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February 2007 bandsters!

5jacks

By 5jacks, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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drtnsnw    0

drtnsnw
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GOT MY DATE TODAY!!!

Feb. 27 with DR Ganser. I go to the preop class on the 15th and one more after that. Hopefully the time will go by quick

Chris

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Minnesotalady    1

Minnesotalady
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Hi, My surgery date is Febuary 13th, I can't wait but yet I'm real nervous at the same time. I'm sure it's a normal thing. I start my pre-op diet on 02/03/07 and I have my pre-op physical on 02/06/07. It's coming fast:eek:

wishing everyone awaiting the lapband success in their journey's.

See you lighter................real soon!:think

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susannah    2

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Hey All, I am now day 16 of a 21 day liquid diet. I found taking bubble baths, doing crosswords, going through your old music collection and listening to it while doing really bad karaoke took my mind off food. Keep really busy, that's the ticket.:D

I am getting banded next friday!:biggrin1: Wowie zowie. Susannah

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Ambrosia    1

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I have UHC that will pay for some of it and the rest is self pay. Do you know Sharon?

Joan

Joan,

Tracy and I have never met but we both attended Dr. Malleys seminar on 1/6. Since her avitar is a picture of her I told her I would try to find her and introduce myself. Unfortunately, she was sitting way up front and I was in the very back of the room. I was surprised how many people attended. Anyway, Tracy left before I did so I didn't get to say Hi.

Maybe we'll all meet one day. A little local banding.

Sharon

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DiscoDiva    0

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Hi everyone, we had our Dr's appointment today and we (my daughter and I ) are being banded On Feb 14th 07. Our Dr is David Schumacher/ Kettering Baraiatrics, Ohio.

They had the appointment for Valentine's day or a week later.....we didn't want to wait, so we will remember this Valentine's day forever. LOL

Good luck to all,

Debbie :D

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susannah    2

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Hey Babygrl, Thanks mate. You can do this. Strangely enough in the second week I kind of lost the desire to eat. True! Eyes on the prize. Susannah

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babygrl1234    6

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Hey I am working on it. actually I think I am going to be okay now. I will admit I cheated last night. I had a piece of toast with Peanut Butter on it and a glass of milk instead of my last shake. And you know what i really paid for it afterward. My stomach hurt so bad. I do not want to feel that way again for sure. I also feel like I need to workout too. I will have to go walking on my lunch break at work today.

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TracyinKS    7

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Good Morning all!!! Its SATURDAY.

Joan: Like Sharon said we don't know each other but I've been keeping my eye on all the Dr. Malley patients since that kind of brings it closer to home for me.. I'm the first one in my real life that is having this done so it would be nice to have some banding bonding after we are all eating our tablespoon of refried beans! LOL

I was really interested in your timing since the big difference is that Sharon is self pay and already scheduled where as I'm still awaiting insurance and Rachel told me they were already booking Menorah into March... I wish everyone well.. and I hope to be a FEB bandster, although it's looking more and more like March every day.

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TracyinKS    7

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babygirl and susannah! liquid DIETS ROCK! (I'm kidding of course) but you both are doing great!

Chris CONGRATS ON YOUR DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DiscoDiva: I think the fact that you and you daughter are getting banded together is wonderful!

oh crap the dh is wanting to go to home depot............ gotta go!

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susannah    2

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Hi, Hey thanks Tracy for the compliment. I am day 17 on the liquid diet and I have not cheated once, or eaten anything that I should not have on The Optifast program. I am determined to walk the path that others have successfully done before me. I want to be able to say '' I did it, I can control myself and be disciplined from here forwards''. I am fast closing in on that goal.

Susannah

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mel07    0

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Hi babygirl,

I am getting really excited. I had been nervous when I found out my surgery date, but now that it is getting closer I am psyched! I am addicted to this website and spend a lot of my free time reading how others are doing. I start my liquid pre op Tuesday morninig. I have to drink this stuff called impact advance recovery. When you take the first sip, it's like " oh this is not so bad" but the aftertaste is GROSS! it tastes like chocolate fish. I just keep telling myself it is only one week. Other people have it a lot worse!

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drtnsnw    0

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Hi, Hey thanks Tracy for the compliment. I am day 17 on the liquid diet and I have not cheated once, or eaten anything that I should not have on The Optifast program. I am determined to walk the path that others have successfully done before me. I want to be able to say '' I did it, I can control myself and be disciplined from here forwards''. I am fast closing in on that goal.

Susannah

GOOD ON YA!! This is my biggest fear. Talk about cold turkey!

Chris

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schindog18    0

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Im 5 days out from surgery now. Im not scared, just really excited. I cant wait for the day.

Been doing great on my liquid diet. Today was day 10, Ive lost 18.5 pounds so far in those first 9 days.

Ill keep you all posted, im going in on the 2nd and have the whole following week off.

Greg

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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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