Well I guess I am the first one here! I just got my surgery date and it is set for June 2nd at OHSU in Portland Oregon. I am so excited! It has been a long journey to get to this point and I am so glad to have a date even if it is almost 3 months out. Anyone else out there get a June 09 surgery date?

Edited March 11, 200917 yr by astera

Well I finally got my approval from my insurance.Surgery date is June 22nd.I'm excited and hope it helps my diabetes.:thumbup:

Well I finally got my approval from my insurance.Surgery date is June 22nd.I'm excited and hope it helps my diabetes.:thumbup:

Hey! That is awesome! Congrats on getting your date! WE are just a couple days from eachother!

Congrats to ALL! I was banded JUNE 20, 2008. Have been stuck for about 5 weeks.. TODAY, THE SCALE FINALLY STARTED MOVING AGAIN! 2 POUNDS! Yippee! lol! Small losses = Big changes! God Bless and Good Luck!

Hi everyone :laugh:

I thought Id introduce myself. Im a 28 year old girl from Cali, and Im getting banded in MX with Dr Rumbaut on June 18th. I was going to go this month but then the whole swine flue thing hit :cool2: and the President said no travel that wasnt totally necessary so I desided to wait till June. I guess thats coming up here shortly so Ill try not to bust with anticipation!

Hi everyone :thumbup:

I thought Id introduce myself. Im a 28 year old girl from Cali, and Im getting banded in MX with Dr Rumbaut on June 18th. I was going to go this month but then the whole swine flue thing hit :thumbup: and the President said no travel that wasnt totally necessary so I desided to wait till June. I guess thats coming up here shortly so Ill try not to bust with anticipation!

Hey Mxico! That is so exciting! Congrats! You are getting banded the day before me! How are you doing with loosing pre op weight? BIG thumbs down for me.

Is anyone having surgery in Baltimore, Maryland in June or July 2009???

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Hey Mxico! That is so exciting! Congrats! You are getting banded the day before me! How are you doing with loosing pre op weight? BIG thumbs down for me.

My Dr doesnt really have a preop diet for me because Im at 35 BMI. He said just Clear liquids the day before surgery. But I think Im going to diet about three weeks before surgery to get things boosted. Im good at losing ten pounds fast lol. Perfect crash dieter. But I could never do a full on liquid diet of slim fast or anything like a lot of people are having to do the weeks before surgery. My Dr said Im going to have to do a few days of clear liquids after my surgery then full liquids for a week after that and then mushies for another week or so after that. Hopefully it will be easier because Ill have the band in place; but he said it would be hard the last week because its not filled at all so once the swelling goes down you are as hungry as normal without the band. Either way it sounds no buino! :thumbup: At least we will have eachother to vent to! :thumbup:

Hi, I am excited for you .My Dr only requires a three day liquid pre-op diet. I have been trying out the ISOPURE drinks and plan to order the Benprotein this week(an unflavored protien) to mix with crystal lite. It is cheaper than the isopure. I could have my surgery earlier but, I have other commitments that I have to fufill before the surgery.I think it is good though to have everything in place so you are mentally and physically ready.

Have you been practicing drinking and eating slowly? Also, have you tried the protein drinks?I have tried Atkins and the Body Fortress(from Wallmart).Can't find chewable vitamins or calcium though.

My doctor requires all patients to do Optifast (or similar) for 2 weeks regardless. I think its because you can still have a fatty liver even with a low BMI and he wants to make sure that their are no hitches with the surgery.

My surgery is on 2 june so I start the preop diet on May 18.

Can't find chewable Vitamins or calcium though.

I got chewable Vitamin C today from GNC. It's not great but tolerable. It's cherry flavored, chew it fast and have a chaser it's not too bad. I may try to crush it up and put with a Protein shake.

I also bought. Woman's Ultra Mega vitamin chocolate shake. It's better mixed with a Protein Shake, and more filling cuz it has Fiber in it.

I also like the Isopure Mango made with milk.

OK! :thumbup:

We have more ideas for our name. :thumbsup:

1. Looney Junes

2. June Jubilee

3. June Journeys

4. Journey of the Jammin' Juners

5. Jumpin' June Bugs

6. Jammin' Juners

Anymore ideas?? :idea:

I'll let someone else do the poll so I don't freak out again.

When we vote do we want to be able to vote for more than one?? I like a few of those.

Too Fat To Fish--do you like any of those??

Alright!! Let's huddle up and vote! :grouphug:

Jubilant Junes

OK! :thumbup:

We have more ideas for our name. :thumbsup:

1. Looney Junes

2. June Jubilee

3. June Journeys

4. Journey of the Jammin' Juners

5. Jumpin' June Bugs

6. Jammin' Juners

Anymore ideas?? :idea:

I'll let someone else do the poll so I don't freak out again.

When we vote do we want to be able to vote for more than one?? I like a few of those.

Too Fat To Fish--do you like any of those??

Alright!! Let's huddle up and vote! :grouphug:

I think Looney Junie's is cuter than looney Junes

My doctor requires all patients to do Optifast (or similar) for 2 weeks regardless. I think its because you can still have a fatty liver even with a low BMI and he wants to make sure that their are no hitches with the surgery.

My surgery is on 2 june so I start the preop diet on May 18.

Im doing back flips over here that my Dr doesnt have much of a preop for low BMI'ers over here! Its gonna be hard enough doing the post op diet. But ya'll will have a head start on me with the weight loss. :thumbsup:

Im doing back flips over here that my Dr doesnt have much of a preop for low BMI'ers over here! Its gonna be hard enough doing the post op diet. But ya'll will have a head start on me with the weight loss. :thumbsup:

I think I will be in the same boat as you, most people I have talked to that had the surgery where I am having it did not have to do much of a pre op diet, they try to get you to loose 10% of your body weight pre op and that is the diet. I'm not sure how I would do being on Clear liquids for weeks at a time, I'm not all that nice when I am hungry! lol