angeldivine1

Hi you guys! I'm wonderful! I came back to work yesterday and did just fine. I pushed a little too far by getting to work at 5 am and not getting home until 9:30 pm and I definitely felt it. I changed my clothes, took some pain medicine and went right to sleep. Today I almost feel back to normal. I'll be 7 days post-op tomorrow. Thanks for checking on me ????

That sitting in the belly thing is new for me as well. Then after about 4-10 minutes I feel the food drop into my stomach. Very weird indeed.

6 days post op and no issues with jello. Try to chew it first. I know it defeats the whole purpose of jello but it kind of liquefies it so it's easier to swallow.

Can you have yogurt on your full liquid diet? I'm post op day 6 and have 2 Premier Protein shakes per day (30 g of protein each) and supplement with one Greek yogurt which has 12 g of protein.

I had a small one that was discovered and repaired during surgery. My surgeon had a clearance form that I signed ahead of time stating that if one was found it would be repaired, so I wasn't surprised when he told me that one was found and repaired with a few sutures.

Hello all! I was banded on this past Friday, 10/17 and have been trying to figure out what occurred. I only have 3 incisions- one from where the band was placed, one from where my hiatal hernia was repaired (I'm guessing) and one from where the port was placed. This is unusual, no?

Thank you @@janeykins1

Well, the day that seemed so far has finally come. Have to be at the surgicenter at noon and procedure is at 1:30. Please send up prayers and good luck wishes for me. I have all of my essentials ready and have decided that I will have a good post-surgery experience with minimal to no pain. Everyone here has given so much encouragement and information that I really feel more prepared than when I first started researching. Thank you all so much! I'll check in once I get home ????

Congratulations! Let the journey begin ????

I'm on day 7 and I've been doing ok. My husband was eating potato chips this morning and that got to me a little and I'm not even a potato chip person! It gets easier mostly but yesterday I was so tempted to eat a cookie or a piece of candy or something! I resisted and drank some tea. My procedure is this coming Friday (6 days) so we're in the home stretch. Good luck- you can do it!!

Congrats to you! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Thanks everyone for the positive posts about the band. I was becoming a little disheartened.

So, how did your surgery go today? Are you doing okay?

Thank you all so much for the encouraging words and optimism as well. It's really helping me to know that there are so many success stories and people who are loving their journey. Anesthesia clearance was me meeting with the anesthesiologist and him asking about my previous history and whether or not I've had problems with it in the past. He then signed off on the surgery and said it was a go.

You're wonderful and so optimistic! My procedure is scheduled for 10/17 as well. Good luck with your journey!!