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Banding.....August 2007! Who else?

JudiM

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PCracker
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Do it now. I am 53 and can barely walk, I am in good health, high blood pressure is my only issue besides the weight. I am 5'2 and weight 280, 320 is my highest so I have managed to drop some & keep it off for about 5 years. I don't lose, no matter what I do and I can't run or walk, so Water aerobics is my exercise. You are doing the right thing and I envy you that you have the opportunity.

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Yes I think about that the surgery & I am nervous. I have had something similiar 20 years ago and it was not bad. But I do dream about it. I am waiting for a date. GOOD LUCK, please come back & tell us about it.

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<p>I am having my band done on Monday, August 6...I am tring to keep myself busy. I am on clears only until surgery.</p>

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hello JudiM,

i am from pittsburgh also. i had my appointment with carol mccloskey also. how did you like her? i have to wait till my 6 months of supervised weight mgt. is up to see her again. my upper gi is aug 8 and the psyc and nutritionist is aug 31. hope all goes well for you

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dmorris72, did they tell you if you could take gasex or anything? I am very worried about the gas part of it......when I had my c-sections, the gas that got trapped inside sucked....that makes me the most nervous about all of this.

Not sure if I posted BTW, but my surgery date is Aug. 20th! YIPPEE

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Yes, I am taking maaloxx.. milk of magnesia... whatever works... I have not found one that works yet. They told me to take the milk of magnesia but I think either I have taken to much or not sure cause its acting as a laxative.. oh yea.. lot of fun here...

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Hi there!

My name is Melissa and I am very excited to say that after 3 years of deliberation, I am scheduled to have my surgery on August 22. I am having my suregery done through Kaiser in Freemont, CA. I look forward to getting my ticker started.

Best of luck to everyone!

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Hang in there dmorris72, are things starting to feel better now, I hope so, it has been a few more days? I was told yesterday to start my preop diet on Monday so of course I am trying not to go too hog wild right now. Nothing for a week but carnation instant breakfast....watch out, I am gonna be cranky...lol

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I am waiting for my date & I have been trying to liguid atleast 3 days a week, just so I know how it is going to be. I am cranky. I am worried about the gas pain after, but if that is all the pain we have, we are lucky. I lost 8 more pounds too.

Good Luck,

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mare5569    0

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For all you August banders, join us in Crazy Ates, our name for the August group. To get there, just go back to the main page and select Monthly groups, then August 07. You can cut and paste the Crazy Ates logo to your signature page under UserCP

Marilyn

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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