FINALLY the board is open

Took them long enough, LOL.

Can't wait for my surgery...10 days from today. Liz

Wahoooo!!!  Ten days!!   That's great, Liz.  On the 24th while you are having surgery, I'll be having my Pre-op meeting with the nurse(s).  I can't believe how many members are having surgery in this time frame.  It is always like this?  A constant flow? 

I wasn't around.  What happened to the board?

Ruthie, they just got this board up and running and we are halfway thru the month. They've had Jan 2011 listed since the 4th of Jan but until the last 24-36 hours it said "I'm sorry, we can't find the board you are looking for"

Liz

AHA!!!   I bet you would have been fuming if it didn't get up until after your surgery!!  What a drag it would have been!  I understand now.  I'll be watching for the February Surgery Date Topic like a hawk now.  See what you've started??  Please be careful... I'm easily influenced and will jump on your bandwagon just to show you my support whether I know what the heck you're talking about or not. 

I am having lapband surgery on Jan 18,2011. I am getting nervous but I am sure that feeling is normal. I am also kind of beating myself up for not sticking to my three week preop diet. I did great for the first ten days. Then I went to the doctor on Jan 7th for my preop visit and the doctors nurse ask me how my kidney funtion was (I am diabetic, but not on meds yet). I told her that it was normal then she preceeded to tell me about another male patient who was having kidney problems. Of course she did not mention names. But she said that he had been instructed to go off of his preop diet for a couple days because of his kidney problems. She said that they had to litterly talk him into eating normal for a couple days because his mind was so set on following the diet. So here I am struggle to stay on mine and I hear this...needless to say my wheels were turning. If he will be okay to go off his..then so will I (I thought). So that night I went out and had mexican food. I did choose shrimp and chicken and had not eaten much else that day. I had every intention of getting back to it the next day. It didn't happen. I had Japanese the next evening and finished my leftovers the day after that (both days I did not go totally crazy eating though). So on Monday I did well after three days of cheating but it was so hard. Then I slipped again on Tuesday. I did well on Wednesday and sliped again on Thursday. I cheated again on Friday and went out for fried seaford. Then tonight as I was taking my son skating I went by Bking and thought W******. I thought I will not be able to eat one again. I had only had a protein drink, yogurt and an apple all day...and here I go and blow it that late at night. Now I am only a couple of days from surgery (down 18pounds) and I am so mad at myself. I am also worried if my cheating will cause complications. Does anyone else have a story kind of like mine?