christasha

We have all felt like you are feeling at some point along this journey . . . but you have to remember we are doing this for OURSELVES . . . and a year from now we won't even recognize the person we left behind! We are making ourselves better and making our lives better .. . and oh my I'm sounding so "know it all" .. .sorry . . .but that's my feeling and I'm sticking to it! Hang in there! Chris

Good for you Justin! Send the year out with a bang! Chris

Tomecia . . . TG! I was trying to send you a private message earlier, but it wouldn't let me send it to you . Hang in there . . . you are almost there! YEA!~ Chris

Thanks Danna! Duh . . .that was easy! USA Twilight - Montana DonHoll1 - Indiana Christasha - Chula Vista, California Ellisa - Ohio sfeiner - Baraboo, Wisconsin tmecia25 - Dallas, Texas CANADA AUSTRALIA Sewenup1 - Sydney

Take a deep breath! Is your doctors' office going to help figure out what is happening? Do you need to call someone to clarify? I wish I could snap my fingers and fix this all for you . . . what did they tell you to do? Chris

Sghatl .. .how do you do the list . . . we want to do a list for where everyone is from also, but I have no clue how to add on . . . Good luck tomorrow! Chris

That worked! Thanks! Chris

Great! Thanks! I saved the second site, but the first one was doing wierd things, so I didn't pursue opening it. Chris

We need a list like the surgery dates .. .but I don't know how to do it!

I'm from Chula Vista - San Diego area.

I wrote a book over at this thread: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f100/december-post-op-thread-46286/ It went very well .. .and I'm doing GREAT! Everyone post your results in this thread too please! Chris

Good luck to all of you going in . . . it's like this wave that keeps getting bigger with all of us December people! I love it! Make sure to post your experiences afterwards! Chris

Welcome to the FlipSide TXBandit! Glad you are home . . . we have a wonderful club that is growing each day. I agree with you that the information on this site has been a Godsend . . . knowing what to expect, what to look for, what to ask has made it all so much easier. I hope we all keep in contact as we journey along. PS . . . You're from Austin - if you ever need a plastic surgeon, one of my best friend's other half is one in Austin! Chris

Oh Danna . . . don't feel whimpy at all . . . and a barium swallow .. . that would have KILLED me (I'm very lactose intolerant to begin with .. .and then the just passing through .. ugh!) .. . but you will be doing better today and then the next and the next. I'm sore this morning across the top of my stomach . . . like someone hit me really hard. I'm not in any pain . . . just a different sorness. I think I read somewhere on here that about the second day out or so that is usual. Welcome to this side!!!! Chris

I am feeling fine .. . just had a 3 hour nap . . .which is more than I slept in the hospital total I think . . . and just took a shower . . .that felt good. I forgot to tell you guys - I'm not stitched . . .I'm not stapled . . . I'm GLUED Unbelievable what they can do now! My daughter just came home with the Pirates movie . . . so we get to watch that tonight to Celebrate. I'm almost tempted to drink a cup of warm Water (yuck) .. . anything warm just sounds good right now lol. Chris

Carol . . . you would ask if I gained weight . . . and YES .. . I'm up 6 lbs from their scale yesterday morning to when I got home today. I had 3 IV bags overall . . . and 4 bottles of Water and same of Propel since then. That Propel does have sugars in it . . . not much . . .but maybe it is the gas they pump in that weights more lol (I amuse myself). You know what . . .I WISH I could have a cup of hot tea right now . .. I'm freezing . . . I think I'll have to break down and turn on my heater today . . . 48 in the morning in San Diego is pretty cool for us . . . and my house has ZERO insulation I think. This weight too shall pass . . . I'm just calling it procedure weight. Nothing I did to cause it. Chris

My liquid diet for 2 weeks was 3 Protein shakes ... and one SMALL meal .. . but you should check with what your doctor wants . . . they all do it differently! Chris

Tomecia - I followed Twilights directions above for making the picture smaller . . . and then Frisky1 also added suggestions. I'm Home everyone!

Oh Carol . . .My daughter read your email to me on the phone last night and I felt so bad for you! Please ALWAYS be a Merry Loser! We need you! I'm almost embarrassed to say I had a "text book" experience . . . checked in, did all the sticking and stabbing with needles . . .down to preop - with 6 other people who were all "first". My Lord, you have a nurse, anesthelogist and doctor at each bed . . . along with relatives . . . it sounded like a bee hive. And then we rolled . . . and the last thing I remember was someone saying they were putting another IV in my arm "in case .. . " and I was out. Never did find out WHY they did that . . . and I had to tell each nurse "got me". I woke up in recovery and was there for an hour . . . and then back up to the room at 11:00 am. I wasn't expecting to spend the night - but they said outpatient is anything up to 24 hours . . . so I figured I might as well stay there where they could keep an eye on me. I never went to sleep until 11:30 last night. I had the pain medicine once when I got up to the room, and once about 10:30. Haven't taken any today, but I might now that I'm home and can really rest a bit. Was up walking the halls by 12:30 and then made a point of doing it every 2 hours. Then room service came and I'm going "huh???" and she had 4 bottles of Water and 4 bottles of Propel . . . my food lol. I haven't had much pain for gas . . . just a slight bit in the shoulder, but the gas-x helped that . . . I LOVED the leg things . . . I don't have anyone to rub my legs and feet . . . so that was a treat! The poor woman in the room next to me did not fair quite as well. She had nausea quite a bit, and was crying when they were trying to get her up walking. However - today she was walking the halls too . . . and smiling a LOT . . . So that is my beginning journey - and I'm hoping everyone else has good stories too! Extra hugs to Carol AND Dee! Chris

and AWAY I GO! YEA!!!!! See ya on the flip side! Chris

Thanks everyone! I hope everyone has a smooth trip! Chris

The reason I put mine up now is so that you guys can hold me accountable It's just some trick for my psychie - I sure didn't put them up because I'm proud of them. Have a good one everyone! Here we goooooooooooooo! Chris

please ignore . . . and Thanks for the help!

Cool .. . now please tell me how you shrunk them! Thanks Chris

Forgot to include the link . . .sorry! http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f100/lets-get-know-each-other-45807/