After over a year of trying for insurance approval, I finally have a surgery date of March 3rd. :regular_smile:

I am both excited and nervous. I've wanted this for so long but now I find that I'm worrying about all the things that could go wrong. I'm working on snapping out of that frame of mind, of course.

Anyone else scheduled for March 3rd? I'd love to have some surgery day or even surgery week buddies to keep me motivated. I have over 100 lbs to lose and I'm just SO ready to get this party started!

Congrats! Sounds like we have the same story (long wait...same weight loss goals...age...) I'm 10 days after you! We can do this...I'm ready. I'm quite sure you are too!

Oh yes, so very ready. I'm doing my best to kick the jitters to the curb! I've been waiting so long for this that I need to get my mind right!

You are so right - we CAN do this!

Hi, Whimsy!!

I'm being banded on Feb. 27th, so you are right behind me!!

Congratulations!!

Feel free to e-mail me privately if you want to "chat".

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Thanks Mel! I probably will harass you sooner or later! :biggrin:

Hi there,

I am getting banded on 3/3/2008! I have been waiting six months for my insurance to approve me, so I know what you mean about the long wait. I am starting to get really nervous, but excited too.

Lets keep each other posted!

-Rukshanna

Yay! A surgery twin! Yes, let's absolutely keep each other posted!

The next 20 days are going to go by so slowly! :smile:

Congrats!!

I too have a surgery date for Feb. 26th. Got a question. Have any of you started the pre-surgery diet. I'm having a really tough time. I started the pre-op diet on yesterday and feel so hungry and lightheaded especially at night. What do I do?

Congrats!!

I too have a surgery date for Feb. 26th. Got a question. Have any of you started the pre-surgery diet. I'm having a really tough time. I started the pre-op diet on yesterday and feel so hungry and lightheaded especially at night. What do I do?

My doc has yet to give me a pre-op diet. This has me a little concerned but pleased. Regardless, I'm being very careful with what I eat *just in case*.

Hopefully, someone else will be able to help with your question. Feeling lightheaded is not fun. The only thing I can recommend is make sure you are getting plenty of fluids to keep yourself hydrated.

Hello,

I am having my surgery also on March 3rd. I have been waiting for about three weeks now and I got the news on today. I have a pre-op on the 28th of Feb. I also meet the dietitian on that day. The doctor said that I will be on a liquid diet for that weekend. I am ready! I hope that we can keep in touch. Good luck!

Hey, I am March 4th! I hope we can stay in touch!

My date is set for March 3, too. I started the process of insurance approval back in November. What a pain! I started my liquid diet yesterday. I wanted to have the weekend to have a couple adjustment days before going back to work. The first day went fine. I'm hoping Sunday will go as well.

Yay! 2 more March 3rds and one for Martch 4th! Looks like the first week of March is going to be full of change for many of us.

I'm glad that there will be others going through this "with me" so I can ask questions and be motivated, too.

Hi All,

I'm glad there are so many of us around the same date! I had my pre-op appt last Friday and I had a chance to meet with a dietician, a RN, and my surgeon. My surgeon has yet to put me on a liquid diet so I am putting myself on the high Protein slim fast plan for the next two weeks. It was weird because my surgeon hadn't told me that I needed to lose a certain amount of weight before surgery so I've only lost 7 pounds and then at my pre-op she brought it up, like I was just supposed to know! Anyways, I am going to see if I can lose some additional pounds before my surgery date.

My husband also went with me to my pre-op so now he definitely knows how much I weigh- mortifying!!

I went today to Target and was able to find chewable Multivitamins and chewable Calcium tablets- that's what the dietician told me I should take after surgery. I also found out that I will be getting the new REALIZE Band that comes pre-filled so that is nice. I won't have that gap in between surgery and the first fill. Are any of you getting this band? Just wondering since it is fairly new (but FDA approved).

-Rukshanna

I visited with with dietitian the day I went in for my consultation. It was nice to have all the info up front. Hopefully you feel like you have all the information you need now to feel comfortable.

I need to head out and do some shopping for the chewable Vitamins and calcium. I was just rereading through the things that I need to have on hand.

Could you tell me how to get my tracker to show up at the bottom of my posts?

Thanks.

Hi Darla,

You can click on one of our tickers and it'll link you to tickerfactory.com where you have to enter your information and copy the html to paste into your profile on this website.

Good Luck,

Rukshanna