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September 07 Roll Call

mdicurn

By mdicurn, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Lianna170    2

Lianna170
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Hi Fellow LBers,

I am scheduled for surgery on September 20th at the Surgical Weight Loss Centre in Mississauga, ON. I start my pre-op diet on Sept. 6th! Looking forward to getting to know everybody on here and share our success!:clap2:

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singingoffkey    0

singingoffkey
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Hi! I just got my date September 21. Pending insurance approval, but my Dr.'s office feels pretty optimistic about it. I'm getting excited, but also slightly nervous. Not about the surgery itself, but implementing the changes. No Water with meals is a struggle for me, but I have cut way back.

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Time4Me    0

Time4Me
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I have a tentative surgery date of 9/21. I will know more on 9/5. I can't wait to have an end in sight, but am nervous that I won't be successful! (I have a lot of work to do with positive thoughts regarding my weight!)

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juliacleone    1

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Time, I will be banded on 9-28. I decided yesterday that I was going to be successful, I was not going to be hungry and that I would heal really fast. Would you like to join me in my positive thoughts? I figure I can think it is going to go well or I can think it will go badly....I'm going for the glass half full.

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lapitup    0

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My surgery has been scheduled for Thursday, 9-27-07. Lapband and hiatal hernia repair. I'm so excited. This Thursday 8-30-07 will be my last day on "food" for quite a while. Optifast for 4 week pre-op. YUM!:cry

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Time4Me    0

Time4Me
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Time, I will be banded on 9-28. I decided yesterday that I was going to be successful, I was not going to be hungry and that I would heal really fast. Would you like to join me in my positive thoughts? I figure I can think it is going to go well or I can think it will go badly....I'm going for the glass half full.

Julia-

I would love to join your glass half full club! I am feeling very positive about going this direction for weight loss. I have tried it all and am actually looking forward to the liquid portion of the pre op and post op, as I have tried a medically supervised liquid diet and loved the fact that food wasn't "the" focus of my life. I am going back to work to sit through 2 days of training on the 25th, so healing "will" be fast for me! My only concern is I am an elementary pirncipal and those hugs might hurt for a while. 8-))

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poohlvr    0

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I am ready to be a glass half full gal too! We can and WILL do this! We will heal quick! That is a great way of thinking about it! Only 23 days left before my surgery! Count down it on!!! Congrats on all the dates! I look forward to being in bandland with everyone! Good luck all!

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Time4Me    0

Time4Me
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Poohlvr-You are scheduled two days before me...we will have to share post op stories and positive attitudes!

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poohlvr    0

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Time4me - we will be so close! Are you getting nervous or excited still? What is the appointment on the 5th for? Consult? I hope that you keep the 21 or sooner huh? Do you have to do a pre-op diet?

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Poohlvr-The appointment on the 5th is a consult. I attended a seminar and the dr. let me schedule my appt that night for surgery. I am fairly young and don't currently have any comorbidities, so not a lot of pre op tests. I don't believe I will need to go on a pre op diet, but honestly, I will need to in order to not go on a "last binge!" and gain even more weight. I have also read that it reduces the fats surrounding (or in, I reallly don't know) the liver which helps with surgery.

I am sooo excited because I just feel bogged down right now. We had our district inservice day today (I am in charge of it) and I am absolutely EXHAUSTED. I am not at all nervous, but that may come after the consult.

With my schedule and theirs trying to find a date in September was difficult and I would have gone in that night had they wanted to take me. So, I am certain it will be the 21st at the earliest and if there are specific tests to be run, even longer.

How about you? Nervous? Excited? Do you have to do a pre op diet? What will it consist of if you do? Have you had a consult with the dr? What happened at the visit?

Anyone else out there being banded the week of the 17th?

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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
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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.

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