Hi all,

I thought I should create my own account instead of using John's as I thought people might get confused when it shows to different tickers. I have posted several times under John's username hence why I kept it sort of the same only added one digit.

Well I am being banded on 4th September by Dr.Copp at Greenslopes. John my husband got banded on the 17th March and has lost heaps of weight and has not had to give up anything so I thought I would take the plunge as like most people here I would lose weight then gain it all back again and more.

I am looking forward to the op and am now currently doing the Optifast stage I must admit this is day 3 and am only now starting to feel better the first two days were really hard(I woke up in the middle of the night feeling really hungry and was feeling a bit lightheaded). Today I feel a lot better.

Sam

Congrats you are on your way! The first day was the worst for me on the preop but I am nearly there and have lasted the distance! Now I jsut can't wait to have it over and done with! I've lost 7.4kgs on my preop so far which helps the motivation no end!!

Hi Sam, congrats on the big date!

From another Sam (fab name by the way!)

Sam, congrats on your date-- day 1-3 were the hardest for me on pre-op, then it got easier every day, I was banded on may 6th and my husband was june 3rd of this year-- It's neat to see someone else -husband and wife doing it together-- i have lost 48lbs and he just got his second fill and had been struggling before that he is down 25lbs- for once I am ahead of him-I'm glad I went first-- good luck to you!--Annette:thumbup:

Sam,

great to see your with your own username!

Yeah the pre-op diet was hard for the first two days - I got the worst headache I've ever had in those two days, but it got easier and easier right up to surgery!

Hi all,

I agree I must admit it is getting easier as the days go by (thank goodness). I also ended up with headaches the first couple of days, but hey painkillers work well it was the wakening up in the middle of the night feeling hungry that got me. I have now started eating a small amount of salad at night to help stop feeling so hungry (no dressings of course) and that has helped heaps.

Sam