Olive and Loriely,
My prayers are with you. I hope you have a very safe and non eventful surgery. Welcome to your new world. I will be thinking about you all day. I think Amy if leaving for Mexico tomorrow and I'll be leaving Friday. Let us know how your doing. I don't know about Amy, I haven't talked to her today but I'm not to bad nerve wise. How about it Amy.

Sherri

Yup! I am leaving tomorrow. Plane leaves at 4:40pm, and I will be leaving the house here about 2:30 to pick up DH. He is such a sweety. He is doing all the laundry right now. And packing the bag. I am such a scatterbrain trying to figure out what to wear! And i am so nervous!!! LOL I have been trembling all day. But it is nervous excitement. I haven't got a doubt in my body, and caffeine couldn't possibly touch this high.

Sherri and Amy,

I hope you both have fun together, What a great experience. Will this be the first time you meet? More importantly, I hope all goes well and thing go as planned. Have a safe and speedy recovery and let us know how you did and when you return. Best of luck to you both, I'll be sending prayers your way!!!!

I will be banded July 12 cant wait .

I'm being banded at Vanderbilt on July 18 by Dr. Willie Melvin.

July 06 - olive
July 06 - loriely

Can't wait to hear how you guys are doing!! Hurry back and tell us! Our prayers are with you!

July 08 - time 2 live
July 08 - almost ready76

You guys are next!! Take great care, drink your water! And try to be calm! We will be excited enough for you. :)

July 10 - fishy
July 10 - mysherrijo
July 10 - funnyduddies
July 10 - rubyband

Ok guys!! We are the round after that, and i will not be here to wish us all luck LOL So lets get to it, get banded, and make the 10th the happiest day of our lives! We owe this to ourselves, and no one else. We will be banded, and fast on our way to a healthy, sexy, and trimmer body. Yahoo!!!

I am kinda liking these colors...I think I will leave it like that. LOL

I agree with the color thing. It started looking like huge blue ink blot.. LOL I was going to put the ones who have been banded in a dark blue or even black.. to basically say "banded". Is that rude?

I wish you all very good luck and sucess.. I love this site seems like Ive found alot of new friends!! Thank you !
My start weight was 267
current weight 222
band date is July12,2006

I don't think it is rude. Not unless you are like "Bah...banded now...who cares." LOL And you aren't. but i love the new colors. they are fun.

I was so jealous yesterday. It was supposed to be my band day, but then I couldn't get the days off work and had to schedule it at the end of the month. It was all I could think about yesterday!

And off topic... hung over today... it sucks~! :) Now I gotta go to work. Ugh.

:) :) :) Good luck my sheriijo and funny duddies. Just in case I don't get to say goodbye later. I wish you the best for a speedy recovery. My prayers will be with both of you.

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:clap2:Okay, I'm home and doing well.

I was banded yesterday. I was wheeled to the operating room at 2pm and woke up at 4pm and was on my way home at 5pm.
I wanted to post last night but was just really tired and uncomfortable. :notagree
I wouldn't say its painful just uncomfortable.
The pain meds help alot I think. I can't say for sure because i'm afraid to not take them. :nervous

So i'm here for everyone waiting for their date. If you have any questions just ask.

I'm going to try to get online at least once a day.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE GETTING BANDED TODAY!!!

I realized the whole thing was alot less scarey than i thought it was going to be. I was real nervous the whole time and next thing i know i'm already waking up.

I've only had water and ice since yesterday. I don't feel hungary at all. Even though I feel like i should be eating to eat but i keep telling myself that i'm not hungary.
Its alot easier to not think about food.
It's a great feeling.

Thanks for all of the updates on your procedures!

Question for July banders - have you felt weak from lack of food?

Thank you so much Gracie,
I hope everyone that's already had surgery is doing great and those of us who are waiting will have uneventful surgery. I hope I'm scared for no reason. Heck, I've never even been to Mexico and I am going and having surgery. I am looking so forward to putting this weight issue behind me. It has consumed me. I pray that Dr. Sanchez can help me with this fight. I'm looking so forward to meeting Amy as well.

Thanks for the well wishes. I'll let everyone know how I'm doing as soon as I can get on this laptop, and I'm sure Amy will too.

Thanks again Gracie,
Sherri

That is so great July5forme! You are so brave to go home the same day! I can't wait to NOT be hungry all the time!!! Good for you!!! Keep us posted!
Karen MT 35.1BMI
2 B banded 7/25/06 in TJ