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Hi Munchkin...... You may try getting ahold of Marilyn in Dr K's office and she can give you all of the information on lodging, etc... I would also ask her about a shuttle to get you to Dr K's office for your pre-op visit and possibly to the hospital.... Are you sure that your husband won't be able to come with you?? I know some people have had the surgery without the help of a spouse or friend, but it is always better to have someone with you while you are recovering from the surgery and on pain medication... Just from my own experience, my husband was a big, big help... I think you made the right choice to have Dr K do your band surgery... He is a great Dr and the girls in his office are wonderful... I had the best treatmment at the Crown Point surgery Center in Parker, they are with you all the way.... Hopefully someone on this board can be more helpful to you on your lodging and transportation than I was... Good luck to you and welcome to Bandland....

Hey Kelly and all of us Dr K peeps...... This is great, thanks so much for starting it... I am a 59 1/2 year old mom to 4 wonderful kids, grandma to 9 fantastic grandchildren and great-grandma to the cutest most awesome great-granddaughter.. (am I bragging ??? :biggrin1:) I have been married to the sweetest most wonderful guy for 19 years now... We are retired and live and travel full time in our motorhome... I have lived in Colorado all my life, having grown up, married and had my children in the Denver and surrounding areas... In 1985 I moved over to the western slope, met and married my DH and lived and worked in the Grand Junction area until last year when we retired, sold our home and property and hit the road... That's about it for me, except I was so happy to find Dr K and be able to come home to my beautiful Colorado and spend some time with family.... Take care all and I'm looking forward to hearing from other Dr K patients.... :humble::wave:

mss.... I truly admire your approach to self disipline and I like that you give yourself permission to have more in 30 minutes, therefore taking away the guilt of eating too much.. That way you are working with your psycological head hunger rather than fighting against it... Thank you very much for posting your approach... I am going to try it for myself....

I was banded on October 16th and I am right in there with you on the hunger thing.... I got too weak on the liquids and started on the mushies after only one week and I am now eating solids very carefully... I know that it is way too early for the solids, but I just couldn't go on doing the liquids... I went to my Dr for a check up last Thursday and I have lost 4 pounds since surgery, so I guess I am doing ok, but I have to admit that I am pretty hungry and eating more than I should..... I refuse to step on the scale, cause I'm afraid that I may be gaining and I don't want to go in for my first fill until after Thanksgiving, so I can have a nice dinner....

Hello Melissa, Topdowndog, and luvmy3boyz.... I am also an October 16th bandster and doing pretty good on the fourth day out... I was a little weak today, but I think it was from being on the clear liquid diet and needing something a little more. I had a yogurt smoothie and a bowl of cream of wheat and I feel much better... I haven't had any problems with gas pains and was lucky not to get a sore throat... My throat would get dry and hoarse but that was about it... I only got the nausea feeling once, but I did get the hiccups alot, but a couple sips of Water would take care of that.... I am very pleased with my progress so far and I'm looking forward to a healthier way of life... Good luck and many blessings to all of the October bandsters and keep us posted on your journey...

Hi all, Today was a little rough for me at first, I was real weak and I think it is because of the clear liquid diet, so I had a yogurt smoothie and laid down and took a nice nap.. When I woke I was hungry so I had a bowl of cream of wheat and it went down real nicely and I have felt alot better since then... I am pretty much off of the pain meds except for nighttime and that is so I can sleep.... My throat was never really sore, but it was very dry and I would get real hoarse from it... I had plenty of gas and fortunately I never had any of the bad gas pains that some of the others have had, I just rooted and tooted a lot... I do have a slight allergy to the bandages on my incisions.... It is red and itchy along the edges and have little blisters, so I am cutting off the corners of the bandages until I go see the Dr next week and hopefully he will take them off.... Good Luck and Get Well Wishes to all of the newly banded...

I have the same problem that ellemay has in that mine are itchy and red. I have cut off the corners where the redness is, but they have blistered and are scabby... My incisions look ok and I called the Dr office and told them that I have an allergy to the bandages and they suggested that I get Benadryl Cream and put on them...

Hello everyone... Thought I would check in... I am on my 3rd day after banding and feel pretty good... I have been tired, but I think that is from the pain meds I am taking.... The incisions hurt a little bit, especially where the port is... I have been doing lots of clear liquids, like Swanson's Chicken Broth, Water with Crystal Light, Special K Protein Water and diluted Cranberry Juice.... So far I haven't been too hungry and have been up and walking around alot to get the gas out of my system... I have been having bouts with hiccup's and I take a sip of water and that seems to help... My Dr said that all went well and my liver looked good since I had lost 10 lbs on the pre-op diet.... The Dr was thinking about keeping me overnight because of my low oxygen levels caused from my emphysema, but he sent me home with oxygen and wants me to stay on it 24/7 for the next couple of days.... I really feel pretty good and feel a lot better than I thought I would... The surgery was breeze and everyone at the surgery center treated me like a Queen.... The Dr and his staff are the greatest people, I very highly recommend him.... Good luck and get well soon to all of the others that are banded and to all that are still waiting, Good Luck to you and many blessings....

