Hi!! Is anyone getting banded in August? I'm getting banded August 1st. Maybe we can share our stories & successes and be there for each other if needed. Thanks!! Good luck to all!!

Hi I am Aug 4th! We could have a summer support group!

I'm getting banded on August 6th!

Had my last visits yesterday morning with pre-op admission, and with my nurse practitioner. Now one more appt. with the surgeon on July 28th and then surgery on August 7th.

Love the "August All Stars" awesome name.

Hope we all do well.....

"August all stars" is a fantastic name.

Hi All, I went to Sparklee.com and created a pretty cool banner, but for some reason, I can't paste it onto my signature without it showing that there's an error and too long. I'm going to try to paste it here. If it shows up and you all like it, then we can see how to paste it or re-create it. If it shows up and everyone hates it or thinks it needs tweaking, feel free, I'm new at this. If it just shows up as a bunch of words and symbols, just forget I posted this message. LOL!

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OK, I give up! It's just a bunch of words. Crap! I'm hopeless at technology. But I thought it looked pretty cool and I'm glad everyone likes the name August All-Stars! Yeah!

Hi all. I'm Sam from Cardiff, Wales, UK. I've had my first consultation with my surgeon today and we've set a date for surgery for 11th August!!! I can't wait. I was worried i wouldn't be approved as my BMI is 37 but because of my PCOS and my 8 years of Yo-Yo dieting he was more than happy to fit me with a band. I have to follow a diet described as Atkins minus the fat for 7-10 days before surgery to shrink my liver and make the op safer and easier.

I just can't wait to start my new life on the road to slimdom! I'm very glad i found ths forum as i will be needing lots of support, this was a really good idea!

I get banned on August 4th. Count be in!

Ok so are we August All-Stars???

Ok I just realized that we are...I like that name too! I noticed there's a few of us getting banded right around our Birthday's. I'm being banded Aug. 6th and my birthday (as well as my son's) is Aug. 10th.

Ok, I just spent like an hour trying to get a sparkly "August All-Stars" to copy & paste...NO DEAL! :confused2: So I just went to "edit my signature" on this site & typed it in. I hope that's ok. It looks alright & much easier!!

Tracy, I know, I spent a long time too. It was very annoying to create this sparkly banner and then not be able to paste. I know that for the ticker, there was different keys to use depending on where you were going to put it, but on this site I used, there was only one choice. But I know other people on this site used Sparklee.com also and it worked for them, so what the heck? I'm just not that computer savvy, I guess. LOL!

Hey Everyone,

I've been holding off replying until I had more information. This has been quite the process, but my insurance paperwork is submitted and the nurse, who wasn't supposed to tell me, said it would be the beginning of August. I have had to lose 10% of the weight that I want to lose. I lost it, but the trick is to keep losing until surgery. If I gain the weight back, I would not be able to have the surgery until I lose it again:scared2:...I'm down 12.5 lbs:) I thought that was pretty good considering we just got back from a week of camping!!! That was interesting to say the least! I'm really excited to hear everyone's stories and watch all of the progress!

Count me in as an august all star. I will get my date this thursday I am really hoping for the first 2 weeks of august can not wait to be amongst the bandsters. I will be starting my 2 weeks of liquids on thursday as well. I am not too woried about it as I am really pumped up for this lifestyle change. I have my protien powder and got a mini blender for work. Anyone else as jazzed up as me???

vegas gal I think you have a great attitude and I too am technologicialy challenged I could not even get a ticker to work for me.