The band will go on...tomorrow! Bet your bottom dollar... This is a discussion on The band will go on...tomorrow! Bet your bottom dollar... within the General Lap-Band Surgery Discussion forums.
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11-16-2005, 08:55 AM
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#1 | | Bye Bye.
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11-16-2005, 08:59 AM
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#2 | | Subject to changes :-)
Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 43
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Paul, calm down and take a deep breath...you are having a totally normal reaction. We have all been where you are. You will get through this and it will become a part of you....natural.
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Keri in Texas.
Surgery Date 9/23/05 Dr.Benavides
7th Fill 4/6/06 .2
Total Fill 7.0 -79 pounds!!!!
5' 1 270 1st Consult/248 PreOp/191/135
4th goal:
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11-16-2005, 09:16 AM
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#3 | | Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 33
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Paul,
I have my surgery on friday and am starting to freak out ... I'm 30 year old man acting like my seven year old son... I am putting up a pretty good front of not being scared but its just that a front.
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" I'm not fat im big boned" - cartman
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11-16-2005, 09:22 AM
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#4 | | Subject to changes :-)
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Hey Paul...I hear that more than once myself. I managed to lose 20 pounds prior to my surgery. Pretty soon my hubby learned to keep those kinds of comments to himself...I think the deathrays shooting from my eyes may have clued him in...lol. You are gonna do fine.
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Keri in Texas.
Surgery Date 9/23/05 Dr.Benavides
7th Fill 4/6/06 .2
Total Fill 7.0 -79 pounds!!!!
5' 1 270 1st Consult/248 PreOp/191/135
4th goal:
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11-16-2005, 10:46 AM
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#5 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 52
Posts: 2,464
City: small town State: Texas |
Good luck, Paul! Everyone has the jitters to some extent before surgery! You will be fine, you won't have to stay on a liquid diet forever, and soon you will be taking on the next hurdle. You can do this, and you'll do great! Cindy
__________________ Mousecrazy Banded 7/22/05 by Dr. Marsden, Lewisville, TX 286/200/180 goal 1st fill: 8/25/05 .5cc 2nd fill: 11/10/05 .2cc 3rd fill: 7/27/06 .6cc
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11-16-2005, 10:52 AM
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#6 | | Banded 4/28/05
Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 32
Posts: 1,443
City: Albuquerque State: NM |
You are going to do great! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
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April 28, 2005
Reband - August 31, 2006
Dr. James Smith Pueblo, CO
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11-16-2005, 10:57 AM
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#7 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 44
Posts: 74
City: Norwalk State: CT |
Paul - general anesthesia is a beautiful thing. You don't feel a thing, remember a thing, and you're just "out." Its not like dreaming, it is very different, and I liked that it was just done . . . like I wasn't there for the surgery, just done when you wake up! Good Luck, it'll be fine!
__________________ Michaelann in CT Banded 8/16/2005 :cheeky
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11-16-2005, 11:12 AM
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#8 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 35
Posts: 79
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Congrats on your big day tommorrow!!!!! I was just banded on the 7th and it was a really positive experience. I was out within 15 seconds of them giving me the magic potion and I woke up not even knowing surgery had happened. I had to feel for my incisions to be sure. Recovery has been going well. You will do awesome!
-Debra
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11-16-2005, 12:24 PM
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#9 | | Bubble Butt
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 45
Posts: 676
City: Mt Holly State: NC |
Good luck Paul & JCJSTL! I'm sure you'll both do just fine :)
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Karen
Dr. David Voellinger, Charlotte, NC
Banded 06/05/06
Fill - 2.8 cc total
237/223/165/145
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11-16-2005, 04:29 PM
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#10 | | Under Construction
Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 44
Posts: 3,941
City: Oz State: Northern NJ |
Yep, once they give you that cocktail, you're out like kraut. Feels pretty darn neat.
I have had several surgeries and I was still a nervous wreck, its only normal.
Good luck tomorrow Paul and friday JCJSTL....... your gonna be stud muffins before you know it :D
__________________ ~ Eileen ~ THE CROSS IS WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR BURDENS AND WALK IN FAITH Persistance Not Perfection Wins The Race | |
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11-16-2005, 04:49 PM
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#11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
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You both will do great and you'll be so happy!
I painted a mural, a wall mural, the day before my surgery.
I didn't talk to anyone on the phone, just wanted time with myself, hubby and kids.
You both are doing a wonderful thing for yourself.
I do not regret it at all, and I'm sure you won't either.
Thoughts and prayers are with you both.
__________________ Dianne Dr Voellinger Charlotte NC Surgery 9/25/05 1.7cc Starting at 268 well on my way to 160! 5 foot club! 64 inches GONE  The band was Gods plan for my life, so I know I will succeed even when troubles come my way. | |
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11-16-2005, 04:58 PM
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#12 | | Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 50
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City: west bloomfield State: MI |
Ok guys, relax. I just had mine done on Monday AM. And like they said it's not that bad. You are out and don't feel a thing. They have great pain relief drugs in the hospital and the nurses are really nice. I felt pretty bad when I got home tuesday afternoon, but soo much better this morning already. I was lucky I had a weekend with my girl friends right before and it kept my mind off of the surgery. The anticipation is much worse than the actual reality of it. Good luck to you both, honestly it's not that bad and I am a wimp.
Lori
__________________ :) Lori G.  Dr.Zoe Deol, Troy Beaumont, MI 11/14/05 ;-) | |
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11-16-2005, 05:40 PM
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#13 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2005 Age: 30
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City: Melbourne State: Victoria |
Its normal to be nervous. I acted like my 7yo daughter before hand. Waiting for them to roll me into the OR, I was so close to sneaking out of there lol. You'll do fine though. It really is a piece of cake.
*hugs*
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Banded 04 March 2005 @ The Avenue, Melbourne, Australia
Rebanded 10 November 2006, due to slippage
gained all my weight back - starting over again ..
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11-16-2005, 06:11 PM
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#14 | | Kissn boys & makin em cry
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 30
Posts: 698
City: The deep recesses of my warped and twisted mind State: Utah |
Paul
Are you a filmmaker? I visited your website. Just wondering. I'm going to USC grad film school next Fall. I love these new collaborative filmmaker ideas like you seem to have on your website. My good friend (who writes about half the scripts we produce) started an Internet movie where he set up the premise and the characters and people can submit their own clips of the movie. From there we piece it together. It gets pretty hilarious! He's got the same thing going with a machinima movie.
On another note, good luck with your surgery! It's never as bad as we think it'll be. Focus on that new, sexy you!
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11-16-2005, 07:41 PM
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#15 | | Turtle Spokes-Model
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,575
City: pocatello AND Bellevue State: ID and WA |
Everyone, welcome to Bandlandia! You will do just fine during your surgery. I am always a big baby, blubbering like I was 4 or something. You will be just fine!
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