I just found out my surgery will be in July (granted my pre-op testing goes okay) SOOOOOOOOO

Here's a thread for everyone getting banded in July 07!

Does anyone have any good ideas for a neat name we could call ourselves?

Good Morning Everyone!~!

I just woke up this morning and I am feeling great!!!! This site really helps me stay focused. Yesterday I was feeling like such a failure and feeling like I had cheated, but when I added up my caloric intake for the day it was only 850, so I guess I did not do so bad. Felicia, congratulations and welcome to the other side.

Today my goal is to try and get all my water in, I have been having slacking on that one.

I wanted to ask a question, just so that I can get to know everyone a little better. Could everyone introduce themselves such as where they live and married/single, occupation. I just thought it would be good for the newbies like me to get to know all of you that have been around here for a little while.

I will start, My name is Christy, I am 30 years old, I went to a seminar on May 26, 2007, I had my preop on 06/07/07, and I was banded on 07/02/07. I am self pay. I have been a LPN for the past 2 years and I am in school getting my RN degree, I will graduate in December. I live in a very small town in Georgia. I work in nearby city Thomasville, Ga on a med-surg floor. I am divorced for the past 7 years and looking forward to getting my new body and confidence to get back into the dating scene. I do not have any children but If God willing, would love to have one or two in the near future. (after I find a man of course)

I have realized after having this surgery that my sole source of entertainment over the past 7 years has been food, and I am working on finding enjoyment in other things.

Well anyway that is a little about me, I just thought it would be cool for us new bandsters to be able to get to know everyone a little better.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Take care and God Bless~~

Wagnerd, The depression may not lift when you lose weight. You might consider talking to a mental health professional about that. There are some very good medicines for depression available now that can make all the difference. I wish the best for you--keep in touch.

Sunny,

I am soooo impressed that you all can read through this and table it all on one reply! I have such a hard time with that! When I try, I forget what I want to say and who I want to say it too, lol!!!!!!

I am glad I am not the only one that feels that way--I suspect the others must be taking notes!

Hi Nurse76 and all. I'm Linda--a 50-something nurse/educator with four 20-something kids, a thin husband of 30-something years, and an old dog. I looked into banding a year ago, and fought with my insurance company to no avail. Recently I found out about Mexico and wasted no time making the connections. I will leave tomorrow afternoon to fly to San Diego (a 4+ hour flight with a lay-over in Phoneix). One of our sons is going to school in Pasadena, so we will rent a car and drive up to see him on Sunday. On Monday moring we will be picked up and driven into Tijuana where I will be banded in the afternoon. We will spend Tuesday in TJ, and return to Wisconsin on Wednesday. I have been plus sized all my life except for a couple of years when I was 40-something, and am so looking forward to the feeling of being normal. My goal is to be able to wear normal sized clothes for my youngest son's (and possibly my daughter's too--the way things have been going this summer) wedding. Since no one is engaged yet, I have time to do it!

Hi Nurse76 and all. I'm Linda--a 50-something nurse/educator with four 20-something kids, a thin husband of 30-something years, and an old dog. I looked into banding a year ago, and fought with my insurance company to no avail. Recently I found out about Mexico and wasted no time making the connections. I will leave tomorrow afternoon to fly to San Diego (a 4+ hour flight with a lay-over in Phoneix). One of our sons is going to school in Pasadena, so we will rent a car and drive up to see him on Sunday. On Monday moring we will be picked up and driven into Tijuana where I will be banded in the afternoon. We will spend Tuesday in TJ, and return to Wisconsin on Wednesday. I have been plus sized all my life except for a couple of years when I was 40-something, and am so looking forward to the feeling of being normal. My goal is to be able to wear normal sized clothes for my youngest son's (and possibly my daughter's too--the way things have been going this summer) wedding. Since no one is engaged yet, I have time to do it!

Thanks Lindaa for sharing

I will keep you in my prayers and I know you will do just fine with your banding. Look forward to talking to you on the other side (the banded side) !!!!:clap2:

HI EVERYONE, SORRY I'VE NOT BEEN AROUND! WORK HAS BEEN CRAZY. NOT GETTING A MINUTE AND TO MAKE THINGS WORST I CAN NOT USE THE COMPUTER AT WORK AS MY BROTHER SAW ME ON THIS SITE AND HAS BEEN LOOKING AROUND. IF HE FIND ANYONE POST BY DINI HE'LL KNOW ITS ME. SO I'M STAYING WELL AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AT WORK. I'VE EVEN BEEN STAYING THERE TO MAKE MATTERS WORST!! HE'S SO NOSY AND DEAD AGAINST ANY FORM OF SURGERY TO LOOSE WEIGHT.

