I am new to the boards, I am also 8 days away from surgery. I am scheduled for May 16, 2007. I can't wait. I am so excited. My doc has me on a "liquid diet" 2 days before surgery. His nurse said it doesn't necessarily have to be clear liquid's though; a shake would be okay. I was just wondering if anyone had pointers or advise or words of wisdom or whatever!!!

Hi Carolena,

You are welcome to join us at May 2007 Banders. You can search for the thread. It is a group of all us getting banded in May

Welcome to the board! Wow! Only 2 days of liquids. Well you will have plenty of time post op for liquids. I read everything I could on lapband & scoured this board like crazy. Try to stick to the diet as much as possible. It will help in your recovery. Good Luck!

I bought a book before surgery. WLS (weight loss surgery) for dummies. It suggested not to treat every meal like my last.

That made a lot of sense to me. I did eat at and all I wanted at my 3 fav restaurants before surgery.

Little did I know that at 8 months post surgery I went back to each fav restaurant and ate. Band style but nevertheless .

I thought they were gone for good for me. Nonsense.

edie

Welcome to LBT! Start reading the threads on here and you'll learn lots of valuable information! Good Luck and let us know how you do!

Thanks everyone, I am so nervous and excited at the same time. I can't wait to look around the boards when I have more time.