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December Bandsters 2009

illuminationlady

By illuminationlady, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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1SkinnyChick    0

1SkinnyChick
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Good Luck to Electrawoman who's big day is TODAY! :frown:

Best Wishes to RandaPanda, TheCutestFatty, terriamn who are scheduled for tomorrow! :rolleyes:

As everyone starts their own journey toward a new life, I just wanted to say thanks for all the information and support so far on this forum and I can't wait to see everyone's progress!!

Yeah!!!! What she said!!!! :)

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1SkinnyChick    0

1SkinnyChick
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Last Day to Vote in our Poll! It closes at 5. Pick your favorite! I believe it will be December Delights with our motto being My Best Christmas Present Ever. How does that sound to everyone?

I love it! :rolleyes:

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ididit35    0

ididit35
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I'm being banded on 12/15/09

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ididit35    0

ididit35
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I start my preo-op liquid diet tomorrow! I don't know what to expect but I'm up for the challenge.

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Yvette1026    0

Yvette1026
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Hey everyone!

After receiving my "You're approved, let's schedule your surgery" call today I decided to join the site.

I'm excited to say I'm having my surgery 12/21 - Merry Christmas to me! :)

It will be a lil' hard to miss Christmas dinner and all the goodies but that will not compare to how amazing I'm going to feel after - and there's always next year lol - let's just hope my mom doesn't make german chocolate cake lol.

I'm on track (with the rest of you) to start my new year off right!

Here's to building friendships and posting goal pics next december! :rolleyes:

Yvette

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terriamn    0

terriamn
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I had my ultra sound today and it was fine, what a scare. So my lap band surgery is still on for tomorrow. Can't wait to hear how electrawoman did.

Terri

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CourtneyDix    0

CourtneyDix
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Hey I start my Pre Op diet tomorrow! I am waiting for the call to schudel my surgery! Looking for some banster buddies! :rolleyes:

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kslessar    0

kslessar
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I start my preo-op liquid diet tomorrow! I don't know what to expect but I'm up for the challenge.

As long as you try and keep positive thoughts happening, it makes it much easier.

It also helped me to imagine waking up without the band being placed if i cheated.

I only have 2 and a half more days of liquid diet! :rolleyes:

Good Luck :)

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ceecee3272
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I am really happy for u guys but really frustrated with my situation. I was told that my insurance approved me almost a month ago and I still dont know when my surgery date is.

I went thru TrueResults in Richardson (Dallas area). Because BCBS requires the facility be under "blue distinction", they are having me use a surgeon who is in Ft Worth. But he will be doing the surgery in Dallas at Baylor. But for pre op (if they ever call me) I have to go to them. A full hour away from me. I already went once and what a waste of time that was. I was told they were still waiting for all of my info from True Results.

This man was already busy with his own patients and now he has to make room for me.

If I would have known that they were going to send me to someone in Ft Worth, I would not have used True Results.

Sorry, just had to vent!

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Yvette1026    0

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That's awesome Courtney you must be getting close to a surgery date then! I'm scheduled to start mine on Friday or Monday they gave me the choice. I'll probably go with Monday since I pushed the surgery back 3 days from the 18th to the 21st.

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Yvette1026    0

Yvette1026
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You can try calling BCBS directly and ask them to transfer your approval to another doctor. Or call the True Results corporate office (they're in Dallas I believe) and have them get to it.

I'm using True Results Scottsdale here in AZ and I had some hiccups that were quickly resolved. I had to call and stay on them, checking every couple on days on the process. They tried to add a month or two to my waiting time and told me my visits HAD to be exactly 30-31 days apart or I had to start all over again.. needless to say that didn't happen. If your office is anything like mine, the office staff aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the bunch, but if you push on them in a nice but stern way, they'll get it done.

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KarynA    0

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As long as you try and keep positive thoughts happening... I only have 2 and a half more days of liquid diet! :rolleyes:

Good Luck :)

kslessar - Just so you know... you're my hero. Seriously. I honestly don't think I could have done that (without help of some kind).

Did everyone see Electrwoman's blog entry from this am? I don't know exactly how to do this...but... here's the link: LAP-BAND

And here's the post (she's just fine :frown::

Groggy

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kimmi0919    2

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I'm very happy to say that I have my pre op visit tomorrow and am tentativley scheduled for 12/21. I'm so excited and nervous all at the same time. Don't know what to expect from the pre op diet, but I'm willing to do whatever it takes. I'm wishing all of you the best of luck in your journey.

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TracyW2    137

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My pre-op appt is tomorrow. I'm so nervous. I start my liquid diet then on Thursday. Well, it isn't a full liquid diet. I can have a few things. I can't believe it is getting so close.

I have to check in more ofter. I had 3 pages to catch up on.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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