I'm scheduled to be banded on 4/15! Looking forward to starting that yummy pre-surgical diet . . . hmmm, maybe not. I'd rather chew on my shoe than eat a dry chicken breast so I'm making friends with Protein shakes.

I've gone through a lot of back-and-forth thinking about the surgery, researching and questioning everything, weighing all the pros and cons. Could gastric bypass be a better choice because I’ll lose weight faster and, as an added bonus, explode if I eat too much sugar (apparently an excellent deterrent to eating a dozen donuts for breakfast)? And what will that little alien plastic thingy be doing to my stomach when I’m not looking? All the noise aside, I’m feeling very confident about my decision, very hopeful about my future, and motivated to change. Wish me luck!

Good luck to you DottieDoo, Im getting banded on the 16th. So excited and nervous at the same time.

I wish you all the best.

I have not yet gotten a date but was told sometime in April as well. I am feeling the same exact way!!! I have always been one of those people that weird things happen to REALLY ALL THE TIME! My family & friends make fun of me because of it..... if it's gonna happen... it'll happen to me. Therefore, I am really nervous about having a foreign OBJECT in my body and hope it goes ok, cause i sure need a change in my life.... serious change!

I have not yet gotten a date but was told sometime in April as well. I am feeling the same exact way!!! I have always been one of those people that weird things happen to REALLY ALL THE TIME! My family & friends make fun of me because of it..... if it's gonna happen... it'll happen to me. Therefore, I am really nervous about having a foreign OBJECT in my body and hope it goes ok, cause i sure need a change in my life.... serious change!

Hey MJ! My doc gave me some good feedback on the foreign object issue. There are lots of things and medical devices that people have in their bodies to improve their health (and make their boobs bigger). Titanium hips, pacemakers, cheek/chin implants, all kinds of stuff. It didn't seem creepy when I thought of it that way. I think of it as a little Gucci belt that's going to help me to look marvelous.

I have plenty thoughts, I do my real research through books and My Doctor and his partners bio, as well as my weight loss center. I am a nurse and I often tell my patients please do not use the internet as a reliable source of info, so I try to practice what I preach. I joined one group and that's this one. To much info can be dangerous and the people at your weight loss center should be the number one source of unbiased information.

We have the sameeee dateeeee