Sorry if this thread has already been started but I looked around a bit and couldn’t find one. I think that those of us who are scheduled for September need a place to support each other, help pass the time, and not spam up the boards with a thousand approved threads:tongue2:!!! I am so excited to being this journey. So, how about it? Any lost September banders out there? :ohmy::)

Hospital supplies - my list is on post # 258.

I still need to think of some type of heating pad for home.

Mouth spray is in the mouthwash section, and I get the same brand moisturizing spray and wash.

I wanted to ask the nurses if they will lube our lips when we are out?! It seems like it would help a lot to have some lubrication on before we wake up. I haven't read of this being done. I do read many posters saying bring your chapstick.

I just did a brief glance at the number of us posting here. It would be interesting to have a count of September bandsters.

Biotene Dry Mouth Products : Moisturizing Mouth Spray

Anita

I will be banded in September..My surgery date is Sept 9th.....Good luck to ya!!

Good Luck!!

I wish you the best on ur journey,Im new to this and i want to get it done also. Please keep me posted.

Thank you,

Stephanie:thumbup:

sounds cool. start and i'll follow. 209! Do you have to do a liquid diet? If so you are going to be under 200 before your surgery. I have lost 3 pounds since saturday! Still hoping for 10 before my surgery date.

Hey Dee, Soco, yea I had no choice on the pre-op diet. Im with Kaiser so i had to loose 10%. But I did it! Now I'm just trying to get all my supplies etc together. Bought some soups, broth and jello. I'm going to pick up some of the mouth spray you mentioned.

How's all the other post ops?

great list travel.. thanks!!

I think I reported this on another thread, but not here yet...I am so excited to have lost 15 lbs in one week!!!!! The first 8 were from my 3 days of clear liquids pre-op, then 7 lbs since surgery on Tues.

I have to say, that is freakin awesome for me, a record in my 42 years (almost) of dieting!!!! And it was almost easy, since I wasn't hungry most of the time.

Now comes the test: I have a BBQ to go to tonight, and while I am not worried about eating (I plan to bring mashed potatoes and have some for dinner), the big issue is cocktails! I am so used to drinking several glasses of wine at these things. That will not work if I want to keep up the momentum I have going. So I will have to wing it. Maybe bring some diet cranberry juice and drink that?

I am also having issues with the cocktail thing. I am a social drinker, and normally this weekend would have been a big drinking and eating weekend. Atleast we are so motivated to keep ourselves on track. Good luck to you!

Good morning everyone. Well, I got my band Friday. Everything is going awesome! I was released from the hospital on Saturday. Sunday, I was up walking around the track at a close by school. Also, went shopping for awhile and got a pedicure. I have never had a pedicure and it was nice. We also went to visit friends at the campground and sat around the fire for a couple of hours. I was a little tired when we got home. The worst part for me was a headache. I think I may have been de-hydrated. I am trying to get all the liquids down, but I am not hungry at all and I am trying to sip, sip, sip. Gas pains have been very minimal. Today I am feeling great!

Cortney - what happened to our yahoo group? I tried to go there this morning, but it says group does not exist.

What I needed the most at the hospital was carmex for my lips after surgery. I was only allowed to sip a small medicine cup of water per hour for 6 hours after surgery. No popsicle until 6 hours later. Then the water was also up to 2 medicine cups of water. It was crazy. My mouth was sooooo dry. UGH!

JoLynne

I will be banded Sept 14th. I cant believe it is finally here. After months and months of eating my last meal. I am excited, nervous, scared and eager. Good luck all september banders. See you on the other side....

Hi everyone!

THis site has been so great! I start my preop diet today. I am getting banded on the 17th. 10 more days!!! I can't wait. I love reading how everybody is doing. I am going to take all of the advice I have seen on here. I am going shopping today. Congratulations to everyone who has been banded already! Yall make me more excited everyday!!!!

Good morning all.. well tomorrow is the big day for me. I am not as nervous as I was before but the whole not being banded due to a thick liver has me worried. I didn't follow the preop to a T. But I did drink alot of slimfast and water.

Question.. lubricant spray for the mouth? That is a new one to me...and special brands, locations where it can be purchased?

I still have no idea what my current weight is

Hope everyone has a successful day today!!

Good Luck!.. I will keep you in my Prayers.. Believe me it's not that bad.. Try going on clear liquids for the rest of the day.. Starve that liver of carbs so that it'll shrink..

Okay Guys let's start this list of dates.. Just copy, paste and add in your date then post:

Soco 9/01/09

Coloroado- I am ssooo feeling you with the wine thing! My family likes big pasta meals with wine and BBQ with cold beer and boy am I missing that! I love drinking wine and something that worked for me this week was I found some no sugar apple juice and poured it in a wine glass. That gave me the filling that I was drinking and no one can tell the difference in white wine and apple juice so if you have ppl that you dont wanna explain why you are drinking too its perfect!! Good Luck at your BBQ! Congrats on the weight too!!!

Hi everyone!

THis site has been so great! I start my preop diet today. I am getting banded on the 17th. 10 more days!!! I can't wait. I love reading how everybody is doing. I am going to take all of the advice I have seen on here. I am going shopping today. Congratulations to everyone who has been banded already! Yall make me more excited everyday!!!!

I get banded on the 17 too and been on my diet since friday. lost 3 pounds already. Thanks for all the advice and lists ladies.

sounds cool. start and i'll follow. 209! Do you have to do a liquid diet? If so you are going to be under 200 before your surgery. I have lost 3 pounds since saturday! Still hoping for 10 before my surgery date.

Hey Dee, Soco, yea I had no choice on the pre-op diet. Im with Kaiser so i had to loose 10%. But I did it! Now I'm just trying to get all my supplies etc together. Bought some soups, broth and jello. I'm going to pick up some of the mouth spray you mentioned.

How's all the other post ops?

Pre-op, I have to do liquid protein shakes,popsicles,jello but I gotta say I'm having a tough time, not because its liquid so much as with all the sweets, my weight problem didnt come from eating sweets, it's all this cajun food. :tongue_smilie:My doctor also added a multivitamin & an extra B Complex supplement.

Post Op, is just two days of clear liquids the 2 wks full liquids, then i can start adding lean meats & veggies.

OUR SURGERY LIST

Soco 9/01/09

Nawlinzlady (Dee) 9/15/09