Hello eveyone I am getting banded on 3/18/09 I am so scared.....i didn't follow the opti fast diet like i should have ....do u think i will be ok?

Kind of hard to say, donyia. Chances are, you will.....However, since the reason for the preop diet is for your safety, there is a chance that your surgeon may opt not to go ahead with your surgery if you haven't lost what he thinks you should have.

I hope so! I cheated on mine and didn't get banded the first time out; but that's rare. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you...but use this to help keep you strong on the post op diet (so you can heal properly) Good luck!

Good luck for Wednesday. I'm waiting for a date, having had my first date cancelled due to lack of beds.

Have a great surgery!!! Were you on the Opti-Fast pre-op diet to shrink your liver, or just on it as an insurance qualifier, you know, three or six months managed diet? I guess it depends on your surgeon. Mine did not require fasting before the surgery to shrink the liver, but other surgeons do. If your surgeon recommended it for that reason, then do your best today to stick to it, if you can.

I wish you a smooth surgery and quick recovery! Take care!

since surgery is tomorrow, make sure you are on clear liquids only for today. Even though you didn't follow the pre-op diet exactly, you don't want to have food left in your stomach during the surgery. If you were told to drink some milk of mag this afternoon, make sure to follow that.

good luck, hopefully all will go fine.

God bless. I'm being banded on 3/19/09. I hope all is well.

Just got the call from hospital I go tomorrow at 8:30 for 10 am surgery. I am starting to freak out! I think I've been on this site too long reading horror stories ...I just want it to go as smoothly as possible

my surgery and recovery went much easier than I was expecting. I think it's because I'd read so many horror stories also. Was preparing to have pain for a few days, but it was much easier than expected. I was walking easily in the afternoon, had almost no port or incision pain. I did get some gas pain on day 2 and 3, but it was more of a discomfort than pain. I realized it was what I had read about, but I couldn't even really call it pain.

Hope yours go as well, don't panic, I think more people tend to write about problems than all the success stories.

Thanks so much! I'll let you know how it went on Friday....hopefully