It's fairly certain that I'll be having the surgery in the beginning of February, any one else out there making the biggest change in the shortest month?

Hi Everyone my name is Sara and I live in Maine this is my first post and I'm getting banded on the 6th!!! 4 more days I am so excited! I've been int he program for 9 months but it feels like it went so quickly now. Anyway hope you are all doing well!

Hi Everyone my name is Sara and I live in Maine this is my first post and I'm getting banded on the 6th!!! 4 more days I am so excited! I've been int he program for 9 months but it feels like it went so quickly now. Anyway hope you are all doing well!

Welcome Sara!

I am in Maine too- getting banded tomorrow morning! :tongue:

Which program are you in?

Congratulations!! Tomorrow morning you must be soooo excited!! I'm in the mmc program. Dr Cobean is doing my surgery at the Scarborough surgery center. Where are you having it done at? Let me know how it goes! :tongue:

Congratulations!! Tomorrow morning you must be soooo excited!! I'm in the mmc program. Dr Cobean is doing my surgery at the Scarborough surgery center. Where are you having it done at? Let me know how it goes! :tongue:

yes, I am excited, and nervous, and hoping that it all goes well.

I am in the mmc program too, surgery to be done in Scarborough, by Dr. Wolff.

Not sure if I will be up for posting tomorrow, but I should be able to do so before your turn on Friday!

good luck! :thumbup:

Count me in as one of the February '09 bandsters. My banding date is Thursday, Feb. 05. I am leaving Atlanta at 06:00 AM on Wednesday and flying to the Dominican Republic.

After 2 nights in the hospital (1 night pre-op and 1 post-op), I will recoup with 3 nights stay at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel and Casino in Santo Domingo and homeward bound on Monday, Feb. 09.

I am so excited!!

Good luck to everyone who is getting surgery in the next few days!!

hey everyone! if youre interested, I posted all about my surgery experience yesterday in the February 2009 sub forum!

good luck to everyone being banded in Feb. i hope everything goes well!

Hello Everyone!

I'm getting banded on the 11th. Just registered to the forums today.

So, you know, it's already been a big month for me!

(Of course every month is a 'big" month, which is why I'm getting the band... Ba-da-bump!)

Howdie from Virginia!!! I'm a February gal too. I will be banded on February 24th (3 weeks from today). Can't wait!!!

Good luck ya'll!!!

ok all my band friends..i will be banded tomorrow and i am doing my bowel prep today and i am starting to feel not only hungry but sick cause i am drinking all these liquids on an empty stomach and just wainting for this miralax to take effect. i am so excited about my surgey but nervous at the same time...i just can wait to see the results. please pray for me that everythigngoes well tomorrow. i am going to finish this bowel prep and then go to bed until it starts to work...nervous i am but nothing is more exciting about finally losing all the weight and taking it all off permanately.

I am getting banded on the 25th! How has your process been?

i started the process on 10/31 where they told me everything i needed to do. There was so much that it was overwhelming, :w00t:but i did everything ASAP.:wink2: as a matter of fact the surgical coordinator told me that i have the record for completing all my test the fastest.:thumbup: i had to do the sleep apnea test, psy and nutrionist before i could get a date. then i had to do a UGI series, abdominal sonogram, echo, stress test, pulmonary function test, and attend a lap band group before the surgery. everything was done by 12/16 and got a date for 2/4 in december:thumbup:. I just got my insurance approval about 2 weeks ago and i am just happy. i have been overweight all my life, but have went up and down also. :crying:i have doing jenny craig for a year and i am 5 pds heavier now then when i started.:confused: i just really wanted to stop the viciuos cycle of the yo-yo dieting. i am so happy and excited just writing this post makes me want to cry when i think of my wieght loss struggle. Weight loss is so dear to my heart because it has been the most challenging thing in my life. i wish you all the best on your surgery as well!!!

my date is 2/16. i start my diet this w/e. 2 liquid shakes and 1 meal a day. i am very nervous/excited. i always have these crazy thoughts like "what if i am one of those people that doesn't lose any weight" anyone else ever think like that? good luck to everyone.

You are not alone, I am so scared that I am going to fail. I know that I want this so bad though so I have to do it, failing is not an option! The fear is still there though......

The first couple days of the preop diet stink but you do eventually get used to it, I promise! I'm on week 3 of it and I barely notice it anymore.

Yes I originally had an HMO and began the process last April but I got denied twice. My doctor never told me what I needed to do to get approval. Finally in August he said to me, if you had a PPO, you could just go... so I waited for open enrollment which came in November and I switched to PPO, called my surgeon and began the process. I too was done with all the pre op testing immediately! So now I am waiting until the 25th! I have been overweight my whole life too and I am dying to just wear a pair of shorts. I do have this fear that it may not work for me because nothing else has...jenny craig twice, weight watchers twice, atkins, etc..