[/url] Hey all you September Samurai's, I was banded today by Dr. Curry in Cincinnati. It took all of 15 minutes for him to perform the surgery and all in all I feel pretty good. A little sore and dry heaving, but everything turned out great! Now I'm ready to get this weight off once and for all. I am soooo happy this has finally been made a reality. Bless all of you coming after me. Take care and lets get this party started.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am so happy for you!!! Woo hooo!!!!!!!:party:

Thank you! Looks like your surgery is approaching. Best wishes :party:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am so happy for you!!! Woo hooo!!!!!!!:thumbup:

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome!

Take care,

Chris

Thank you futureshrink!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome!

Take care,

Chris

You are now officially the leader of the September pack! Woohoo! Congrats!

I hope your dry heaves pass soon. Get some rest and then let us all know more soon!:party:

I am so happy for you. Congradulations! You are on your way

Congrats!! I can't wait to an official Samurai too!

Happy Band-Day! Thanks for posting right away. You are the September Samurai leader for the rest of us. I am tomorrow!

Hope you are feeling great soon.

happy 4 u! hope the dry heaves go away...

Thanks DenverGirl,

Hope all goes well for you. September Samurai's must support one another on this new journey. I will continue to be on here and hope you will be too. Do you live in Denver?

Happy Band-Day! Thanks for posting right away. You are the September Samurai leader for the rest of us. I am tomorrow!

Hope you are feeling great soon.

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes to me. I am up early and feel quite well with NO dry heaves!! :party: For all of the surgeries after me, I pray the best for you!

well done hun!! wish u a speedy recovery...cant belive urs was so quick 15 minutes, i think thats a new record lol lol

I know. My husband said he was shocked when the Dr. came out and told him he was done. I guess a big part of it was my liver was shrunk really well. That's why it's so important for people to stick to the pre op diet as much as possible. I know it's hard to do cause that medifast diet is not good at all. I ended up eating skinless boneless chicken breast and tuna which I knew had little to no fat. That's the thing most people have to realize is that if you deviate, it needs to be foods that won't add fat to your diet thus creating potential problems with your liver being fatty. I'm just glad it's over and I'm looking forward to eating pureed food after 48 hours. Let's keep in touch to keep us motivated to lose weight.

well done hun!! wish u a speedy recovery...cant belive urs was so quick 15 minutes, i think thats a new record lol lol

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are truly an inspiration. Before I read your thread I was in tears wondering if I could really do this. I am on my 7th day pre-op and just a ball of emotions. I was ready to just say forget IT! Thank you for reminding me why I am doing this. Thank you all!!

Revenesqued,

You CAN do it! Keep your eyes on the prize. Trust me, I felt the way you are feeling right now and my husband encouraged me over and over. Just "forgetting" it would make you a quitter. You don't want to be a quitter. We are in this to WIN and LIVE! Best Wishes to you!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are truly an inspiration. Before I read your thread I was in tears wondering if I could really do this. I am on my 7th day pre-op and just a ball of emotions. I was ready to just say forget IT! Thank you for reminding me why I am doing this. Thank you all!!