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my new band its a girl!!!! her name is HOPE

CancunGirl

By CancunGirl, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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CancunGirl    1

CancunGirl
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OK. here is my adventure:

I got all my tests done the previous days: 3 blood tests, chest x rays,oh and one thing I didn't expect was for the EKG you practically have to be naked! It would have had to be done anyway but still they should have warned me! (a bra that open at the front, a blouse with front buttons and shaved legs are a good tip for the EKG day), the hospital internist checked all and give me green light.

So yesterday, I met my doctors (dr. verboonen and Dr. Ponce the Leon) an all the obesitygoodbye team, they were soooo nice and professional that I didn't feel nervous at all, one second I was in the OR chatting and the next second I'm being taken back to my room. (wow! that part was easy).

This is the best part; I read all the posts everywhere so I was braced and ready for everything: hiccups, burping, farting, dizziness, diarrhea, excruciating pain at port site, gas pains, depression, hunger etc.... Well I have nothing of that. My doctors are so good and I am so lucky!, so far I feel excellent, only tenderness in the ab area if I move too fast, and I have good restriction already (since my midband is really flexible they put 7cc in it)

So I am ecstatic, while I carefully sip on my Isopure, I can´t stop smiling.

I named my band, She has a beautiful name, her name is HOPE!

I really feel like this is the beginning of a new life for me, I want to thank you all for your support, kindness and encouragement, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALL! AND I MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! :(:) :) :) :) :D

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Vera    7

Vera
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Congratulations to you Cancun and welcome HOPE!

Great team to work with I've been told.

I named my band Chewy

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lovecats85    2

lovecats85
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Hey Girl! Sounds like the band gods were smiling on both of us today! I'm realy sore on the side when walking but other than that I'm doing ok!

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porclndoll    0

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AAAWWWEEE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME FOR YOUR BAND.....However I am a bit partial to the name, thats MY name~ ehehehehehe.... Hope Charlene.....

Congrats on your surgery and it sounds like you are doing great! Keep it up~

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giveyouthemoon    4

giveyouthemoon
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! My band is named Katrinka. Katrinka meet Hope, Hope meet Katrinka!! I have a feeling our bands will be very good friends! LOL!!!!!

Seriously tho, great job and welcome to the show!!!

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PamRN    0

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Congratulations and welcome to the otherside! I see you got a fill too at surgery. I'm over a year out and thanks to that still haven't needed one. May you be as lucky! I'm glad you had a good experience, and hope you have continued success.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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