from a July 2005 member:
my best wishes for a great success to all! and congratulations for choosing to live with a band!!

Oooo Amy yer so lucky....so you're turning this into a vacation for you and DH? My kids will all be with hubby and I will be with my best girl in Mexico but it's a there and back kind of trip.

I kinda wish we had booked and extra night or two and coughed up a couple hundred more bucks ust to extend our stay since we are already going to be down there....oh well.

I was grouchy this morning but feeling good now....amazing to me how much of a difference taking carbs out makes to my mood.

Later gang.

Thank you so much PinkMary!
Seeing your ticker helps so much...

I would like to say I am nervous, but I'm not, really. I've kind just been focussed on planning the long trip to Toronto from where I live in Alberta.
I leave in 3 days. My surgery is on the 5th. I have a little suspicion that I may do what several ladies before me have done, and be all calm and collected until right before and then fall apart, or perhaps have a mini melt down right after surgery. (Thank you so much to those kind ladies for sharing their experiences, now I know that this might happen and I have warned my DH!)

I'm trying to keep my expectations low and not get carried away with visions of bikinis and marathons...but at the same time remain pumped and ready for a new lifestyle and all it's rewards.

I have thought of nothing else since I got my date, my every thought has been about this surgery, the costs, the trip, the recovery, my life post op, etc. And yet, I feel no actual emotions ie. nervous, excited, worried... so close to the actual day.

Do any of you other July Banders have the same numb feeling as I do?

Sunshine

Thanks Pink Mary!! congrats on your amazing weight loss, you're a great inspiration.

To all of you leaving the States for surgery.. I'm so jealous!! I want to hang out in Mexico too. I'd go a week before and have a blast!

Sunshine,

I have really tried to not think too much about the surgery and focus on my preop instead. I can create pretty intense anxiety and nervousness if I let myself. I'm soooo sooo excited but looking forward to it being done.

BTW where in Alberta do you live?

Just outside Grande Prairie.

Hey guys, just found this thread. I'll join the band on July 11. I'm nervous as heck. Good luck to everyone having surgery in July.

I haven't had time to think about being nervous yet. Still havent' scheduled my flight, am still working on financing (approved but all the paperwork, ugh!) Maybe I'm in denial? :)

I hope everything is going well with everyone. I don't know about the rest of you but this being the last week before surgery and it's been so hard. I mean everything has gone wrong. I've set down and cried a couple of times. Why, the week before surgery does everything have to go wrong. Sorry, just had to rant a little and try to get it out of my system.

Good luck everyone.
Sherri

I will be having my surgery done in San Antonio, Texas.
I'm going to go out and do all of my shopping today.
I don't know what to buy and i don't know what to pack for the hospital.
I"m expected to leave that night so I wouldn't think I would need much.
I think i'll just be numb to the all thing also until it actually happens.
I really don't know what else to say til that day.
I'm just so afraid about how its going to change my life. Health wise i know its going to be good for me.
So many things in life revolve around food, i just wonder how things are going to go socially.

Liz - I'm sure you'll start to pull things together...Try to relax.

Sherri - You can rant all you want, we're here for you.!!!! I can't imagine what you're feeling right now.. I'll be thinking of ya.

July5 - I'll try to find the thread that gives you GREAT idea's of what to bring with you.

I found the link for those of you who are leaving the States to be banded. Hope it helps!! I'm sure if you live in a hot State, it would apply to you. I'm in the North East so it's not so bad.

http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.ph...o+bring+mexico

thank you for that thread. everything helps at this point

I would like to know what everyone would like to get from this post.

I enjoy pictures. I plan to post lots and lots of pictures. I think visuals help us better understand what everyone is going thru.

I would also like to hear about the good and the bad. What was the one thing that you would change about your surgery experience?
I think this will help the ones having surgery later in the month.

So what would everyone else like to see on our GREAT post?

I got the phone call yesterday that told me the time of my surgery - I already knew it was July 5th. I have to register at 9:30am and the surgery is at 11:40am. I'm still in the excited stage. I have been on liquid since the 21st...that's going just okay...I'll admit, I really want some regular food! But I'm sticking to this. The liquid diet is for shrinking everything so that the doctor has an easier time moving around in there during the surgery. My parents are coming and spending the night in a hotel. I have to stay over night. They do that for everyone - keep patients over night, so my parents will go back home after I'm settled back home. I'm sure I'll have a meld down just before I go in. I've already had two good cries. My friend, who is a social worker, says I'm mourning the loss of food. Makes sense.

Finding this board has been so helpful in terms of learning what to expect, and finding support. Good luck to everyone :)