lolarose13

Yes, your last weight in should be right before the surgery. My surgery was on Friday and I have lost 9 pounds in 3 days, that's crazy.

Mine was Friday And today has been a good day, I didn't need any pain med and I just took a shower and I'm going to do my hair now . We will be praying for you!

Is 4:16Am and I woke up just farting 3 big times! The best sensation ever haha. Good start of my 3rd day post-op. I do think Miralax helped, thank you Ladybug!

I was banded yesterday and I have some discomfort because the gas pain, but it's more discomfort than pain. Take your pain medicine every 4 hours and you will be fine. Today is day 2 and I'm feeling so much better, you can do it!

LOL!!!!!! And now my tummy hurts because I'm laughing haha!

Oh and for burping, I was feeling that I was going to but I couldn't do it, until I sat in the toilet for 30 minutes, just pushing! And somehow the movement of that muscle get me started and burping like crazy! The best moment of my post-op so far!

Congratulations! I was banded yesterday as well! And yes, Gas is awful! I'm not able to pass gas at all, only burping. I'm walking, taking GasX and now I'm going to take Miralax to see if I can go to the bathroom. But walking feels great!

Thank you Leannel! I'm feeling a lot better today, I'm more tired that in pain

I can't believe it! It seems like yesterday when I took this decision. Thanks to everybody here for all the advises and for sharing your life changing stories! I can say that this forum encourage me and give me all the information that I need (and beyond!) to start my new life Keep me in your prayers! My surgery is tomorrow at noon.

I posted my gas tip in the pre-op. But basically is walking walking, use the spirometer, take GasX and try to go to the bathroom "number 2" even if you don't feel for it. Just "pushing" made me start burping like crazy last night and I feel so much better this morning. Hang in there! I only have gas pain and is terrible but it will go away!

Ok I have the weirdest tip post-op: I only have 4 little incisions, so my pain is totally from gas. I took 4 Gas-X, walk, walk some more, use the spirometer, etc and nothing. I'm 9 hrs after surgery and I felt sleep after taking my pain med (I was taking it every 4 hours because I was feeling really bad because the gas) so I woke up feeling that I needed to go to the bathroom number 2, but I was afraid that would hurt. Anyways, I pushed "that muscle" and it was not hurting, so I'm continue pushing And BAM! I started burping like crazy! I stayed 30 minutes like this and now my pain went down in half! (I couldn't go number 2 but definitely pushing helped a lot!) Ps: sorry for the comment but I'm just excited to feel better!

Thank you sweetie! My first 5 hours were miserable because I was so sleepy and I didn't know what was the pain from. Now I'm totally awake, I walked 15 minutes and I'm having a Popsicle for dinner and I feel so much better! My pain is only gas so I can not wait to start farting (Oh my what I just said haahhaha!)

Hi, I just had my surgery done! I'm back home with some pain and discomfort. But it went well after all

Hi everybody. My surgery went great! But I'm in a lot of pain. Hopefully will go away. Lots of discomfort and I can not find a good position to lay at all. Mostly pain in my back so the heating pad is helping.

In the surgery center, I will see you after surgery

So I had a good sleep last night and I'm a little bit nervous but more anxious than anything. I have to be at the surgery center in a couple of hours for the surgery, ahhhhhhhggt!

This is me today! haha I'm so anxious that I'm eating more than I should. We just had a luncheon at work and I had 2 turkey sandwiches, pasta salad, potato salad and 2 little desserts, all because I'm anxious for the surgery. I stop when I feel full, but I guess my current tummy needs a lot to get that sensation. That's my fear, what if I'm able to screw like this with my band-on? I was taking fluoxetine, just a little doze for anxiety for the last 5 months, but my doctor told me to stopped last month, pre-surgery. And I don't think the medication helped much.

Thank you adugan! I will pray for you as well! Please keep me posted! We can do this!

An update: I just received a phone call from the doctor's office with the results of my EGD yesterday. I do have a hernia, so they are going to fix it on Friday with the band. The good thing is that my insurance will pay for that, so the whole procedure now is almost half the original price! Any recommendation regarding the hernia? I'm just concerned to be more painful, etc.

An update. They just called me to let me know that the results of my EGD shows I have an hernia so they are going to fix it on friday! and that my insurance will pay for it so happy!

I'm going trough the same thing! I had my EGD today and they said to my husband (because I was asleep still haha) that I had a slightly hernia, no big deal. But I don't really know what that means! And he didn't ask about having it repair or anything. I will call TR tomorrow to find out, I have my surgery schedule for Friday and it's going to be impossible for me at this point change any budget regarding the surgery How your surgery went?