Yep! Thats my surgery date! Wow! I'm really scared & excited! I just started my clear liquids today & all I keep thinking is; BOY this is going to be a long week!!!:phanvan

You will be fine. Your day will be here before you know it. We'll see you in bandland.

It is a piece of cake. No pun intented. Do what your doc tells you to and you will be fine!

KJ

LOL - Friday the 13th, eh?

I find the date a little amusing...

Just remember - that day is just like any other day. Ive personally never had anything bad happen on any F/13th, and cant recall anyone that HAS.

Hang in there - and be JOYFUL that you have a date!!!

btw: CONGRAT'S!

HI Willow5880,

Now don't you be fretting the date there. I got married on Friday, the 13th of Dec. almost 32 years ago and we're still going strong! Love him more today than ever before. And we were babies too..17 and 19. Nobody said it'd last. We now have two wonderful sons ages 21 and 15. So it'll be fine!!

I was just banded on Oct.3rd. My original date was Oct.13th too but I upped it cause I wanted to be ready to eat "something" besides mushies at Thanksgiving when we'll be with family so much ( nobody knows I'm banded but hubby, not even my 2 sons right in the house with me). Maybe the extra 10 days will help me out some.

As for the process...the worst part to me was the pain from the tube down my throat. Really. Isn't that crazy? My throat is still sore. I know it's from the liquid diet but I've already lost 16 pounds too. No matter how you lose it...it's gone and that's a good feeling.

You hang in there and don't let those right-before-jitters get to you. Soon you'll be over on this side headed for your destination.

Good luck,

Lynn

Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement. I know the date is just another day, but it was a little surprising at first! I can't wait until I'm one of the experienced ones encouraging pre-bandsters when they have the jitters.

I have only told my 19 year old daughter(and hubby, of course) about my decision. So it will be interesting to see if I can pull it off without having to tell everyone else. It's not like I'm ashamed(well, maybe a little) but I really don't think it's anyone's business but mine.

Oh well, we'll see what happens.