May 2009 Surgery Date

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karen C.
on 5/9/09 4:29 am

I am having the lapband May 22nd. It is startling to see how many people go for the RNY even if they have relatively low BMIs. Sometimes it makes me wonder if I made the right choice.....

michelee0901
on 5/9/09 4:24 am

Topic: RE: may 12

I am having mine on May 12th also :) I am having it in Woodstock, IL and I cant wait. The liquid diet is killing me but its almost over :)

karen C.
on 5/9/09 4:09 am

Topic: RE: LOOKING FOR SUPPORT??????

Hi! I'm getting a lapband on May 22nd. I started my liquid diet yesterday

and am not loving it. I could eat my own shoe today..... But I've heard it gets better after a few days. I sure hope so. Anyway I'll be very happy to talk to you over these next months!

karen C.
on 5/9/09 3:59 am

Topic: RE: First Day ON Liquid Diet

I am on day 2 and feel I am dying of hunger. And I am feeling very, very irritable- my husband had a near death experience yesterday after advising me to just "get tough". I actually told him to "shut the *^&* up" which is really out of character for me. My doctor will only let me have raw vegetables in addtion to 5 shakes a day. I tried the veggies but I swear they made me hungrier. A friend who did Opti-fast years ago told me that after 3-4 days the hunger goes away and you feel almost euphoric. I pray to God this is true.

dimples1
on 5/8/09 10:11 pm - NC

RNY on 05/13/09

Topic: RE: May 13th is my Surgery day!

ME FIVE. I WILL ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE AND SEE WHO WILL MAKE THE GOAL FIRST. I AM SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR BIG DAY. I AM NOT AS NERVOUS AS I WAS IN THE BEGININ NOW JUST READY TO SEE WHAT THIS LEG HAVE ENSTORE FOR US,. MAY GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF US AS WE START THIS NEW AND IMPROVE LIFE.~DIMPLES~

Today is March 30 and it is almost as exciting as my birthday I received my approval letter from my insurance company, I feel sooooooooo happy cause now I know it's just a matter of time until I receive my surgery date. Now I will be celebrating two birthdays the actually day is March 1 and now whenever I have my surgery which is actually celebrating the new me.

1Dimples

hollyp83
on 5/8/09 12:25 pm - Dover, NH

RNY on 05/27/09

Topic: RE: Anyone else getting the band on 5/27??

I'm not getting the band but we can still be date buddies. I'm having RNY on the 27th!!

~H

Ananta
on 5/8/09 12:19 pm - San Diego, CA

RNY on 05/19/09

Topic: RE: New surgery date May 19

Just bumped up, too. From the 26th to the 19th! I'll be thinking of you. Good luck!

Ananta
on 5/8/09 12:16 pm - San Diego, CA

RNY on 05/19/09

Topic: RE: OMG!!! Surgery Date Changed

Mine just changed, too! May 19th. They called and said, can you start liquids tomorrow, I said, yes (am I crazy?) and here I am, day one of liquids. It actually means that I will only do this liquid diet for a week and a half instead of 2 weeks but right now it's no consolation! Luckily my mom was able to get an earlier flight. I have two little ones and my husband works full time. She had the surgery 6 years ago (RNY) and she's a nurse, to boot, so I am very lucky! I hope and pray that I am one of the ones that doesn't get hungry after surgery. That's all I really want, to not be SO hungry all of the time. I'm a vegetarian, and I actually choose really well, but the portion kills me because I'm always so hungry. I did really well on the phentermine (sp?) because it controlled my hunger but as soon as I went off of it, blam! Back up, higher than before!

Anyway Good Luck!

LorraineH
on 5/8/09 11:08 am - Ottawa, Canada

RNY on 05/12/09 with

Topic: RE: OMG May 12, fast approaching

Hey everyone, thanks for all your replies.
I'm starting my fast tomorrow morning.
They asked me to fast for 72 hours, so by Tuesday morning it will be 3 full days.

Last night I was pretty emotional. Did some crying.
A bit of a roller coaster this process.

I will keep you all up to date as I become available to come on line.

good luck to you all
hugs from me