Hello all,

Its officially been 1 week today since my surgery...and I went back to work today. I am a Kindergarten teacher, so I'm definitely taking it easy but these are the fun days before break when you do holdiay activities! Couldn't miss that. Though I'm glad to see my students, I am extremely exhausted. I'm finding that just raising my voice is wearing me out. The port site pain has defintiely subsided and my incisions aren't even bothering me. The only thing I still feel is a tighness at the top of my stomach, I guess where the band is. I haven't felt this before. I thought I just might be bloated but that usually passes within an hour or two. I haven't had any pain around where I would suspect the actual band is, but its actually a little sore to touch today. Not sure what this is about. Any insights? I go back for my post-op appointment in 2 days so hopefully by then it won't be an issue any more.

After surgery I had the surgical strips covering the actual incisions and then basically big band-aids covering the strips. I took the band-aids off after 48 hours but the strips are still on. They are starting to peel a little bit and I'm wondering when I can take them off? As I'm getting lazier in the shower and just wanting to get in and out as opposed to "bird bathing" they are getting more wet.

P.S. After I was out all last week, first thing this morning one of my co-workers commented saying it looked like I had lost weight. What a good feeling to already know its working and my decision was worth it Hope others are seeing results already too!