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?

My surgery date is July 16, 07 I am very happy but nervous at the same time my pre-0pt diet starts this Monday wish me luck on that and good to luck to all of July bandsters.

Lynette617- thanks for the encouragement. I am actually craving sugar really bad as we speak. My DH went over to his brother's and I am deseperate to attack the pantry while he gone. Like a good addict, I like to eat by myself, no witnesses, and pretend it never happened. Then of course shame and guilt hit. But not today. Today I am here on the computer saying very personal things to total strangers- no offense. I think I just hit a breakthrough.

Cazulay, Been there, done that. Good for you for coming to the computer where there is always someone to help you, even if we are strangers, we're strangers with heavy hearts, and in the same boat so we understand. My mom is a special ed teacher also, for about 25 years now. You must have a lot of patience also, as she does, and a very big heart. God bless you for what you do.

Sunshinesonya, welcome and congrats on getting a July date. We're excited to have you join us.:clap2:

Hello everyone !!! Welcome new lucky 7's !!!

Boy is it hard to keep up with this thread..... I've hardly visited other topics !!!

NELLI I love to watch Big Medicine....I'm wondering how that other young guy is doing...I think his name was Allen.

CHIMBOREE You are one hot chick already !!!!! :mad: About the exercise... I have a treadmill in my home that I use faithfully ('bout the only thing I ever stuck with) I also LOVE to do Turbo Jam....only I used to do it about 40 pounds ago !!!! I will definately do that again when some of this weight comes off.

LYNETTE Best wishes girl....not too much longer !!!

DINI WOOO HOOO good to hear from you...glad you're doin a little better each day !!!!

God Bless everyone..... Thanks for all the support !!!!!!!!!

Thanks snaggletooth for the well wishes.

I wish they would give us an update on Allen too. I'm a reality TV addict. lol.

Oh, Chimboree, I plan on excercising on the treadmill at the gym for now. After surgery when I'm able I want to get into some light weight training to firm things up. I can't believe your laptop caught on fire!:mad: Kind of scary! lol.

Cazulay, you are a saint! Best of luck to you on your new journey! We will all be here for you.

Anyone else on July 9th? ... Kind of excited and nervous!

How is it getting stuff down? Does it hurt or feel funny? Have you pb'd yet? How are your incisions? Did your docs use stitches, glue, staples...???

Stuff is going down VERY easy. Makes me a little nervous. I took it very slow in the beginning but now I can gulp ice water:) Maybe once they fill I won't but I am enjoying it now. Nothing like it on a hot day!

NO pb's for me. Of course I am still supposed to be on liquids. I have been trying different foods though. Hopefully I won't get yelled at too bad when I see the surgeon on Monday. Today I even at the grilled chicken out of a McDonald's Snack Wrap. Boy was it good!!!!

Last night I was able to comfortably sleep on my stomach/port side. Yeah!

My surgeon used glue and steri strips. Most of the steri strips are gone.

There is numbness around some of the incisions. I remember this from when I had a Laparascopic Hysterectomy 2 years ago. It goes away though.

I thought of another goal of mine.

I want to weigh what my drivers license says I weigh.

lol. My weight has NEVER matched my drivers license. I love this goal!:dance:

Great, I finally found someone on my day! Perhaps we can stay in contact and swap notes! I am on the pre-op diet right now which is 3 oz. of Slim-Fast (there were other choices also) with 1 oz. skim milk twice a day and a meal under 350 calories, you?

Nelli- I am not a saint by any means but thanks for the compliment ! I just love my job. I also love the DL's goal! It's been added to my list.

Hello Lucky #7 Bandsters! I found out today that I will be banded on July 25th...FINALLY!! I'm looking forward to joining this group and having others to talk to who are going through the same thing I will be going through.

Congratulations to all of you as well!! :whoo:

Steph T

Hello all.... I'm on my 3rd day of pre-op liquids and I was doing fine until my FH came in with 2 bar-b-q steak burgers :mad:.... If I had killed him I don't think there's a jury out there that would have convicted me.

Glad your back and feeling better Dini.

Hi everyone! My surgery is set for July 9. I started watching my diet and lost 11 pounds in three weeks while I waited for my approval letter. I started my 10 day pre-op on Fridy the 29th of June. My doctor allows the protein shakes and some high protein foods. He actually likes us to follow the south beach diet phase 1 along with protein shakes. I am very excited, but at the same time nervous. I'd love to hear experiences and share experiences as well as get to know all of you! Good luck to everyone on here, we CAN do it!