I saw the surgeon today and got my surgery date for July 17th. I have a bad infection on my leg and it has to be completely cleared before he'll do the surgery. He also told me that I'm his last patient to get in under Tricare health insurance.

The appointment was quite short. He looked over my records, asked me if I wanted GB or LB. I told him Lap Band and then had to tell him why. He then looked at my stomach and made a comment about the 14" scar on my stomach from when I had my gall bladder out. He said from the size of it they could've taken out my liver. He then said it would be kind of tough to work around the scar but he thought he could do it. He asked me if I had any questions and told him I didn't because I've been doing research and reading message boards like crazy.

I can't believe it's almost here.

Congratulations! I remember the day I got my surgery date. I was so excited. They scheduled it for six weeks later, and at the time I felt like it would never get here. But, now that I'm more than 3 months post-surgery, it seems like it was just yesterday. I hope everything goes well for you.

Congrats & good luck!! Keep us posted!!