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Hello! 3/14/07 D-day

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Next Wed. 3/14/07 is the beginning of a new life for me. I am excited and anxious about the banding. I will have it in Dalton, GA. Dr. Ponce will do the procedure and I have read and heard only good things about him. I think that the internet has made us lucky in that we can reach out, share stories and offer support to each other. I'm thankful to join the group. Wish me luck!!

Felicia:)

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Hi Felicia-Welcome to LBT! Your day is coming up very soon!! Are you ready? Have you done all your shopping? I was soooo excited, I had things ready for 2 weeks!

This really is an awesome site---if you have any last minute questions or nerves, just pop in and we will see if we can help!

I definitely DO wish you luck!!!

Kat

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Hi Felicia, My name is Gretchen and we have the same surgery date and with the same surgeon. Wow! My time is 11:15, what time is yours, and where will you be staying? I live in charleston SC.:)

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Hi Gretchen! How funny it is to be in the same place with the same surgeon!:woot: I'm from Knoxville, TN and am supposed to be there at 11:15 with surgery at 1:15.....I guess that I follow you. After surgery we'll head to Courtyard by Marriott at exit 333. I have been told that this hotel knows about the lapband and that they have "food" that we can have. I need to call about that. We'll be staying Tues. and Wed. night. Maybe we can get together the night before surgery.

If we don't get a chance to talk before then......GOOD LUCK!!!:)

Felicia

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Hi again, I just found out yesturday that my surgery was moved up to 7:30 a.m., I am getting soo excited, yet nervous. I had a couple of things to have faxed for the anethesist, because of a problem I had before waking up after surgery, but I am pretty sure everything is fine. Hope to see you there, and good luck. I still haven't made reservations yet.

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Hi Flea, Hope all went well with your sugery, I was moved up in time, and have been stayingat the Wingate Inn right up the road from you. I felt so sick yesturday, but much better today, I will be going home Friday. I hope to hear from you and your progress.

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Hey Gret!

I'm glad that it went well but I'm sorry that you were sick. I did pretty good...they had difficulty waking me up in recovery. But other than that, it went great.

I'm soo excited! So much hope. Good support from family and friends...makes it much easier for keeping good spirits.

i'm really happy for you and wish you the best of luck. We must continue to keep each other informed of our progress....I know that there will be a lot of that.

I will stay in touch.

:) Felicia

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