Hi,

I'm 160 pounds overweight and I'm getting banded as soon as insurance pre-approval is granted. (Pretty sure it won't be a problem since I qualify and have good insurance)

I'm scared about surgery but I've just been getting fatter and fatter for 10 years!!! It takes all of my attention to lose weight. I can't think about anything else ever, I was taught bad eating habits as a child, and I'm predisposed to being overweight. The bottomline is I don't have time to obsess about food every minute of every day, telling myself not to eat. I just eat healthy food, when I'm hungry, until I'm full then continue about my business. I need something to stop me like 1/3 of the way through the meal, and keep me from eating until the next one.

Every met a severaly obese salad eater? That's me.

Evilah

PS. Ultimate Meal rocks as a liquid complete Meal Replacement. I've been researching before surgery so I can have something decnet to drink for 2 months. (Doc is really strict about long term liquid diet before returning to mushed foods)

Wow...you have to be on liquid diet for two months after surgery?...Your doctor is strict....I had to be on liquid for two weeks after the surgery..and two weeks before the surgery....

I will be getting banded in 12 days. I will have to be on liquids 10 days prior to surgery and 4 weeks after. It is amazing how every dr requires different things. Good luck.

it's easy.....i've been banded for 6mos .. starting weight 237 now 208-- I was on solid foods 1wk post op... didn't have any problems...

just some advise.. try to sleep in a recliner for appx 4-5 days after surgery...it helps the gas build up.. the gas travels if you lay down flat and can get trapped ...it hurts like heck...good luck...

thanks for the advice clynnc.

now I'm so nervous!!!

I keep thinking, am I going to have a bad outcome? Then I think I am being too paranoid! I don't know what to think!

evilah