renaek
My journey started around August 24 when I went to Dr Smith's informational meeting. My mother and I both thought we wanted to have the Lap Band. At that meeting we discovered that we did not! On September 13th I got the word that I was approved as a candidate for surgery. I about jumped out of the car and screamed!! My first appointment with Dr. Smith was October 4th and he reccommended that my mother and I both have the DS. He felt that we could both be done by the end of December. With that in mind we left thinking that we had a couple of months. On our way home from the appt his office called and wanted to set up my date since I had already started my clearance appointments. I almost fainted when she suggested the first week in November. So my date was set...November 1st. At this point I am 25 days from my surgery date. I have two more appointments and all clearances will be done. The last of those will be done on October 12th. Then we wait. My current weight is 258. And my highest weight. Dr Smith did not say I needed to loose any before surgery. I have given up Diet Coke and all sodas so that I won't crave them so much after surgery. And I have been drinking a lot of water. I feel like the DS boards have given me a new family and tons of friends across the country. I am thankful I have found this site and that I am able to research before my surgery.
