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?

Hello all,

I just found this thread. My date is set for 7/10 though I had hoped it would be sooner. When I first met with the doctor she said she thought she would be able to do it mid-June but it sure is looking like July. So I decided to post to help me come to terms with the fact that it is probably July.

Glad there is a group for July people.

Thanks for starting the thread Evilah

Hello all,

I just found this thread. My date is set for 7/10 though I had hoped it would be sooner. When I first met with the doctor she said she thought she would be able to do it mid-June but it sure is looking like July. So I decided to post to help me come to terms with the fact that it is probably July.

Glad there is a group for July people.

Thanks for starting the thread Evilah

Well my date got moved up a day. So now I'm getting banded on July 10th!

I can't wait!

~*Ash*~

Hello to everyone,

I have my consult with the surgeron on June 21st, so I to am hopeing to be a Lucky 7 like all of you. I have been waiting for what seems to be a long time for this to happen. I started the research back in 2005, but my insurance would not pay for it, so I could not get the band done. Now my insurance will pay for 90%, pluse the fills tooo!!!! So in a nut shell, I am scared, excited, and just waiting for the go ahead from the all the powers that beee..... Good luck to each and everyone of you... Keep us informed of all your progress in the future. I'll do the same.

Hello to everyone,

I have my consult with the surgeron on June 21st, so I to am hopeing to be a Lucky 7 like all of you. I have been waiting for what seems to be a long time for this to happen. I started the research back in 2005, but my insurance would not pay for it, so I could not get the band done. Now my insurance will pay for 90%, pluse the fills tooo!!!! So in a nut shell, I am scared, excited, and just waiting for the go ahead from the all the powers that beee..... Good luck to each and everyone of you... Keep us informed of all your progress in the future. I'll do the same.

Breadlady: Welcome and congrats!!!

Ash: I wish my date would get moved up...I have to wait until the 7/25. It seems like forever.

Nu2Be: Welcome. We're glad you found/joined us!

Just had my phone consult with my doctor yesterday. Things went well and he explained things I already knew (a good sign that I'm MENTALLY prepared!). I was thinking last week how weird it is that I'm flying into Denver on Monday having pre-op appt. and surgery then flying back to Alaska on Thursday night...kind of a stop and go thing. Then yesterday I realized that when I had my gallbladder out several years ago, when I lived in the same city as the surgeon, that I didn't see him any more often and didn't call him either...so I guess it isn't that weird afterall!

Good news though! My sister, who is coming with me, just said that we'd been invited to stay at her friend's house! That saves me several hundred dollars! (And I was already staying at the "cheap" hotel!) This is a big deal for a self-pay gal!

Things are looking up...now on to my last meals....

Just had my phone consult with my doctor yesterday. Things went well and he explained things I already knew (a good sign that I'm MENTALLY prepared!). I was thinking last week how weird it is that I'm flying into Denver on Monday having pre-op appt. and surgery then flying back to Alaska on Thursday night...kind of a stop and go thing. Then yesterday I realized that when I had my gallbladder out several years ago, when I lived in the same city as the surgeon, that I didn't see him any more often and didn't call him either...so I guess it isn't that weird afterall!

Good news though! My sister, who is coming with me, just said that we'd been invited to stay at her friend's house! That saves me several hundred dollars! (And I was already staying at the "cheap" hotel!) This is a big deal for a self-pay gal!

Things are looking up...now on to my last meals....

Don't you just love LBT? It certainly does help us in our preparation for pre-op/post-op and then some! I feel extremely confident about this surgery and about what to expect.

Good for you that you don't have to stay in the hotel! As we know, hotels aren't cheap (even the "cheap" ones).

And as for the last meals, I am soooo trying to not have the Last Supper mentality. I keep telling myself to not go overboard b/c that will be just more weight I have to take off once I'm banded.

And as for the last meals, I am soooo trying to not have the Last Supper mentality. I keep telling myself to not go overboard b/c that will be just more weight I have to take off once I'm banded.

I have tried to post this 3 times. This is my last shot. Sorry if there are typos each time I try to spell check it, it just disappears.

I am so in the last supper mentality. When I go out I am not denying myself. It's bad. But my doc said I didn't have to lose b4 surgery just not gain. So I keep hopping on the scale to make sure it is still on track.

Am I the only crazy person feeling this way? It doesn't really bother me because there is obviously some control to it because I am not gaining. Unless of course I wake up one day and the scale says I gained ten then I will be bummin'

:hungry:Thanks for listening. :hungry:

Hey guys, I just thought I'd let you know that my surgery got scheduled for July 3rd! I meet with the surgeon next week and have to go to two nutrition classes. I just can't believe that my surgery is less than a month away.

Congrats to you! You must be so excited. July 3rd is just around the corner

hey guys! i was introduced to this thread by breadlady. I'm also getting banded in July at BIDMC in MA. I cannot wait!! I look forward to talk to you all.

Quinn

Hey guys, I just thought I'd let you know that my surgery got scheduled for July 3rd! I meet with the surgeon next week and have to go to two nutrition classes. I just can't believe that my surgery is less than a month away.

I am so jealous that your date is coming up so soon...I have 49 more days to go (but who's counting???:guess ).

Certainly keep us up-to-date.

hey guys! i was introduced to this thread by breadlady. I'm also getting banded in July at BIDMC in MA. I cannot wait!! I look forward to talk to you all.

Quinn

Hey Quinn! Glad to have you. When are you getting banded and who's your doc?

Well, I had my endoscopy and gall bladder scan today. I won't know the results of the gall bladder test til I see the doctor but he said everything was fine with then endo. I do not have a hiatal hernia like I thought I did. Everything went great. I don't remember a thing. They said are you ready and next thing I know I am waking up and my daughter is sitting there with me in recovery. All that worry for nothing.

I have not told my family because I was concerned about negativity. I told my daughter today. She asked some questions and said "Go for it!". That was so nice. I just brought it up since sometimes we project onto others what we think they might think or say. I underestimated my lovely, supportive daughter. My son is next. Wish me luck.

I meet Saturday with the dr for extensive discussion and education for me and my daughter who is going with me. Monday is my pulmonology visit and then its just waiting for insurance approval. I am getting there...:clap2:

cathy

I am so jealous that your date is coming up so soon...I have 49 more days to go (but who's counting??? ).

Yeah, but I've also been trying to get approved since late October. It seemed like it was never going to happen. I kept having problems with the surgeon's office getting all my tests and records, then had to change surgeons because my insurance didn't cover the original one (which I didn't find out until they had submitted everything to insurance), then had lots more problems with the new surgeon's office getting everything and sending my stuff to the correct fax number at the insurance company.

I was originally trying to have surgery before the end of last year. Then that changed to before my classes (I'm a grad student) started again in January. And then it changed to having it during Spring Break. Then before the end of the semester. Eventually, I was just hoping to have it done before the end of this summer. I really thought I was not going to be able to do it, though, since my surgeon was supposed to go on maternity leave. Plus, I was having to fight with the surgeon's office to get the surgery scheduled before my insurance policy was going to change (which is on August 2). Luckily, they FINALLY came through. I'm starting to get a tad nervous, but it's so much less stress now that I know it will actually be happening.