers hehe Nov 14th

My date is nov 6th too! Nervous!

My date is nov 6th too! Nervous!

Yay!!! Congrats to you too!!

We'll have to keep each other posted. I'm 5'2", 53 years old and currently weigh 250 lbs. I live in northern Virginia.

Had my pre-op visit today and was given my date. November 6. Very excited. :-)

I am scheduled for Nov 9 and also nervous about the procedure (fear of pain) and the new lifestyle ( will I have head hunger and will I be able to manage it?). I also am nervous, being male, about the catheter being painful (some say it is and others say "no big deal"). But I am going to push myself through this fear and nervousness. Other people's stories on this forum have been very helpful to me in working through anxiety. Post-op I will try to share my experience. I do not know how soon after surgery I will have the energy to do it. But I will take my laptop and phone with me. Hopefully the hospital will have WiFi.

I remember siting in a dental chair for dental surgery for which 31 numbing shots were needed. Before the procedure started I felt a moment of panic but I worked through it. And by focusing on being calm, the pain of each injection was greatly reduced. I plan to use that same technique (sort of a meditative state of deliberately relaxing my body) as I am wheeled into surgery. I wish I could describe accurately how it works. But it really does help.

As always, I wish everyone on this forum a successful weight loss journey.

I will be sleeved Nov 6 as well! For now I'm more excited than nervous. I have had a lapband for 9 years and it has never quite worked out for me. I am 32, live in Chattanooga TN and am a hospital pharmacist. I'm excited to keep in touch through this journey we are all going on! I'm 5'6" and 220lbs.

I will be sleeved Nov 6 as well! For now I'm more excited than nervous. I have had a lapband for 9 years and it has never quite worked out for me. I am 32' date=' live in Chattanooga TN and am a hospital pharmacist. I'm excited to keep in touch through this journey we are all going on! I'm 5'6" and 220lbs.[/quote']

Good luck on the 6th. We'll have to keep each other posted.

Congrats to all of us November Sleevers!! Make room on the losers bench!!

I am November 6th too! So nervous and excited! Good luck to you!

Right there with ya'll go in Nov 7th

I am November 12th. 5'4" current weight 229. Starting pre-op liquid two weeks out. I feel I am mentally ready. I have been looking at food so much differently now. I find it hard to watch other people shovel food into their mouths at work. I hope everything goes well for everyone - let's all post as soon as we can right after surgery...good luck!

November 20th for me!

November 7th for me!

November 12th is my surgery date

Yay!!!! Welcome to the group!! My date is nov 14. Start the pre op diet next Tuesday.