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME A QUICK UP-DATE AS TO WHATS HAPPENING?

ABOUT THE CRUISE CAN PEOPLE PM(PRIVATE MAIL) ME IF THERE INTERESTED AS I MIGHT MISS THEM ON THE POST.

ARRIVEDERCI!! (BYE IN ITALIAN!!)

Good Morning All,

Sunny, I know you love me:kiss2:, and just picking on me becasue I'm on here ALL the time, but I'm just soaking up all the info from everyone too. I have a long list of questions for my Dr. already when go for my 1st post op appointment.

JenniferNAZ, You're back.:clap2: Great to hear from you and you're doing so well. Kepp us updated on your progress.

Gladster, "GLAD" to hear you're feeling better about your decision. It's not an easy one to make, and I'm sure we've all second guessed ourselves up to a certain point, so it's normal to need some reassurance that it is the right thing for you, but only you can decide that in the end. This is a way out of our agony, and there is nothing easy about it. It is surgery, and it is scary, and we can fail again if we don't use our tool we are given properly. But I'm glad you're felling better about it.

Christy, what a great question for the day.:clap2:

I'm Lynette, 35 years old from Covington, KY (5 minutes from Cincinnati, Ohio border). I'm married for the second time to Ray:nervous, will be 5 years on October 5. I have a 3 year old son, Hunter:D, and I have 2 step kids, Lil Ray, 15 (not so little anymore-he's taller than his daddy) and Aubrey, 12.

I work at Kohl's Department Stores as a Visual Specialist, which means I do all the store visual displays, graphics, and dress the mannequins. I have the best job in the store, and I've been there for 13 years in September.

So I have a great job, a great family life, a great personal life, but I've always been lacking in one area of my life. Bet you can't guess what it is??!!?? Yes, the dreaded overweight life. Started long ago, but it ends here. I took the first step in a major renovation of myself. My next year or two will be spent taking care of myself once and for all.

I have a supportive DH who has not ever questioned my decision, but looks at me and tells me he loves me the way I am. I know this, and I don't expect him to love me more once I'm thin, but maybe I'll feel more desirable to him after the weightloss. I'm not looking for a better marriage, because I think it's great now, but I'm sure I'll find a little more 'spark for the fire' if you know what I mean.

That's me in a nutshell. It's great getting to know each and everyone of you as we are all different in many ways, but are the same and forever bonded together in this 'weightloss victory:clap2:'.

Hi Dini--We HAVE been missing you. Glad that all is OK--well except for the brother!. Everyone here seems to be doing fine. A couple ppl have checked in post-op and mostly what they're saying is that the pain and hunger aren't too bad. More soreness than actual pain. Mostly everyone's on liquids for now and doin OK. We've got another N. Irelander this week--hopefully you'll see her around. Oh yes, and the cruise. . . lots of folks interested in the cruise!

Sheelah, hiya how you doing? you found us! good stuff. how are you feeling abut the opp? not long to go..eh? if you need anything at all give me a shoot you've got the number.

Lynette , me get a day off you must be joking!! i was suppose to have tuesday off and i was in and out of the shop like a yoyo!! How you going babes yet again your little fellow is such a cutie pie and just the right age for Annafrancesca when there older!!!! (keep it in mind)

Chimboree, my stunning little sausage how are you?

Aunti Phyl have a super time in Canada, I hope you get good weather while your there.

Sunshine today i taught about you. The reason why is cos its RAINING like crazy here and i taught maybe you could spread some Sunny SUNSHINE over here. Let me know if its possible!!!!! Oh and about saving money i taught that was a good way, in the end that would just be spent on me i earned it!! and now it will be going towards the cruise.

