Ok... sooooooo apparently i am the only one getting this done in Nov! Insannitttttttty. Im very new to this... so if anyone could help me making my thing a lil prettier.. i'd appreciate that too. :help:

April - Sorry to hear about the falling out with your roomates. I hope you find a nice, inexpensive place for you and your daughter.

I went for all my blood work yesterday. The woman had to stick me 3 times because she couldn't get a good flow. They took 7 tubes of blood from me! I had know idea they were taking that much. I am waiting for the surgery center to call me back with those results and schedule my seminar that I have take on eating with the lapband. I am on my way and very excited! I don't know how I am going to live my life without the foods that I am used to eating but I am ready to get rid of the control that food has over me! I just can't wait until the day that I can walk into a none plus sized clothing store and buy whatever it is that I want.

Hey Nessa...we are the same day!!!!!!!!!

Hey Patty! I've noticed that you've already begun to lose weight. Did your doctor put you on a pre-op diet? There is no way I could lose 31 lbs on my own right now. Good Job! We will share our experiences once we've been banded. Do you work? If so, how long are you taking off? I am glad it's the 1st because I wont have to urge to eat my daughters candy after Halloween. haha

nessa, I am so excited too about the prospect of buying clothes in a regular store, in a decent size!! I can't remember the last time I bought anything that wasn't "Plus Size!!!!"

nessa, I am so excited too about the prospect of buying clothes in a regular store, in a decent size!! I can't remember the last time I bought anything that wasn't "Plus Size!!!!"

I was telling a friend of mine how I hate shopping with slim people because they want to go into the stores like The Limited or Express and when I walk in with them I feel so out of place. I feel like everyone is wondering what the "fat girl" is doing in that store. I can't wait to go in and out whatever store I want and feel like everyone is looking at me!

I can't wait to go in and out whatever store I want and feel like everyone is looking at me!

I mean....not feel like everyone is looking at me.

Hi My name is Ashley I will be having my surgery on November 8, 2007!! In Monterry Mexico with Dr. Rumbaut. I am so excited! SO far I have lost 10 pounds on my own! So I know I more then ready for this! I live in Montana and I am hoping I can ski again, and go hiking again! I just can't wait to lose all this extra weight that is holding me back from life!!!

Height 6'1

Starting Weight 356

Lost to date 10 #'s

Goal weight 170-160

Hey Nessa,

I started in Jan on Nutrisystem and lost about 35 pounds thru April. I put on about 10, and now I have started eating sensibly! I am cutting back on my own, and starting to get ready for life AS (after surgery).

Yes I work...2 jobs...one from home. I had 2 weeks vacation left for this year, so I am taking them in Nov. No time off from home job..

Wow I found November bandsters! I'm scheduled for Nov 2.

Good luck to all of you =)

Elizabeth

Hey Ashley and Elizabeth ! Welcome

Patty - My doctor told me that I should only need about 3 days to recover from the surgery. He said that I may still be a little sore but nothing that I can't handel at my office job. I am going to take the Thursday, Friday and Monday off just to be on the safe side.

I am November 1st! YAY!

Another November 1st! The best thing about this date is that instaed of gaining weight from eating all the candy candy from halloween, I will be losing!

I was telling a friend of mine how I hate shopping with slim people because they want to go into the stores like The Limited or Express and when I walk in with them I feel so out of place. I feel like everyone is wondering what the "fat girl" is doing in that store. I can't wait to go in and out whatever store I want and feel like everyone is looking at me!

I AGREE... everytime I walk into a smaller size clothing store or even look through the racks of the smaller clothes I feel like everyone is looking at me wondering the same. I don't remember a time when I shopped smaller sizes because I would have been too little to remember. I started wearing size 14/16 in JrHigh/ High School. Even then i shopped at Fashion Bug (It's a Junior on one side/ plus size on the other half of the store; here in Cali). I remember I stopped shopping at all of their stores when one time I was looking in the Juniors side with my best friend and one lady that worked there had the AUDACITY to come up to me and say "You won't find anything on this side you need to go look on the other side of the shop"

Hi My name is Ashley I will be having my surgery on November 8, 2007!!

Congrats to you Ashley! - And WELCOME to this thread. There are some WONDERFUL people on here. Especially if you ever need your spirits lifted up.

Hi everyone! My surgery date is Nov. 5th! I'm excited about it and scared at the same time. I don't know how to really maneuver around on this site either. Like how to get the ticker, what the difference between the quick reply and new reply is. Hopefully I will get better because I really want to stay in touch with other November bandsters. Practice, practice I guess. I live near Cornell University and am having my banding done by Dr. Moon - Arnot Ogden Hosp.

Blessings, Dianne

April- OMG! I can't believe that someone would come up to you and tell you that! I guess it just goes to show that our feelings of everyone staring at us is correct! I would have made some kind of complaint against that woman. Who is she to tell you what size you need to be wearing? I've been in plus sizes since high school and the smallest I've been in about 10 years is a 16. I am now in a 22/24. I thought I was so fat in high school but I would love to be that size again.

Dianne - Welcome! I am pretty new here as well and I don't know the ends and outs of everything. I saw on another thread where to get the ticker from but I don't even remember the website. Sorry but it looks like I am no help.