Hello fellow March Bandsters!

It's official, my date is set for March 31st! I am so excited! :tt2:

Best wishes to all of you!

I am going in on march 31 also. where are you having surgery? I am going to worcester Ma with dr kelly. Do you know the time yet? I dont know what time mine is but i have to go march 21 for bloodwork and a chest xray and ekg. We should keep in touch as we go through this process. Good luck I will be thinking of your on our band b-day

New beginnings

Me too!!!! Praying that someone cancels or reschedules so that I can get in early, but so happy to be in at all. Congrats u2!

Hi Newbeginnings & Redbone0528!

Isn't it great to have a date all set & something to look forward to? This has been a long journey so far, but the best is yet to come!

Best wishes to you both!

OMG, you are so right! I am slightly dissappointed, cause I was expecting to go earlier. But a date is a date, I am just so ready! I have been at this since October, I am just ready for it to be done! If they called me right now and said that they could band me in 10 mins, I would be there in 5!!!!

I am having mine done on March 31st, also! Dr Jones at Beth Israel in Boston. (BIDMC)

I cant wait! I am sooo excited! (and nervous!)

Hi all,

Wow that is great that we all are having our banding done the same day. We will have to keep in contact and see how we are doing and keep each other sane before the surgery. Are you guys scared? I'm not scared of the surgery just worried about the after. The unknown. We all need to lean on each other and get thru this. I was thinking it was never going to happen. I was all set after going through all the tests, and losing 5% of weight, and sleep apnea and everthing else they do when they found out i have a hiatel hernia so instead of getting my surgery last nov i had to get referred to a specialist but it was so worth it even if i have to drive 200 miles one way. I have to stay overnight one night because he is fixing my hernia the same day and i have so far to travel. where are you all from and do you have to stay overnight? I just counted the days, 23 . YIKES. that isnt much time . what have you done to get ready for this. I have to get my list and buy all the stuff i am going to need after just in case. good luck to us all and keep in touch.

Kathy (newbeginnings)

Hi ladies. This is pretty cool. And all of us are within 9 years of one another in age. We can really be good motivation for one another!

To answer your question Kathy, I am very scared and nervous, but excited. I am the complete opposite of you. I am AFRAID of the operation (waking up, complications, etc) but, not, of the afterwards. I CANT wait to start on my new journey.

I have been walking daily for 35 minutes. I have also changed my eating habits to HEALTHY only. Ive been doing this for 2 weeks. Next Sunday, i will start my 2 week pre-op diet, which consists of 2 Meal Replacements per day, and one meal. (around 1200 calories total)

How many ponds are you ladies aiming in losing? I am looking at 140! I am trying to figure out how to make a ticker!

Danni

Oh, I also wanted to add, that I am getting my hiatal hernia fixed that same day, and am required to stay a minimum of one night in the hospital!

HI all, I am so glad my dr does not require a liquid 10 day diet but I have to do 10 days after so don't hate me yet. Can u believe it only 21 days from tomorrow. I want to lose 90-100 lbs but anything under 200 will do. I just want to be under 200 so if i gain a few lbs i wont ever go over 200 again. Let me know if you figure out how to do the ticker. I had one but now I fiddled with it and now have the shrinking shamrocks namedown and lost my ticker. Mom22b I see you are having yours done at Boston. I am at uMass in worcester. I have dr Kelly. He is supposed to be very good. How big is your hiatal hernia. i have to have mine fixed too.

Kathy Newbeginnings.

Hi all, I figured out how to do the ticker thing. You go to Trying To Conceive Ticker and then click on track weight then you can pick whatever ticker you want then click on next and pick the slider thing, after you get it all done right click, copy and then go to your account, click on edit signature, right click paste and then click on save signature. I hope you can understand my directions, I'm not too computer literate.

Kathy new beginnings

let me see if this worked

Hi all!

Shrinking Shamrocks, I love it! My Dr. doesn't not require a pre-op diet, only day before surgery I am supposed to have liquids only, Clear Liquids. I am really finding it hard to "stay on track" & admit I have had some "not-so-healthy" things in recent days. I am trying to get out of this mental state of this being "A Last Hurrah"......... I feel like as soon as I met the weight loss requirement that I relaxed, maybe too much.

I have a feeling that a lot of what I am going through can be attributed to "Cabin Fever" I am sick & tired of the snow & cold that we are having here in Western New York, it's really not condusive to getting in some good walks! (Too icy!)

I do go to the gym 2x/ week, but it is not the same as getting outside in the fresh air. Oh well, nice weather will be here soon enough!

Staying positive is 99% of this process (I just need to keep reminding myself of that! )

Tara

Hi everyone!

I am so excited! We are now one week away from our surgery, one week away from starting the next chapter of our new healthier lives! I had my pre-op testing at the hospital this morning, this is finally becoming a tangible reality!

Best wishes to everyone, I will keep you all in my thoughts & prayers!

Hi Tjveggie, Yes its hard to believe its only 1 wk away now. DO you know what time you are being operated on? I find out this friday. I went for my bloodwork and chest xray last fri. I guess its down to the wire now. I am getting pretty nervous and people keep asking me if i"m really going thru with it. Hello this is what i have wanted for almost 2 yrs. Everyone keeps saying i'm not going to like it. I look at it like its time for a change and i'm going to give it my best shot. I want to be one of these people on here that say I love my band and the only regret is i didnt do it sooner. How are you handling the nerves.

Newbeginnings

OMG a week you guys! Does anyone else think that this will be the longest week of your life????

I am surprised, but I not not afraid, not even a lil bit. I think that I have been on this path for so long, nothing is left but sheer excitement and anticipation.

I think the only thing I actually fear is not having this done. I have thie reoccuring thought that they put me under, and I wake up, and the doc is telling me that once they got inside, they discovered something random wrong with me that means that I am no longer a candidate for the band.

Well, I guess maybe I am a LITTLE afraid, lol. It is okay, we are soooo close you guys, can't you feel it?????!!!!!