I wanted to start a thread for those of us who are waiting "with bated breath" for our surgeries in March.

I am supposed to start Optifast on February 26th. I am currently waiting for the shipment, including my surgical package to be delivered. Once I get my package I am supposed to call the clinic.

Ever since committing to this surgery (which I am paying for myself via a personal loan) I have been obsessed with reading everything I can about it and about people who have had it. I am still kind of hoping for some kind of "divine word" about whether or not it is the right thing for me to do.

I am "only" 75 lbs over my ideal weight but am type II diabetic. I am trying to figure out if my reason for doing this is my health or my vanity or a combination of both. The diabetes needs to be gone (when I am 20 lbs lighter it is gone) but I am sure looking forward to losing the weight and actually keeping it off for more than 20 minutes...

I too am going to be a March Banster...March 15th I just got that date on Monday. It is aamazing to read some of these threads I could have written most of them my self. So happy to have found this Site and Know that I am Not Alone.

Iam Happily Married 29 years this MAy/I am 46 years old and 300lbs and have a goal of 180 /also 5'7 1/2"

I have 2 daughters both married so we are empty nesters. they are all behind my decision. wish me luck

Hi Rosi

Congratulations on getting your date!!

This site is is great, I only discovered it this month too, and everyone is so friendly. I have 2 daughters too, 17 and 20...the youngest one said she'd look after me after the opp (as my hubby will be at work)....I did say to her she didnt have to cook..only make cups of tea!!

Sara

yes great site. I can not figure out how to post my info such as a ticker on my site. I need someone to walk me though it. I am not very computer user friendly. I know what I need to know to get Most of my job done ,but anything past that and I'm lost. any help?

Well so much for that. There it is. Go figure??? My husband just spent an hour and half tring to figure it out for me. and there it is LOL

keep that guy around:) It took me along time to figure it out. This is day 3 of my pre-op diet,,,I am doing better than I expected, but the weekend will be hard since we are going out of town.

Good Luck with the Weekend Magnolia. What exactly is your pre op diet?? I have read so many differant ones on here. I guess it depends on which DR?

Hello Everyone. I am actually a feb 27th banster and thought that if y'all didn't mind, after my surgery I could give you a 'blow by blow' account since y'all all are up next. It's kind of neat to be at the end of the month 'cause I have everyone elses stuff to read so I thought I could pass on mine too.

I'm about 5 days pre and I'm excited, scared, happy anxious. I'm afraid the day before I may be in tears all day. I'm having trouble picturing that I will ever be under 300 little long 200. weird weird weird. It's very surreal right now.

thanks,

Tracy

Thanks so much for the update. Keep us posted. I loved your little siying at the bottom LOL:) I know what you mean about the numbers,but take a good long look at that #336 because its the last time you are ever going to see it on the scale YOU are standing on . YOU GO GIRL

Hello again to everyone. My surgery is scheduled for March 12th. I am to start my pre-op diet on March 2nd. 10 days of liquids/liquid protein. I have not been very fond of any of the protein drinks out there. The shakes are nasty and too sweet... If I can smell the vitamin/iron in the the stuff, it gags me.. even worse when I can taste it.... I even went and bought some of the non flavored unjury protein... unflavored...yes, but still smells and taste like vitamins..... uuuggghh!! The only drink I have found that I can even tolerate, not sure about for 10 straight days though, is the Isopure zero carb drinks.. they have a variety of fruit flavored drinks... like a juice/koolaid type drink already premixed in glass bottles... they have 40g of protein and my dr only requires 20 per day... I am so nervous about surgery itself and if I am unable to follow the pre-op just right, I am a fraid I will not shrink my liver appropriately for the surgery and cause a problem.... I know that this is why we have the 10 day pre-op diet... it has been explained to me .... I understadn the importancve, but I also have no will power and I too have been planning multitudes of last suppers......... not even hungry but I act like I am.

My pre-op diet is two weeks of slim-fast optima (5 per day) and plain veggies for lunch/dinner...weekend will be challenging since I will be away and at 4 different dinners...I thnk I am going to take Tracy's advice and look at the Feb banders to see what's up with them since my date is the beginning of March (the 5th)

First day of pre-op. Kinda hard. I have to make it through..........I will make it..........................

So I did my Upper GI thing today and it was weird but not as bad as I thought. They basically used some kind of xray machine to take pictures of my stomach. I had to drink a thick nasty chalky liquid so they could see how it went down, I had to drink a fizzy drink and was told not to burp....they needed the air in there, and then I had to swallow a pill. It was funny watching the pill drop down into my stomach.

Psych eval was easy, nutrition consult was fine...nothing I haven't already learned. Had a teaching appt with the nurse...again, mostly what I already knew. She told me that my surgeon doesn't require all of his patients to go on a liquid diet, and I'm one of the lucky ones that doesn't have to. It all seemed really easy. Hmmmm.......too easy with my luck.

NINE MORE DAYS!

I'm about a week and a half out. On one hand I'm so excited I can hardly stand it ... on the other hand it makes me ill to even think about it.

I think I'm generally a fairly calm, non-dramatic person, but this is killing me.

Am I nervous about the actual surgery, about doing it in Mexico, about how this will affect my relationship with my boyfriend, about the fact that I'm not telling my family, about abandoning work for a week???

I need to do deep breathing exercises or something.

I too am going to be a March Banster...March 15th I just got that date on Monday. It is aamazing to read some of these threads I could have written most of them my self. So happy to have found this Site and Know that I am Not Alone.

Iam Happily Married 29 years this MAy/I am 46 years old and 300lbs and have a goal of 180 /also 5'7 1/2"

I have 2 daughters both married so we are empty nesters. they are all behind my decision. wish me luck

:welcome: Rosi!!! We are being banded the same day!!! We have exactly 3 weeks left! I am getting very anxious as the date gets closer. Good Luck to You and keep us posted!

Hello Everyone. I am actually a feb 27th banster and thought that if y'all didn't mind, after my surgery I could give you a 'blow by blow' account since y'all all are up next. It's kind of neat to be at the end of the month 'cause I have everyone elses stuff to read so I thought I could pass on mine too.

I'm about 5 days pre and I'm excited, scared, happy anxious. I'm afraid the day before I may be in tears all day. I'm having trouble picturing that I will ever be under 300 little long 200. weird weird weird. It's very surreal right now.

thanks,

Tracy

Hi Tracy,

That would be great! I have been checking back and forth w/ the February bandsters just to see how everyone's doing. It's a bit scary hearing about the after surgery pains and problems with sleeping, but it is to be expected. It is also giving me some idea as to what's normal and what's not normal after surgery. I ran out and got one of those bed/tv pillows (I forget who posted the picture of it) since I don't have a recliner at home. I had gallbladder surgery about 10 years ago and I remember it being very uncomfortable to lay flat and very difficult to pull up from that position so I thought the bed pillow was a great idea. I am looking forward to hearing about your surgery. Good Luck to You and Keep us Posted! :biggrin1: