Gracey

Ha! I was in dizzyland when I was on the morpheine in the hospital!

Donna - when you said SNT, I thought you meant me. I thought, "I just got banded last week!" Slim, Sick.....confusing! So I went to my surgeon today where they took off the bandages and cut some of the stitches. The cut around my bellybutton was bleeding a little so that's the only place where I got another bandage. He wants me back in 4 weeks (not sure what for) and then for my fill a week later. Hello, that's the week of T'giving! I don't want to be gagging in front of my extended relatives who don't know I've been banded! So I told them I was going to be out of town for the holiday!!!

Welcome back, Glou!!!

Just make sure to cough on things that you know he'll touch!!!

So I weighed two nights ago and had only lost one pound - bitter! This morning, I weighed and I'm down 10 pounds; woohoo!!! The big incision is still a bit sore but considering I'm 5 days out; feeling very lucky! PS - vanilla protein shakes stink

So I weighed two nights ago and had only lost one pound - bitter! This morning, I weighed and I'm down 10 pounds; woohoo!!! The big incision is still a bit sore but considering I'm 5 days out; feeling very lucky! :confused: PS - vanilla protein shakes stink

Ha! That's awesome!

Taos - I didn't have any gas either. I am so thankful!!! I sneezed yesterday which was a bit painful but am OK. Are you hungry??

LJM - it's funny...I was trying to get to sleep last night and thought, "where the H has LJM been? I haven't seen a posting from her in forever!" Of course, I also have been on drugs at night! :smile: Is the doc hassling you about the 17 pounds? (Yes you read I had no gas - yippee!) Speaking of pounds - I'm down 10 exactly as of this morning!!! :biggrin:

Your mouth to God's ears, sugah! Lulu doesn't get scared!!!! Lulu - check out the link at the bottom of my signature. You'll love it. :Dancing_biggrin:

Right?!? I went on Optifast in college and went from a 14 to an 8-10. Said I would NEVER get to a 14 again. Bah! Whew, that's a good one!

Girl puh-leez. I'm a big 28 so I don't even wanna hear it! I'd like to be Lulu's beginning size of 16! I can't even fathom being a size 6! Moooooooo

Sheeee - how cute are you!?! I'd never paid too much attention to your current weight. You're so little!

So once I start losing weight, will you start being a chauvenist piglet w/ me? Pretty please? LOL

She - I used to think your avatar was you for months and months! :tongue2: Fanny - 1.) I'm very jealous of your lovelife. I got banded hoping to have one eventually!!! 2.) I got a postcard from my brother today from Perth. It's gorgeous with all that water!!! What's the population?

I'm a fan of vodka too tho I am not the biggest drinker. PS - I put some orange flavoring in my vanilla shake. GAG.

I'm not really tired during the day but at night, I'm sleeping 12+ hours every night!

Aww thanks!!! I am pretty doggone hungry tho! I feel like I haven't talked to you in fo-evah!!!

Pat - which chewable vitamins do you use? I got liquid Centrum and it is DISGUSTING!!!

You get banded tomorrow? AWESOME! Welcome!