Lindaa you were saying about fitting into your daughter clothes, wel i want to fit into my Mothers clothes. My mom is a size 10-12 ireland/uk sizes so thats a 6-10 USA sizes. I do all my mom's shopping. i totally love shopping for her. she thinks everything she buys look awful so i've to get everything for her. to tell the truth she looks rocking. Customers in our shop keep asking here out as 46 and gets asked out by 30 year old (sorry to have giving you the life story!!!!)

DMTJET how are you doing? are you feeling well??

Is anyone having problems going for a poo? i'm not going at all !!

also i know this sounds strange but when i eat i get this horrible pain in my lower rights hand side back. i'm going back to the doc for a fill (i badly need one) in 11 days so i'mm ask him about it.

i can eat full normal size meals right now. i'm not inpressed.

hope everyone is well x

Lynette--What an inspiration! Thank you for starting my day!!!!

Dini, I've been missing you my little suasage. Tell your brother to mind his own business, your weight loss decision is not up for discussion, and you don't really care what he thinks about all of it because he has no say in it. Then come back and see us, we miss you.

lindaa filled you in on about everything. People are thinking about a Mexican Cruise, or an Alaskan Cruise because of hurricane season in the Carribean.

Hi Dini--We HAVE been missing you. Glad that all is OK--well except for the brother!. Everyone here seems to be doing fine. A couple ppl have checked in post-op and mostly what they're saying is that the pain and hunger aren't too bad. More soreness than actual pain. Mostly everyone's on liquids for now and doin OK. We've got another N. Irelander this week--hopefully you'll see her around. Oh yes, and the cruise. . . lots of folks interested in the cruise!

thanks sugar, how you doing? i can't wait to see a pic of you in your daughters clothes. !!!

Lynette i know he's a nosy fucker (am i allowed write that bad word???)

its such a horrible day here. i could talk about this cruise all day. just thinking of a nice taught on a bad day makes it all better.

About the Cruise did i hear that someone wanted to go somewhere where its not hot. Cos a Cruise to me is Hot or am I wrong???

Hello again,

So I called my Doc office and asked just how long i have to stay on this liquid phase before going to mush, they told me 10-14 days, so today is day 11 and I decided to test the waters. So I took some refried beans, added small amnt of shredded cheese, some sour cream(to make it thin) and a dab of hot sauce, and I could only eat about 4 tsp full.....YES I AM FULL, satisfaction at last. So now I am feeling like a bandit (ha, ha). I swear this is the best day ever. So I will probably have liquids for lunch and my protein shake for dinner, don't want to push it too much. Well thanks for all the introductions, keep em coming.

Sheelah, hiya how you doing? you found us! good stuff. how are you feeling abut the opp? not long to go..eh? if you need anything at all give me a shoot you've got the number.

Lynette , me get a day off you must be joking!! i was suppose to have tuesday off and i was in and out of the shop like a yoyo!! How you going babes yet again your little fellow is such a cutie pie and just the right age for Annafrancesca when there older!!!! (keep it in mind)

Chimboree, my stunning little sausage how are you?

Aunti Phyl have a super time in Canada, I hope you get good weather while your there.

Sunshine today i taught about you. The reason why is cos its RAINING like crazy here and i taught maybe you could spread some Sunny SUNSHINE over here. Let me know if its possible!!!!! Oh and about saving money i taught that was a good way, in the end that would just be spent on me i earned it!! and now it will be going towards the cruise.

Lindaa you were saying about fitting into your daughter clothes, wel i want to fit into my Mothers clothes. My mom is a size 10-12 ireland/uk sizes so thats a 6-10 USA sizes. I do all my mom's shopping. i totally love shopping for her. she thinks everything she buys look awful so i've to get everything for her. to tell the truth she looks rocking. Customers in our shop keep asking here out as 46 and gets asked out by 30 year old (sorry to have giving you the life story!!!!)

DMTJET how are you doing? are you feeling well??

Is anyone having problems going for a poo? i'm not going at all !!

also i know this sounds strange but when i eat i get this horrible pain in my lower rights hand side back. i'm going back to the doc for a fill (i badly need one) in 11 days so i'mm ask him about it.

i can eat full normal size meals right now. i'm not inpressed.

hope everyone is well x

Hi Dini,

As far as your question about your bowels, My system is al messed up, I will be constipated for a couple of days and then have diarrhea for a few days, I guess it's just part of the process.

But don't fret your not alone:sick