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Okay, so yesterday I drove from Parsippany all the way down to Piscataway for my nutritional and psychological evaluations. I went to Kingley Health since that's where my surgeon recommended I go. The whole thing was a sales pitch to become a "client" of their weight loss group/team whatever you want to call it. But in the long run after paying my $270.00 I got what I needed from them. They both said they would send letters of approval to my surgeon.

The next step - Wednesday I have to go to the 3 hour pre-op class. I'm hoping to find out more specifics about diet before and after surgery so that I won't have to make yet another appointment with the nutritionist to find out what I need to do.

So much to prepare, so much to learn. Nervous and excited all at once. Just over 3 weeks away - wow!!

That's all for now. Until next time ....

Well if you would have asked me 6 months ago if I would be preparing for lapband surgery now I would have told you that you were craxy and I no intention of doing that. But boy how things change. Last week I went to the new patient seminar. Wednesday I had my consultation with my surgeon and was given a surgery date right then and there - March 17, 2009. Wow - only a little more than 3 weeks away. Tomorrow I go for my nutritional and psych eval. Next Wednesday I go for my 3 hour preop class and then it's smooth sailing from then on out.

As for how I feel about all this -- I'm very nervous and excited at the same time. I'm excited because I truly believe that the lapband will be a weight loss tool that will help me and that I can be successful with. I'm nervous because there are so many "band rules" to follow in order to be successful and I sometimes question if I am actually able to do all that is required to be successful. I guess there is a strong part of me that believes i can do it because otherwise I wouldn't be going through with it.

I'm so excited also to be a part of the OH community with all this great information and support right at my fingertips.

Wish me luck on this journey ..... and I am wishing you all the same.