congrats and good luck

My date is 11-10-09 and I am on the liquid meal replacements now.  I'll be thinking of you tomorrow and wish you the best.

Good luck Ally... you're the day before me :)

Are you on a pre-op liquid diet?

Congratulations on the surgery date.  I am having the lap band on Nov. 10.  I am so excited!  I am looking forward to great things.  I will be thinking of you as your date gets closer. 
Go forth and conquer!!

Well, here we are at the first of November and my surgery is the 16th - two weeks and one day away.  Am I nervous?  You Bet!  Am I scared?  Not a bit.  I have an excellent surgeon - Dr. Helmuth Billy, who has qualifications up the gazoo and a great support staff.  I have had nothing but positive experiences since I bit the bullet and made the first appointment.  The sleep study wasn't a lot of fun, but the people have all been fantastic.  Having discovered OH and read a few profile and seen all the great before and after pictures, I am getting more and more excited.  I have also been welcomed to the board by several people and now have several new friends here.  I love making new friends!

I know there are people who have defeated their surgeries, though I can't imagine why they would want to.  My two trigger foods are crunchy things (which usually means fried) and sweets.  Since I will not be able to eat either of these things without dire results, I don't expect to have a problem.  Even if I slip, I am not enough of a masochist to want to do it again and again.  I am not into pain, and would be extatic if I never had to throw up again, so I am not likely to court either event. 

It is a bit scary, but only in the way that something new always is...