I had such an easy time of considering what I was worrying about! The most "pain" I am in is where I assume my port is (biggest bandage) but it's more sore than real pain. I didn't hit the morpheine much at all - mostly to sleep! My surgery was at 8am-ish and I was in a room alert by 11ish (I think). I remember a nurse coming in around 2pm and was surprised how lucid I was. Oh, back up, the poor woman that tried to do my IV...it's a good thing I'm an empathetic sort b/c I reallyyyyyy wanted to hurt her. I guess after 2 days on liquids I was dehydrated b/c she really had a time finding a vein(?) in my left hand. (Do I really need to be slapped that often?) Then she tried on my left arm which hurt like hell and dug around so much that I almost fainted. Thankfully she got someone to help! I was majorly bitter! So the rest of surgery day was hanging out with my parents and then another gf and her son came to see me. Aww! She brought me a couple humor books and did I tell y'all that my boss send me flowers Wed? (His wife picked out the arrangement; it's gorgeous!) Since my mom + grandmother both have a history of blood clots, I had on compression socks and also this contraption that went around my calves that stimulated circulation. I also got 2 blood thinner shots. Rambling - when I was in pre-op, my nurse kept telling me breathe through my nose b/c I had the oxygen thingers in my nose. I was asked numerous times if I had been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Weird. So they watched my BP, pulse, and oxygen count. It had gotten down to 80 at one point. I brought home some breathing contraption (Voldyne 5000) to help. My triathalon friend stayed the night w/ me so my parents could sleep in a real bed at my house. She had me up and walking the hall. The first walk w/ my dad was very tiring but the other 2 laps were good! So anyway - the doc came to see me around 8:20 and said I was good to go. I finally got sprung around 10:30 i think. I didn't sleep at all yesterday afternoon but slept from noon-6pm today! And I only woke up then b/c my mom woke me up! Gah - 3 more weeks of liquids. I would kill for a cracker right now! I was very happy with the entire hospital staff; they were great! My throat is sore and my voice is hoarse but I'm thrilled with the amount of pain I have! Question: How long does it take for the gas to head to your shoulder? So far, I don't have that yet. I am now officially in the club!

I had such an easy time of considering what I was worrying about! The most "pain" I am in is where I assume my port is (biggest bandage) but it's more sore than real pain. I didn't hit the morpheine much at all - mostly to sleep! My surgery was at 8am-ish and I was in a room alert by 11ish (I think). I remember a nurse coming in around 2pm and was surprised how lucid I was. Oh, back up, the poor woman that tried to do my IV...it's a good thing I'm an empathetic sort b/c I reallyyyyyy wanted to hurt her. I guess after 2 days on liquids I was dehydrated b/c she really had a time finding a vein(?) in my left hand. (Do I really need to be slapped that often?) Then she tried on my left arm which hurt like hell and dug around so much that I almost fainted. Thankfully she got someone to help! I was majorly bitter! So the rest of surgery day was hanging out with my parents and then another gf and her son came to see me. Aww! She brought me a couple humor books and did I tell y'all that my boss send me flowers Wed? (His wife picked out the arrangement; it's gorgeous!) Since my mom + grandmother both have a history of blood clots, I had on compression socks and also this contraption that went around my calves that stimulated circulation. I also got 2 blood thinner shots. Rambling - when I was in pre-op, my nurse kept telling me breathe through my nose b/c I had the oxygen thingers in my nose. I was asked numerous times if I had been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Weird. So they watched my BP, pulse, and oxygen count. It had gotten down to 80 at one point. I brought home some breathing contraption (Voldyne 5000) to help. My triathalon friend stayed the night w/ me so my parents could sleep in a real bed at my house. She had me up and walking the hall. The first walk w/ my dad was very tiring but the other 2 laps were good! So anyway - the doc came to see me around 8:20 and said I was good to go. I finally got sprung around 10:30 i think. I didn't sleep at all yesterday afternoon but slept from noon-6pm today! And I only woke up then b/c my mom woke me up! Gah - 3 more weeks of liquids. I would kill for a cracker right now! I was very happy with the entire hospital staff; they were great! My throat is sore and my voice is hoarse but I'm thrilled with the amount of pain I have! Question: How long does it take for the gas to head to your shoulder? So far, I don't have that yet. I am now officially in the club! :eek:

I agree plus Peter Drucker says that people tell of bad experiences 7x more than good experiences. So I'll bet the OP told people in their real life as well as those of us on LBT! PS - I personally think the Olive Garden is yuk with band or without band!!!

Lulu - Some men just have no sense of humor! I presume hubby is at goal too? You wouldn't think he'd want pizza either! Pizzaaaaaa...:tongue2:

And I bet you tell people in your real life how accommodating MG is which gives them positive press! I'm not as adamant as some posters but I believe that, as a restaurant owner, I would rather have $5 from someone ordering from the children's menu than the $0 they ended up receiving from the original poster. And if they were nice about it, I just might tip more than my normal 20%, tyvm! :tongue2: