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April Bandsters?

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hopeful41411    0

hopeful41411
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Well I am getting banded on April 7th! Anyone else? I'm excited and nervous, but know that the future is going to be terrific! I've got nutrition class this Thursday, pre-surgery admission stuff on the 11th, and start the liquid diet for 2 weeks starting on the 19th. Time is going to fly!

Does anyone remember where the post was about what to get/bring before the surgery?

Andrea

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rcher    1

rcher
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Hi hopeful, I haven't posted here in a long time, but now I have my surgery date April 28th. Have my last meeting March 10. It seems like the time has gone by so slow up untill now. I know it will probably fly by now that I know my date to a "new me". I can't express how great I feel knowing that I will now control the thing which has had control over me.:wink:

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lachdanon    0

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Hi there,

I was supposed to get banded on the 6th, but now going on April 13th. Like you I can't wait. Not sure about your original question but I know that you will do great after your procedure.

:wink:

Craig

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mobetter    0

mobetter
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Hello..

After almost two years of planning and agonizing over things.. I too will be banded on April 7th.. Very excited and nervous..

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smilan    1

smilan
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Well I dont have my official date yet. I was approved last week and it will be within 30 days of that, so yes I will be an April Bandster!

I am very excited and surprisingly enough, not nervous.

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Jenfs5    19

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I too will be an April bandster. I got my date yesterday and it will be April 16th. I was suprised that I got a date and insurance approval so soon especially since I have not even finished my pre-op appointments :laugh:. Oh well at least I dont have to wait too long. I go tomorrow for my pre-op appointment and see what kind of pre-op diet I have to follow. I am hoping for not too many days of liquid diet...LOL. Oh well, good luck everyone.

Jen

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swishbc    0

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I'm an April gal too! I was scheduled for April 14th but my case manager called me THIS afternoon and said my surgeon had something come up and had to cancel his surgeries for that day. She wanted to know if I could bump my date up to April 6th!?! HECK YES I CAN!

I have my pre-op classes this Thursday (Post-op nutrition and Lifestyles) and pre-op surgeon appt next Friday. Only 27 days left!

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Mommad    0

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Hi everyone

Nice to 'meet' you all and it will be nice chatting with folks going through the same exciting and sometimes scary times. I am being banded on April 1st just east of Toronto. I have not yet received any information, I am hoping it comes tomorrow. I just booked last week, but in Canada it is very difficult to get insurance to pay - typically it is a self pay procedure of $16,000:w00t: but.....well worth it and I won't have to pay the other thousands I've been paying for other diets that I don't stick with :thumbup:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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