Well, since I started this whole process I have lost 20 pounds!!!! I hit the big 20 mark today!! I am on the preop diet so that is accellerating things a bit, but I am happy to be here and even happier that I will hit the milestone of 50, 75, 100... !!! I am 2 days out from surgery on the 16th!! I am excited and scared!!

Those being banded on monday: Good luck!!

I'm with you Melissa! My surgery is Tuesday as well and I'm so excited I can't sleep (online here at 3:30 in the morning)! The pre-op diet has gone well and in 4 days I've lost 7 pounds so hopefully the liver is shrinking appropriately. I have to spend the night at the hospital since I live alone and 60 miles from the hospital, so I won't be able to post anything until Wed sometime. But the good news is by the time I get home on Wed I should be out of that 'foggy' post anesthesia stage. Good luck and prayers to all my fellow Oct 16th bandsters (and everyone else too). Dr Myers (surgeon) told us at the first seminar I went to that people who don't have weight problems think weight loss surgery is the easy way out - but it's far from that. He's right - none of this has been easy, but I just know its the best thing I will have done for myself since I got my college degree at age 50! Will post as soon as I can on Wed! :-)

Well said Topdownbug!! This journey is not easy. I want to shout that to everyone who thinks it is the easy way out! I get banded tomorrow. :clap2: I am thrilled, nervous, thinking...what am I doing, etc. But I am determined to go through with this. The most scarey thing is the total life change this will be. :nervous Food impacts a large part of our lives, and now it won't be. How strange. I think I have everything ready for the big day. This morning I shaved my armpits and legs!! :Banane10: Good luck to all 15th bandsters. I will be thinking of you all tomorrow.

:Banane10: Hugs---Fluffinks

awesome, ladies!! We wil lall be ok in a few days. We can finally begin our journey!! I wen t shopping today for the bra without an underwire, and I ended trying on a few clothes (shopaholic?) I was sooo surprised!! I am already able to fit into clothes a size down and my friend said I looked good in them!! WE decided though to get some that were even smaller so I could celebrate as the pounds were released!!! Good luck all of you that are entering band land tomorrow! You are all in my thoughts!

It seems like there are a lot of us getting banded tomorrow. It feels like a milestone and it is a milestone because we are starting our new lives. I have the whole range of emotions that others have spoke of but mostly I'm just ready to get this over with.

Good luck to all the 10/16 bandsters! I'll be looking forward to hearing your stories, and of course, I'll be sure to post mine as soon as I'm up to it!

Good luck to you all! I am thinking of you and sending good thoughts!

My stomach hurts. I cant tell if it is because I waited too long to eat, or if I am just scared sh*%tless...LOL We are staying up late bc my surgery is not until 1:00pm tomorrow and I cannot eat in the morning. I would rather just sleep until that last minute possible. GOod luck to those of us being banded tomorrow. Oh and I think my stomach hurts bc I am scared bc it started hurting a few minutes ago right after I spoke with the anesthesiologist...LOL IT"S ALL MENTAL!!!

Good luck tomorrow Melissa! Sending good thoughts your way!

Thanks!! Are you doing well? You were just banded 5 days ago!!! Hope you are feeling more human again as they say...LOL

Much better each passing day. Well actually, the first 5 days were rough. But the last two are much better! How are you banded woman?

I feel good about my decision!! I am not feeling too bad today (day of surgery) just some port pain, but the doc said he had to dig out scar tissue, so I expesct that to hurt A LOT more tomorrow. At least I am expecting it and have prepared myself...LOL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING. I love it here, I feel like I have a second family!!