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

My surgery is the 18th and I have to go back to work on the 25th. I am a professor at UTA so it is not a physically demanding job, but I do have a 10 minutes walk from the parking lot and three flights of stairs to climb. Also, my classes are 3 hours long, which means I have to stand the entire time and can't really sip on anything like they said to do during the post-op liquid stage. I am really nervous about to being ready for it all in one week; however, I am so sick of starving to death on the pre-op diet. I can only have 5 8-oz Optifast shakes per day. I am on the 7th day of 14 days and want nothing more than to raid the fridge and eat the left over pork chops I made for my family for dinner.

I'm going in tomorrow for my band! Anyone else have their band date tomorrow? If so please keep in touch!

Surgery date is on the 31st with Dr. Feiz. So excited

My date is August 18th! Been doing a low carb diet for a month. Have to do liquid for two days before, which I'm not looking forward to!

My surgery is tomorrow, August 13th I am so excited!!!

My surgery is tomorrow TOO!! GOOD LUCK!!! Are you nervous?

9 hours to go. It has been the longest 2 week wait of my life..... and now its here it doesnt seem real.

I am calm.

The knowledge that I couldnt follow any of the pre-op instructions correctly haunted me all week, but not today. I must know it is too late for that.

I ate, I smoked, right up until yesterday lunchtime (24 hours before op), but still dropped from 106.8kg to 99.9 kg ( 235 1b to 220 lb). Am now on full fast after taking picoprep last night ( bowel prep - YUK).

I want, I need, this to work.

Good luck to all being done today, to those already done, and to those in the future who need it to.

"Just do it"

My Date is August 25th. My doctor didn't give me a preop diet. What is your Pre-op Diet?

I'm just doing the post-op diet to see if I can do it!

Also setting up my kitchen with food scale, small bowl and plate, measuring spoon and cup to eat the correct portions.

The hardest things so far are giving up my Advil(i have Gout) and not drinking while eating.

:huh2:Thanks MaggieGT

Edited August 12, 200917 yr by MaggieGT

Hey all, i will ahve been banded a week tomorrow!!!

Cant wait to weigh my self tomorrow morning, hope i have lost a little

Hey August Bandmates!

My date is August 25th, at 1PM, in Detroit Michigan. I will be at Harper Hospital, and Dr. Laker is my surgeon.

I am currently on my pre-op diet. 2 protein shakesand then a "sensible" meal for dinner. If I knew what sensible was, I probably wouldn't need the band! lol

Oh well, I wanted to say hi!

Pars

:drool:

My surgery is scheduled for August 25th but a visit with my doctor yesterday to go over my lab results showed I am anemic so my surgery may have to be delayed. I am so bummed. I have been taking iron supplements for a few weeks now so hopefully a re-test will clear me. I don't see how someone who usually eats as much as I have can be deficient in anything-----except self control!!!

I had my one week post-op doctors visit today. Feel great and lost 10 lbs and I'm not going to go try to find it ! lol Don't be nervous about your surgery guys. For me it was a breeze ! (except the constipation !)

Hi All:

I am home recovering from my surgery - it was SO easy!! I am not in any pain, just a little sore. I haven't needed any pain meds and haven't had any neausea! I am SO SO SO HAPPY that this is done and I can start losing weight - I have so many nice clothes in my closet that are calling my name Hope everyone else did well today too. Congrats on the 10 pounds down Jvinciguerra1!

:biggrin::thumbup::thumbup:IM banded :thumbup::smile2:

Im soooooooooo happy my life has started since the 11 of august. best wishes to all..

Manal Rajab

From England/London

I was approved on 8-12-09 and they have set my surgery date for 8-27-09!!! If this preop diet doesnt kill me first I am really struggling.... I mean seriously....If I had enough self-control to be on a liquid diet for two weeks, I wouldn't weigh 320 pounds.......:biggrin: