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Hi Everyone,:bounce:

My date is 9/20. I am so excited but very nervous. It has taken me almost 3 years to finally make a decision. I'm a little scared because of my last 2 surgeries. I ended up in the hospital for a week, came out 2 days and went back with pneumonia for a week (weak lungs). :whoo:Anyway, I'm trying to strenthen my lung capacity and just pray everything goes well. My best to all.:omg:

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What type of preop diet is everyone on and how long before surgery do you have to start it?

My Dr. has me on no-carbs of any kind starting 10 days before surgery.

Just curious, there seems to be a bunch of different preop diets out there.

Congratulations to eveyone for getting their band dates.

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my preop diet is low carb- i stopped drinking soda(very difficult) and am trying to limit my caffeine consumption- so far I have only lost about 7 pounds- 10 days prior to surgery is complete liquid diet-my dr is very strict-hopefully some more pounds will come off then...

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My Dr does not really require a pre-op diet, and yes, I am counting my blessings! However, I am trying to limit my carbs and I have stopped drinking soda. I think the worst thing for me will be the separation of drinks and meals. I am DREADING that.

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My Dr does not really require a pre-op diet, and yes, I am counting my blessings! However, I am trying to limit my carbs and I have stopped drinking soda. I think the worst thing for me will be the separation of drinks and meals. I am DREADING that.

mdicurn - I agree with you. Not drinking with meals will be hard to get used to for me too. I guess we can take solace that we are not in this alone. :)

bubblebelly - Is your surgeon in Mexico?

stacy73 - Congrats on 7 lbs down. You're already making the scale move in the right direction.

WOW...SEPT 20th seems to be a popular date for this crowd.

welcome.gifWelcome everyone. I would love to hear all your experiences with surgery, so please keep the posts coming.

My band date is 6 weeks today. :)

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My pre-op is low carb-slim fast, SF Jello, SF popcicles, and low sodium broths and thats it. Oh and lots of exercise...

I have already been experimenting with the all liquid thing. I did it just for 4 days last week. Lost 6 lbs. Its really not that bad. By the morning of day 3 I was not even hungry until 2 that afternoon. So that was when I had my first shake. We'll all get through it I suppose.

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:heh::kiss2:Hi all my name is Rhonda and I am dying for a change!! I went last Thursday for my psych eval and nutritionist eval and I guess all I have to do now is wait 2 weeks untill all info is in to the Docs. :clap2: I am excited and hoping all goes well but I just really dont know what the next step is, I have not even met the Docor yet for a consultation but the good thing is that my insurance covers this in network Doctor for my surgery and they said all I need is a precert. for my surgery and yaaa.

Does anyone know what how:ranger: much time after your initial consultation with the Doctor doing your lap band takes before you get the surgery? I am a nut case lol:help: I am excited abut meeting new friends and hearing their great oucomes of the lap band...

Take care all:whoo:Rhonda:kiss2:

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I don't have a date yet - have just been approved! I'm assuming it will be sometime in September. I'm so excited!

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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

        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.

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