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My Last Supper is tomorrow night with Thanksgiving. Even though my surgery is not until Dec. 22nd I plan on being "real good" after tomorrow. I even bought two bottles of wine :P! I am not serving gravy or rolls though. And I will share the wine...maybe...:frown:. But I did buy pumpkin pie, which is my favorite food. After tomorrow maybe I should throw the rest away :thumbup:. If I leave it for the rest of the family I know I'll eat it :). Anyway, everyone have a lovely day tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My last supper is Thanksgiving as well and my last fresh turkey sandwich (since I hear bread isn't tolerated by the band) will be on Friday. I pretty much plan on partying like a rock star this weekend (:wink:) and start my liquid diet on Monday! WhooHooo

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Sorry to hear that about the muscle milk! I thought it was good, but, expensive! I'm liking the Atkins Advantage shakes too. Those may help get me through this! I WAS mixing 4 oz of skim milk with my shakes, but, I think it's adding too many carbs to the powder that I have. I may try something else. To me, they taste better with milk. I picked up some chicken broth tonight, the kind in the carton. I'm going to throw in some unflavored Protein Powder and see if that will suffice for my "Thanksgiving", ha ha.

HAPPYME: I pretty much did that last weekend! My fiance and I went out for my birthday Friday Night, my sister and I had our own Thanksgiving with all the trimmings on Saturday and then on Sunday a group of friends of mine and I went to my favorite Greek restaurant for dinner for my birthday!

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It's 5 minutes til midnite on the west coast. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am thankful for all of you...

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Pre-Op Menu eh... I love the glass half full optimism..LOL

What do you mix the Protein powder with?

Maybe I'm one of those few people who like the taste of Protein Shakes. LOL. I mix it with skim milk. I also drink the strawberry flavor. I'm not the biggest fan of chocolate. They have a multi-pack online with all the flavors but I'm not sure if they sell it in stores.

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It's 5 minutes til midnite on the west coast. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am thankful for all of you...

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American bandster friends!

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

For everyone currently on a liquid diet (myself included), good luck getting through today!

For everyone that this is their 'last meal' - ENJOY!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all I have one week before my surgery date on Dec.7th. It has not been so bad on all liquids.:thumbup:

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Hello Everyone,

I am also brand new, I am currently on my pre-op diet and I my surgery is scheduled for December 8. I am really looking forward to it. :thumbup:

Good luck to all! :biggrin:

Sarah

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I haven't gotten any notifications for a while. I just thought everyone was being quiet...I guess not. :thumbup:

My last supper will also be chinese. I plan on hitting my favorite buffet in town. I'm so excited, but scared about surgery.

3 more weeks till my surgery!

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Me!!! Tentatively scheduled for 12/28 :thumbup:

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Congradulations!

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Hope everyone down south of me had an awesome Thanksgiving... My day is coming up in 5 sleeps now.. YEah....

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:thumbup: My surgery date is Tuesday and have been so excited. Tonight there was a letter from the clinic and I flunked my mamo. So concerned about this I don't know if I can face LAP-BAND®® surgery without taking care of this first.

Terri

14 pounds down 95 to go

Hugs to you... and want you to know you are not alone. I flunked my mammo too. My surgery date is not until 12/17, though. I go in for an ultrasound on the breast in question this Tuesday. My pre-op appt w/the surgeon is on Wednesday. I'm also afraid, but really really hoping that the results of the u/s are good and we won't have to postpone my lapband surgery. Are you going for an u/s as well? I would think you doctor would be happy to postpone your surgery until you know for sure what is going on w/your breasts. I know that would be a huge disappointment, though. Maybe there is some way you can get in for an u/s on your breast(s) Monday and have it read right away to see if it is really anything.

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I think that I would call on Monday to get something sit up for after my surgery. It may just be a cyst or something else.

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Hugs to you... and want you to know you are not alone. I flunked my mammo too. My surgery date is not until 12/17, though. I go in for an ultrasound on the breast in question this Tuesday. My pre-op appt w/the surgeon is on Wednesday. I'm also afraid, but really really hoping that the results of the u/s are good and we won't have to postpone my lapband surgery. Are you going for an u/s as well? I would think you doctor would be happy to postpone your surgery until you know for sure what is going on w/your breasts. I know that would be a huge disappointment, though. Maybe there is some way you can get in for an u/s on your breast(s) Monday and have it read right away to see if it is really anything.

hi, sorry you are going through this also, very scarey and the last thing we both need. Clinic did get me in for a u.s. Monday morning at 7:30 AM. Will know the result b4 I leave. Praying for both of us. Keep us posted.

Terri

14 pounds down 97 to go surgery Date Dec. 1

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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
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