Originally Posted by shortgal

Good for you! You'll be a bander before you know it.
I wish our ins had paid for mine, but I don't regret paying to get it done.

I had another fill today. My fourth! On full liquids for two days and then soft for two days and then I'll try it out and see if this fill did anything. I really think it's going to take another fill before i get where I need to for it to last a while.

I am still tracking my calories and protein and have found this to be very helpful during this time of little restriction and although the weight loss is slow, the scale continues to go down.

Once you have the surgery, I hope you'll join the group on the forum for the month of your surgery. (I know you're scheduled for March). I go on the November 2007 forum all the time and we share info about our fills, appts, hunger, food etc. It's great because while our weight loss varies, we are all basically at the same point post-op and we encourage each other, if we're going through a tough time.

Right now, our group is doing a Jan. to Valentines day Challenge. We each set a weight loss goal for the six weeks and each week we post our progress.

The threads for those ahead of you can be helpful too, so you know what might be coming you're way.

Congratulations on your approval. Let us know when you start the pre-op diet.