Hello. My name is Jennifer and I am going to be banded on May 3rd.

I am 31 years old and have a BMI of 41.5.

I live in Shelbyville, Texas with my husband of 14 years and our 2 sons.

All of this have really gone fast for me. Everything was submitted to BCBS ActiveCare on 4/9/07 and I called on the morning of the 13th and it was already approved. I meet with my surgeon tomorrow in Nacogdoches. I will be having my surgery in Houston. I am very nervous but very excited.

I am glad I foung this site. I have really learned alot. Thanks

Hi, my name is Stacy and i will get my band 4/30/07. Seems to be alot of us newbies. I hope your experiance is great. Keep in touch so we can give each other support. This forum is really alot of fun and very helpful. Oh by the way have you started youe pre-op diet yet:eek: . I'm on day #7. stay strong!!!

P.S I have been scared also!!!

Stacy:p

Congrats to both of you! It's an amazing journey. I was really nervous too! The biggest thing for me is that I've never succeeded at weight loss, so I figured I'd screw this up too. But it turns out if you screw this up, you can make it right without much sweat. It's a learning curve, and we aren't perfect...but look! I'm down almost 2 pounds a week on average since I was banded!

Who's your doc in Houston?

Hi all,

I was banded in January, 2007 I remember being very apprehensive before my surgery. You will both do just fine... Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Betsy what is pouch dilation, hope you are okay...

Susie

Pouch Dilation:

I thought I needed another fill. I could eat way too much. so I went to the fill person and she just added .2cc. Then I drink the barium and we watched it on the fluoroscope....just sit there and not go through! She compared my last flouro pic with this one, and my pouch was much bigger this time (pouch dilation). I was scared! I thought I had ruined the surgery! She was so calm, like she sees this every day. She said to go back on liquids for 3 days and it would go back to normal, and she was right. I guess if it goes on too long it can become permanent, but the pouch stretching is a fairly common thing. I thought and thought about everything I had eaten...Had I ignored signs I was full and packed that pouch with too much food? Well, it turns out that the last fill that I had was a bit too much, and even Water was sitting too long in the pouch before going down, stretching the pouch. Some people even have their band unfilled and start over to let the pouch shrink. I didn't have to. I had been slugging down a Protein Drink in the mornings (I'm an early riser), and I'm one of those people who have a lot aof restriction in the early morning. So I changed my Breakfast to a few hours later, and just sipped on water before breakfast. I might have done better getting a bit unfilled, but as it turned out, I was losing weight, so the band lossened up a bit on it's own as I lost stomach fat. Anyway, I'm where I need to be....

I meet with the surgeon today. I was scheduled for May 3rd but it has been moved up to April 30th. My doctor is Clifton Thomas.

He is with Obesity Surgery Specialist.

My surgery will be at Renaissance Hospital.

He doesn't do the pre-op diet, which is fine with me.