I have been over weight most of my life. My sister and mother are both over weight. I am 30 years old and living in France. I have to pay the person doing it 700 and the person doing the anesthesia 150 kind of on the high side even thought he gets paid for doing it. I am looking for people who has lap band and can walk me thought everything. Like what to eat and do I take multi vitamins. And how much weigth you have lost and other things.:help:

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Read, READ, REAd this site!

I am also being banded on 9/25! Your story sounds soooo familiar to me! We are about the same age, I'm 33, and I've also battled this my whole life. Good luck to you!

Congrats on your surgery i am trying to get approved for mine i am really nervous i dont know to much about it

are you on any kind of diet....my doctor said i have to lose 20 pounds before lmy surgery

My doctor doesn't do any pre-op diet. From reading this board it looks like it's about 50/50 on the docs that do and those that don't. I did alot of research before deciding to be banded. This site has helped alot. It seems like if you have the question someone on here has the answer! My approval went really really fast. Way faster than I expected! I went to a seminar my doctor held and it answered a lot of my questions. I can't wait to begin this new chapter of my life. There are so many inspiring stories on this board. Be sure to check out the thread with the Before and After pics... so inspiring!!

No I am not on any diet right now I will be soon as I have it lol:clap2:

I work the weekends, but every other week i work monday from 6 am to 2 pm. So the 24 of sept I will get off work go home and the leave. Its like a 1 hour 30 min drive there. I will have the lap bank 25 of sept then, I will leave around 2 pm the 26. I have time to rest since I dont work until saturday night around 6 pm.

I agree with Tracy, read this site. there is SO much information here.

welcome and congrats!

:wave: Welcome and congrats!

BTW....I loved France (so pretty).

3 more days before my life will change :):clap2:

I got back yesterday and my chest hurts and I on the toilet all the time because of the stuff they gave me to look at my stomach.

Congratulations on your decision--this surgery has given me my life back! My doc had me on a pre op diet for 2 weeks before surgery consisting of 3 SlimFast a day and all the sugar free clear liquids I wanted. The SlimFast really kept me from being hungry. It shrinks your liver so that there is less risk of nicking or bruising it during the surgery. I was on sugar free clear liquids ONLY for 10 days after surgery and that was the hardest thing I have ever done but necessary to give my stomach time to heal and the swelling to go down. Then mushies (potatoes, refried beans, pudding, etc) for 2 weeks then small amts of regular food. Have a hard time with bread and dry meat sometimes getting stuck so I avoid it. You just have to experiment with foods to find the ones that will cause you problems with getting stuck. This surgery has been an answer to prayer--for the first time in my life the weight IS coming off and I KNOW that it will continue to do so and that I will NOT gain it back since I no longer have the desire as strongly to overeat. I do still find the desire to eat when not hungry at times but am getting better at that as well! I am excited for you!

Considering the pre-op thing, my doctor now has a rule that if someone gains weight between the time when they were approved and to their surgery he cancels the surgery. He also said that when he goes into surgery if it requires the person being cut open he stops there and doesn't do it.

I had band surgery on 9/26. Now that barium stuff to look at your stomach..now isn't that about the nastiest thing you've ever drank??!! :confused::faint:

no I have tasted worse when they look at my stomach first.