I wondered if anyone can provide a little support prior to my surgery. I am really excited about the surgery, but I am also worried about the major change in my life. Food has been an important part of my life and I want to change. I am a sugar fanatic, but I am on blood pressure and cholesterol medication. I want to change my life now. I have two small kids. I feel like I am missing out on their lives by my lack of activity. I am also passing off my bad eating habits!

I too am getting close to my surgery date, the 16th. I think that listening (reading) what folks who have been there done that have gone through will be helpful. It has helped me to mentally prepare for what will come. I know that each person deals with this differently but I've taken the outlook that it is the beginning of my journey and it will be an exciting one.

Hopefully you will also have some family/friends for support. Best of luck to you.

Sula

I'm also heading for surgery on the 16th, so of course I can't tell you a lot about life with the band. But I do know from reading this forum that your issues are experienced by most people here. One good place to start is the January Bandsters thread. If you are not on there yet you might want to consider getting on the list of people with surgery in January. Many of these issues have been discussed on just that thread alone, not to mention many others. If you join that January group, you will find that there are plenty of people there to answer your questions and point you in the right direction. In my opinion, both loweryrowan and sula should join the January list if either of you have not yet done so. Start by reading just that thread and then you'll be off and running.