I thought it might be fun to do a master list of everybody's surgery date! Send me your day and date, and that way we can see who's first, who else is on "our" day, and so forth!

Good luck to all Setember banders!

Hi all,

Count me in -- I will be banded on September 24, two days after my b-day -- wanted to have a final unrestricted b-day party.

I was surprised to see that many doctors recommended (or even required?) dieting before the band -- mine did not request anything in particular, except the last 24 hours.

Best wishes to us all :-)

-A.

Isn't it amazing, every Dr has different rules. I put myself on a part liquid diet, 2 Glucerna and a meal a month before my surgery. Then I met the nutritionist who hates Glucerna, too much sugar, not enough protien, and I was put on 2 protien drinks and a meal. Now with the change of my surgery, I have been on this for almost 2 months. My liver better be on the "petite" size by the time I have my surgery! Anyway, my Dr wants me to practice "sipping" and taking a long time 30 to 40 minutes to consume my drinks. Believe it or not I still have trouble with "sipping", but I have the time down. AND IT WORKS, I take the time to drink and then it seems my protien drinks last a good 3-4 hours. I am not starving, now in 4 hours, I am ready for more, but I am doing okay.

Funny you mentioned your birthday. I picked my surgery before of my Birthday and now that I had to tell everyone in my office, because of the change, I am able to say, please no cake. I will still be on the full liquids. Funny, this will be the first Birthday in a long time that I should be under 250. I think that will be the best birthday present of all:wink_smile: Debbie

Surgery date changed as well as the doc to October 8th at 8am , my new life will begin

I am September 29th

new here! hello everyone!

Laura

Hi LW5. Welcome!!! You are going to love this site!! So much information and so many nice people. Not too long to wait till you are banded. Good luck to you. Becky

Hi LW5!

You are almost there! Just a few more days... I know that when it gets close to the day, you can't hardly wait! Welcome to the September Samurais!:girl_hug:

I got banded this morning. It still hurts, but not terribly so - I can walk, sleep, think. Yet it is very unpleasant -- feels like a gastritis, when a usual remedy is to eat something... but I should not, at least the first day should be clear liquids only according to my surgeon.

The surgery itself was pretty uneventful - I was asleep. :girl_hug:

Best wishes to us all,

-am

they have rescheduled my surgery from september 11th to october 16th

they have rescheduled my surgery from september 11th to october 16th

I am sorry that you were rescheduled. October 16th will be here before you know it.

thanks slim...seeing you are from chattanooga...i live in kingsport, work in johnson city...i have some friends that live in chattanooga, only have actually stopped to visit once, but i drive thru there when i go down to mississippi to see my family....waiting for the leaves to turn, love this time of year...

September 30th here

Add me to the list. I had my surgery on 9/22. Doing fine. Down 14 lbs. Not hungry. Beginning to exercise regularly.

thanks slim...seeing you are from chattanooga...i live in kingsport, work in johnson city...i have some friends that live in chattanooga, only have actually stopped to visit once, but i drive thru there when i go down to mississippi to see my family....waiting for the leaves to turn, love this time of year...

You should visit chattanooga some time. Not that were are the mecca of travel destinations, but we aren't too bad.

I had a cousin that was a pastor in Johnson City, but lived in Knoxville. i never got to visit.

I love your ticker.