Hi,

My BAND DATE IS 4/27 and today is the first day of my diet,I am scared!! Also nervous about pre-op appt. on 4/17,what all are they going to do??? I have to be there at 8 and she says not to expect to leave before noon. The only thing she named is an EKG. My surgery will be at Scott n White in Temple TX. I pray that I can do this.

well there is good news and bad news...the purpose of the pre-op diet is two fold. 1) the doctor needs you to shrink your fatty liver so he doesnt damage it when he moves it out of the way to get at your stomach to apply the band.

2) the second part is to see for yourself if you are able to follow orders(this part i see you have failed) but dont be alarmed. you can still get this under control.

The bad part about this is you wont know if you caused your surgery to be delayed until after you wake up. the doctor will put you out and go in there and may see that your liver is still too fatty and sew you back up and proceed to tell you that he was not able to do it. I hope this doesnt happen to you but it has happened.

I wish you good luck!!!

Relax and take it one day at a time...and keep a short timer's attitude. What you have to do for the pre-op will end in two weeks. You can put up with it for two weeks.

Pre-op visit. Sounds like you haven't had any medical screening so far. My doc required all medical clearances be complete before starting the pre-op diet and seeing him officially "pre-op", so I can't offer much here. But just call the office and ASK. Tell them you're just curious what they are going to do. You have a right to know, after all.

My date is 5-8, but my wife's is this friday. Because of an insurance issue, she is only going to be on the diet for 1 week, but to show my support for her and to make sure I am ready, I am starting the diet now. I want to prove to her and myself that I have the willpower to do it, because she is already having problems with the diet and is getting scared about the surgery.

Just remember, nothing worth having comes easy. The harder the proccess is, the more you will appreciate the result!

Topher