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Surgery!!!! Yeah

TxArcher

By TxArcher, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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TxArcher    2

TxArcher
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Well, after sifting through all the junk. getting laid-off, not having insurance, etc... I have my LapBand surgery scheduled for August 27. I am going to self-pay, but I definatly think it will be worth it! I am going to have it done by Dr. Simms here in Waco. I am glad I will not have to drive back from Dallas or Austin the day of the surgery.

Ok I am rambling now,

They are putting me on a "liquid" diet for 2 weeks prior to the surgery. Is this normal? has anbody else done this. It is a slimfast in the morning and at lunch, with a small protien for dinner like fish or chicken. they said it is to make sure the liver is out of the way.

I am excited!!!

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TrimKim    0

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Hey Congratulations! I'm scheduled to get my band on the 27th too! Yea! We are band twins. Ha.

Only two weeks for the liquid diet? Luckey you. My doc but me on 5 weeks before my surgery date. It's Optifast and costs about $300 a month. I haven't been sticking to it 100% but doing pretty well considering. I haved a dinner out when I just can't get around it without being rude.

The Protein diet is to shrink the liver becuase it cover part of the upper stomoch and reducing it helps prevent organ damage during surgery. Also, Protein helps you heal faster after the surgery which has it's own rewards in and of itself.

So only two weeks and you get to eat a meal everyday. Lucky girl. Enjoy. and congratulations again.

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TxArcher    2

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I have decided to COBRA for a couple of months. My surgery that was scheduled for Aug. 27 is now going to occur sometime LATE Nov. or in December.

OH Well

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I have decided to COBRA for a couple of months. My surgery that was scheduled for Aug. 27 is now going to occur sometime LATE Nov. or in December.

OH Well

COOL!!!:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: That ain't that long to wait. Keep reading all the stuff you can about your surgery and the band. I bet that keeps you in good spirits in the next couple of months!

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TxArcher    2

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COOL!!!:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: That ain't that long to wait. Keep reading all the stuff you can about your surgery and the band. I bet that keeps you in good spirits in the next couple of months!

I am just ready to "get er done" so to speak. I have been researching the lapband and following its results for about 2.5 years now. I am extatic at the idea that i will no longer be plauged by hunger all the time.

Just waiting

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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.

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