Just got my banding date, Jan. 15, 2009. Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. I live in Bucks County. Any other January '09 banders or Temple patients out there?

Good Luck. My date is 1/15 at Temple University Hospital.

CONGRATES! to all getting there band in January. I wish everyone the best.

I am having a very hard time with this two day liquid diet, it is killing me not to be able to eat real food. If you know what I mean. Now I know why they called this bandster hell sometimes.

I'm jealous. I'm on day 5 of 14 liquid pre-op. Good luck you are almost there.

On day eight of ten day pre-op diet. Clear fluids only. Aaarrghhh!

Okay, so if I chew up some food and spit it out will that be considered cheating??? What about just licking a block of cheese for a few minutes? Just kidding...kind of. Pre-op diet is torture, especially when you walk in on your metabolically gifted husband munching on one of the many fried cheese sticks he has piled in front of him. Tomorrow's Headline - "Starved Woman Decapitates Husband with Cheese Stick!"

I bet I could plead insanity.

:thumbup:

Hey Picklehead, good luck on your surgery! Keep up your sense of humor! I know you will be just fine, let us know how it goes. I am waiting, not very patiently, for my turn on the 19th. Cara/OP

Wow, I have it good. 14 days but with yogurt, pudding , applesauce and tomato juice or v-8.

mmmmmm.....the headline sounds like head cheese.

Hey Picklehead, good luck on your surgery! Keep up your sense of humor! I know you will be just fine, let us know how it goes. I am waiting, not very patiently, for my turn on the 19th. Cara/OP

Thanks soontobeme.

I always try to laugh instead of crying. Life is funny. Thanks for the good wishes. Surgery is tomorrow at 12:30pm. Trying not to stress, but I probably won't sleep too much. I am just ready to be done. They're keeping me overnight, so I should be back online by Thursday evening. If I have any new insights after surgery I will definitely share. If anyone has any questions after I get banded, toss them my way and I'll answer what I can.

Take care all!

Hi,

I'm also having my band fitted around that time, mines 15/01 in Bromsgrove, England.

I started the pre op diet Mon so 3 days in and it's not too bad, all i can have is 2 yogharts, 2pints milk and unlimited water per day.

What have you been told you can have cus i'm finding every where is different.

January 14th at St. Joes in Hamilton, ON

Hi,

I'm also having my band fitted around that time, mines 15/01 in Bromsgrove, England.

I started the pre op diet Mon so 3 days in and it's not too bad, all i can have is 2 yogharts, 2pints milk and unlimited Water per day.

What have you been told you can have cus i'm finding every where is different.

This is my pre op diet:

Recommended Menu:

Breakfast = a small bowl of sugar free Cereal with semi milk

or

1 weetabix

or

1 shredded wheat

lunch

1 medium slice of bread or 2 crisp breads/or 1 egg size potato or 2 tablespoons of cooked Pasta or rice

with

vegetables or salad 100g no fats/dressings

with

100g of meat or fish

or

cheese 50g

or

2 eggs boiled or poached

dinner

same as lunch menu

Miscellaneous allowance per day

1/2 pint semi skimmed milk

2 portions of fruit

1 light yoghurt

water,tea,coffee,low cal squash allowed freely ( no more than 1 glass of fruit juice per day)

Hello All! I am getting banded on Thursday, January 22nd at 8:30am by Dr. Benavides in Dallas (Richardson) Texas! I can't wait....what a great start to this new year......

Definitely going to look fine in 2009!!!!

I am getting my band tomorrow morning. Good luck to everyone on there progress and getting band.

I am supposed to be banded 1/15/09 as long as everything at my surgeons office goes right! I am starting my pre-op diet and its pretty easy 1000 calories. No liquid only for me which I am learning to value very much from reading other peoples posts. Congrats and good luck to all the New Year Hotties!

wow! there are so many january bandsters out there! good luck to all of you! i'm joining you on the 27th. keep us posted & keep up the good spirits!

I get banded on Friday - anxiously awaiting a call tomorrow to find out what time to be at the hospital. I was supposed to be banded Nov 3, but the surgeon's assistant messed up. I now have a new surgeon and new assistant to work with.

I'm excited and nervous:crying:

Melissa

This is my pre op diet:

Recommended Menu:

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My goodness. I wasn't allowed hardly any carbs. Okay, I call less than thirty grams of total carbs "hardly any." Can't complain about it, though. It's a fairly easy diet to live with, and doc prefers his patients stay below thirty grams per day for the rest of their lives, if possible. Should be relatively easy, since many high-carb foods would clog our stoma. Having had one experience with a minor obstruction, I never want to do that again!

Lena