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How are all the March 18th bandsters doing? I am down 30 pounds since my initial consult but only 10 of that has been post band. I had a post surgery complication and ended up in the hospital but I'm fine now thank God. I had my first fill today. Looking forward to getting back to losing.

Any one experience lower leg pain post op? If so how long did it last? I had it in the calves of both my legs. The pain in the right leg has gone away. I still have it in my left leg though. I'm 5 days post op.

I'm day 2 post op still feeling port pain but that is the most discomfort. What I need to know is has any one else had trouble trying to get down 64 ounces of fluid. I barely got down 5 ounces today. I'm not hungry and its hard, I feel full.

Well I understand what you are saying you ha e to do what's best for you. I do have insurance that covers everything for me. Let me share why I went with the band over the sleeve. The sleeve only guarantees that you will lose half of your excess weight I have a friend who had the sleeve don't get me wrong she Looks better than she ever has. She only lost 60 lbs though and hit a plateau. She still has weight she wants to lose and she's back doing every diet under the sun to lose the remaining 50 pounds she wants to lose and it's been 3 years. She's done weight watchers, Atkins, now she's taking Alli. She even gained over the holidays and now shes trying to lose 10 additional pounds. A church member I know got the band and she lost 150 pounds in 2 years. She started at 280 now weighs130 and looks amazing! She said when she stopped losing she would just get an adjustment and it only took her 3 adjustments to get there. For me I figure if I'm going to go through surgery and all this to have a tool to help me. I want it to help me. I don't want to do that and end right back on the diet roller coaster to get the remaining weight off. I wish you the best no matter what your decision!

I was banded today and finding this to be true!

I am feeling good considering. I have some mild shoulder pain, and pain at the port site. I'm about to take some pain medicine before i go to bed. Everything went so smoothly. Anxious to hear how everyone else journey went. We are banded together now. :-)

Am I the only one nervous about tomorrow? Yikes!

Hey txgirl1052! I live in Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. I'm so nervous about tomorrow.

Looking forward to joining you guys. Monday morning 3/18 @ 8:45am.

So glad it went well! My surgery is Monday, looking forward to it.

So sorry to hear that, I hope you get better soon.

Overall, I'm doing good. I have to drink something every 2 hours. I'm experiencing more head hunger than anything. I just want to eat food. Today what helped was getting on YouTube and watching this ladies successful journey. She went from 290lb to 145lbs and looks amazing!

Oh my! What is a flipped stomach? I pray that all goes well for you.