AnewLinda

I was banded at the OCC on the 22 of May. I'm waiting for my passport so I can go back for my fill this month. Dr. Ortiz and his staff are awesome, couldn't ask for a better team. My brother was banded here in San Diego, he came with me and was totally jelouse as to how it was for me. I also went with him for a support meeting here , I got more out of the people waiting for there fills and folks waiting for surgery and the staff at OCC. I wish you the best of luck you will be very happy with your choice, I am with mine and would do it again if I had to. Keep in touch, ~Linda

Glad to hear that it is doing better than you first thought.

Hello Shiney, One of the things Dr. O said to me was not to pick at or rub off the adhesive stuff on my incision sites or scratch at them. I would call the OCC or e-mail them with any concerns. Maybe your Doc at home could give you a prescription for some Bactroban, it’s an antibiotic ointment. We use it in our wound clinic good stuff. My sites all look great, except for the nasty bruise around the one where they gave the heparin shot. I was banded on the 22nd of this month. I hope this helps a little, ~Linda

On my way!

Hey everyone, :-h Hope all is well with everyone! I see Deanna you got banded early good going. =D> I’m getting all packed tonight my brother and I will head out @ 6:30 am to meet our ride at the airport and should be at the OCC around 8ish. They said I will have my pre-op test when I get there, I don’t know what time I will get banded. Hopefully I will get to still meet everyone before you leave. Good news I was so worried about losing 3 more pounds for my 5%, I was able to drop that and 6 more as of this morning. It wasn’t easy, so much temptation at work with in-service lunches this week. My protein drink tasted sooooo good! Ya right! I knew that the new me was just waiting to break free! See you tomorrow, ~Linda

Hello Robbyn, Well in the am we will be at 4 days and a wake up to our new life! As of this morning I am down 2 more pounds. Yippee One more for the 5% loss. I should be down after all I only had 665 calories yesterday! Same today not to bad though (YET) I am taking the Metamucil capsules 2 x a day. I wonder if we can take them for our 21 days of liquids only? I’m not sure if they are what is holding my hunger at bay or if it’s my total desire to a healthier and thinner me!? The hard part will be tomorrow at work! I will take my shake and a green salad and take a walk at lunch. There is tons of food in our break room. Our patients bless their hearts are always bringing us goodies. I have to be strong! Only have to get past the next 4 days, if I get the hunger pangs I can always make some peppermint tea that helps curb the hunger pain for a while. How are you doing on your pre-op diet? Can’t wait to met you and Deanna and share a juice toast together too our future! As always your future banded friend, ~Linda

Hello Deanna, So our countdown begins! Small world, I live in Southern CA also (Poway). I will be meeting my ride at the airport to be taken across to the OCC on the 22nd @ 7:30 am for all my pre-op stuff and banded in the same day. Not a good day for dropping #'s today I gained a pound back, so I need to drop 3 pounds by Friday. I hope that it won't keep me from being banded if I fail to lose 3 pounds this week! :lb12: I hope it’s just fluid. I’m looking forward to meeting you as well. The Mexicoach is that a taxi service or are they connected to the OCC also? I have seen some mention on here. Is this who we contact for our fills to cross over? I haven't been to TJ since the 80's. It was way different then. I was much younger and fearless. Keep in touch, ~Linda

Awesome, I'm looking forward to meeting you also. We can make a juice toast to our new band and our new life! =D> ~Linda

Hello to all, :-h My name is Linda and I am so excited my band date is May 22, 2009. I and my family will be picked up @ San Diego airport at 7:30 am and the adventure and new life begins. I will stay one night at the Marriot Hotel if all goes well I head home on the 23rd. My brother had his done here on state side in Feb; he is doing an awesome job. He has lost 50 lbs already I’m so happy and proud of him. I have wanted this for a very long time, never dreamed of going to TJ. After surfing around on this forum and the one my brother is on. I made contact with the OCC to get more info and vada boom vada bing I’m on my way. I was going for a June/July banding, there was a cancellation for the 22 and I’m in! With all the money I have spent on diets just hoping for the miracle to happen. I could have had this done several times over. I’m a pro at losing weight its keeping it off that’s the trick, plus I always seem to pick up a couple extra pounds on the way back up by 10 plus what I have dropped. My highest weight is 265 in late 2003, lost 75 lbs on the Adkins diet, thought I found the magic not true once I started to introduce carb’s I started back up the scale. By this past Dec I was up to 240+ and climbing. Then my daughter announced her wedding plans and I was to give her away I was totally ashamed of my appearance and felt like crap, so I tried the Adkins once again, wasn’t working as well as before I have totally slowed my metabolism down with all the diets I’m sure. I managed to get down to 220 in time for the April wedding, but struggling to keep it off. I have been eating very light the past couple weeks to jump start my 5% loss very hard but down to 211, 2 more pounds to reach my 5%. I will start pre-op diet tomorrow to make sure I do it and keep it off. The nine I have lost as of today that is has been up and down the past couple weeks. Sorry guys I was just going to introduce myself…! I just keep going on and on I’m just so excited and this is only my second attempt to reply on of this forum. I must say it feels good to write to people who truly understand and can relate. I wish all the best to everyone. Maybe one day ours paths may cross. One of your soon to be banded friends, ~Linda PS… I wonder :-? what it will feel like to be under 190. I only know 190 for a nanno minute! I’m having trouble seeing it less than that!

Hello Robbyn Let me introduce myself, my name is Linda and I live in Poway CA. I'm in the works for a new me. I have finally made the choice after a year or more yo-yoing back in forth as to getting the band. After I seen my brother drop 50 this past 2 to 3 months, I'm in. I'm sure I won’t loss as fast as he has after all men seem to have all the luck in weight loss. I am scheduled on the 22nd of May! I'm so excited and scared to death at the same time. > :lb12: More excited I must say!!! Maybe our paths will cross at the OCC. May our dreams come true, Linda