Holly.... Thank you so much for all of your hard work on the TENacious TENS Roll Call... It is very much appreciated.... It's hard to believe that we have close to 125 October bandsters.. Thank you again for the list.... I'm sorry I haven't been around lately to give much support to all of the newly banded and soon to be banded, but DH and I are on the road working our way to Denver... We hope to be there on the 14th, just in time for my 16th surgery. Congratulations to all of you that have been banded and many wishes for a speedy recovery... To all of those to be banded soon, Good luck and many blessings... Kloverdad.... Thank you for going more into detail on yours and Mary's surgery... It is very helpful and gives all of us that are anxiously waiting for our surgery date a better idea of what to expect... One thing for sure that we do need to walk, walk, walk.... Please keep us posted on your progress..... ((((((((HUGS))))))))) To all....

Good luck and many Blessings to all that are being banded in the next few days..... fluffy.... I am doing a high protein low carb diet which is very similar to the Atkins diet... We are currently on the road, so I will be hit and miss with the computer.... My DH and I live full time and travel in our motorhome.... Colorado is my home and our home base is in Grand Junction where my youngest daughter and children live... My middle daughter and children live in the Denver area... My oldest daughter and children live in the Rifle, New Castle area...

It is so good to hear that all of you are doing well from your surgery.... Thanks so much for being the first brave souls to go in and for paving the way for all the resst of us..... Please keep checking in with us

Good luck and many Blessings to all of you going to be banded in the next few days.... I am on the road traveling to Colorado for my surgery...

Wow Holly, we sure do have a big groupie going on... That sure is neat.... Good luck to all of us TENacious TENS and Blessings to all...

Hello everyone and especially Topdownbug.... My surgery is scheduled for the 16th also and I am starting my pre-op diet tomorrow.... For all of the October band surgeries, check into the October monthly support group... Go to the home page and find the thread "Monthly Lap-Band Support Groups" and then go to "October 07"... There are over 80 people getting banded in the month of October and we welcome all to the TENacious TENS.... Please come join us... Check in at the "Roll Call" thread so Holly can add you to the list..... Good luck to you all......

Good luck and God Bless you on your day tomorrow.... Special (((Hugs))) to your precious daughter....

Oh no WASa... Are you doing ok??? Apparently it doesn't take much with the band to get tipsy... Be careful....

Good luck and God Bless..... Please check in on the new "Banded" thread that had been started for you newly banded TENacious TENS.....

Amen and many blessing to all of us with many wishes for a speedy recovery as each one of us is banded...

I don't know how common it is but, it sounds like it could be an allergy to something in your liquid diet or it could be from no sugar or caffeine if you have cut back on them or just plain stress because of the impending surgery... Have you talked to your Dr about it?

Sbee... Great idea to start this thread.... I sure hope everyone uses this after their surgery to check in with us... To all of you first ones, my thoughts and prayers are with you...

Best of wishes to all of the 1st and 2nd of October TENacious TENS who are making their journey into bandland.... lovekatz... realestwoman... woodsk... Shrinkage... Kloverdad and Klovermom... MistyDTX... mescla... Sbee... BigK... pvchickie... summer... BlyeEyedKitty... bbjerseygirl... gallygirl... You are in my thoughts and prayers.... I will be starting my pre-op diet tomorrow as well as embarking on my trip to Colorado to see kids and grandkids and have my surgery on the 16th.... Good luck to all of the others who are on or will be starting their pre-op's......

Here are many good wishes for a speedy recovery and blessings on your new journey into bandland for the October 1st and 2nd people.... Please let us know how you are doing as soon as you feel up to it... We will be thinking of you all..... 1st........ lovekatz... realestwoman... woodsk... Shrinkage... Kloverdad and Klovermom... 2nd....... MistyDTX... mescla... Sbee... BigK... pvchickie... summer... BlueEyedKitty... bbjerseygirl... gallygirl... Prayers to all....... Hope to hear from you soon....

Hi Fluffy.... Oh boy do I ever have worries about not being able to eat some of the foods that I so dearly love... I have been stressing about Thanksgiving for over a month now.... I will be on the road working my way to Colorado while I am doing my pre-op diet.. We will stop along the way to see relatives and I know they will want to go out to eat... On one of the stops we will be celebrating one of our grandson's birthday and that will have cake and ice cream... Yike's... I hope I can resist... Then in November there is another grandson's birthday and Thanksgiving and then our great-granddaughter's first birthday, then more birthdays and Christmas..... Sometimes I think I picked the wrong time of year to have surgery, with all of the celebrations going on.... I hope yours will be different...

Happy Saturday to all of us TENacious TENS!!! I hope your weekend is going great so far.... Especially all of those on their pre-op diets... Good luck to all of those that go to surgery first, we will be thinking of you and praying for a speedy recovery.... New Me.... The reason I am self pay is because I don't have any health insurance... If I did have insurance, I think I still would have gone self pay, especially if they gave me a bunch of hoops to jump through... Donna.... Won't it be fun to be in the pictures instead of hiding.. I'm looking forward to that... DH and I would like to have a nice professional photo taken of us... We have never had one taken since I didn't want to be in the picture... lafs.... That's funny about telling everyone, cause I have done the same thing and everyone is so supportive.... We will be waiting for an update after your surgery and don't forget to post an update on the Dr K thread.....

I am a retired Office Manager and Bookkeeper.... My husband and I sold our home, purchased a motorhome and hit the road... We now live and travel full time in the motorhome with our 2 little dogs.... Life is good for us...