I am looking at mid month , if all goes well :-) Lets keep each other up to date!

Surgery is August 14th. Pre-Op appointment tomorrow. Getting a little fidgety about it all, but I'll be ok.

i'm aug 12th kinda scared though!!!:wink:

it is finally here I will be having surgery in 4 hours.I am still not nervous just excited. as soon as i can sit at a pc i will update my status.

I just had my surgery (the 5th) yesterday...and I am still waiting to be released :nanahump: I have to wait till I can get rid of my nausea and puking

but at least the surgery part is over

Oh, I am so sorry to hear how you are struggling with nausea and vomiting. I was ok...surgeon gave me so many anti-nausea drugs thru my IV, the nurse said. Plus I had a patch behind my ear.

Hope it all passes for you soon!:wink2:

Got banded Yesterday. Went well. There was a lot of pain getting out, all I said was ouch for like the first 10 minutes. Was def. in and out of it for a really long time . Got my own private room afterwards. got morphine for the pain while there. I'm just super sore and swollen. Came home today around 4/5 I think. Was given percocet (sp?) for pain, but pharmacist won't give me prescript due to the amount to be dispensed being written in the wrong spot *rolling eyes*

Been eating okay. Not hungry at all really, so had like 2oz of apple sauce and some water later on. Sleeping sore as I am is def. not fun :-/

Hang in there...each day gets easier!

Right here! im will be banded on August 24th on the pre op liquid diet. :wink2:

August 25th, Dr Cenden in Gainesville FL. I'm really excited & scared at the same time. :Banane56: What worries me most is what I'm going to do with the anxiety, emotions, etc that I use food for. :nanahump: It's my herion...my best friend...and is going to be hard to let go of. :sad: I am starting with an addiction specialist (shrink) next week who I plan to follow through with after surgery. :biggrin: I've been eating like a garbage disposal though. :wink2: All the foods that I hear can't be tolerated anymore. I start a clear liquid diet the week before surgery. My husband may want to consider moving to the next county. I'm not going to be Susie Sunshine after a couple of days.

August 25th, Dr Cenden in Gainesville FL. I'm really excited & scared at the same time. :Banane56: What worries me most is what I'm going to do with the anxiety, emotions, etc that I use food for. :nanahump: It's my herion...my best friend...and is going to be hard to let go of. :sad: I am starting with an addiction specialist (shrink) next week who I plan to follow through with after surgery. :biggrin: I've been eating like a garbage disposal though. :wink2: All the foods that I hear can't be tolerated anymore. I start a clear liquid diet the week before surgery. My husband may want to consider moving to the next county. I'm not going to be Susie Sunshine after a couple of days.

Ha ha! You'll be fine! The pre-op diet isn't as bad as you think. I was really apprehensive about it, but I'm on my fifth day and I think I could deal with this for another month if I had to. I did the same thing as you before my pre-op diet, I ate candy and Chinese food and everything in between to have my last hurrah. Hope the shrink helps you, but try not to come out of any of this feeling like you are somehow a bad person because you don't have control over what you are putting in your mouth. You are not alone in that struggle.

I did a pizza two nights ago, then spag bol with garlic bread the next night, then today half a chocolate bar, 2 bread rolls and a McFeast with large French Fries - at least the BBQ sauce was liquid!!!!

But I have had hell week and to top it off last night my whole house turned into a sewer - the plumbing went caput and i had sewer coming out of every sink and floor waste, and every toilet was blocked - no wonder I have gone to the dogs.

oh and I forgot to mention it is a brand new house which makes it worse

I do...August 12th! I have signed consents, and had all my pre-op testing done...I am set!!

Aug 19th baby!! So excited!!:wink2:

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AUGUST BANDERS!!!!!! Best of luck to each and every one of you!!!:wink2:

I am sceduked for 11a.m. on Monday! So excited and nervous. Had a bite here and there of chicken and cucumber during my two week diet. Really nervous about my liver, but something deep down inside of me tells me that it will all be fine.

I had my pre-op appt today and the doc was not happy that I had gained weight since my last visit with him in June. I was really scared that he was going to tell me it's a no-go. I tried to explain that, yes, I did gain weight in his eyes, but i had just lost 8 pounds on the pre-diet. My gain was before the pre-diet while on vacation. I kind of let loose and ate and drank whatever I wanted. I can gain weight very easily and a one week slip caused me to gain 12 pounds. I then lost the 8 these past 2 weeks, but was still up 4. He seemed to understand and made a joke about me having a pretty good vacation.

Just got the call yesterday. All approved for an 8/18 surgery. I go on 8/10...that's this Monday for my pre-op lab work. I'm pretty scared about the blood gas draw. I am a hard stick for normal blood work so this seems to be what I'm most worried about so far. Didn't have any time to have the "last supper" before starting liquids last night. I'm kind of sad though, my buddy system partner had some paperwork problems so instead of having my buddy there to go through it with me..I guess I'm going first. So here I go, diving in with both feet. Having lost almost 50 in the last 6 months, I'm sure the next hurdle will go just fine. Ahhhh! I just can't believe it's almost here!!!