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i did get that thing... i did it twice since im home.. i guess i should do it more...

i cant belive i really did it!!! i cant belive it...

congrats and welcome to band land... i too am suffering from severe gas and incision pain. I can hear the gas its so loud... I wish i would just fart for an hour... (oh how gross)...lol i need to so bad... but it doesnt happen... glad your doing good...

not that it makes it better.. but i am sitting here in horrible pain with gas... i thought all this gas stuff was minor.. holy CRAP!!!! its bad!!! BUT i am so glad that we are all going through this together and there is SOMEONE that truely understands. I talked to my dad earlier.. he said.. Maria... you dont get gas in your shoulders... Im like.. wanna bet!!!! ANYWAY i would fart in front of anyone at this point!!!..LOL

i just started noticing this... alot coughing which sux because it hurts to cough. im not sure what its all from...

wow what a day... first i was suppose to hve surgery at 1045 and didnt get in to the OR until 1pm.. everyone was so nice... i cant complain.. Apparently i started to wake up during the surgery so they had to put me back out. I was shot when i came too... i felt so much pressure in my chest... like i was haivng a heart attack. The gas pains in my chest and up in my shoulders are horrible. I called my surgeon when i got home lastnight because i was so naucious.. he told me not to take the liquid tylenol with codein.. that it might make me sick.. to just take extra strength tylenol. thank goodness i bought it in advane. I just feel alot of pressure. I have five incisions. four small and one bigger one. Glued together. My next appt is in seven days. Liquids for two weeks and then mushies for another two. The hard part is over... thank goodness.. I just need to feel better!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU WITH SURGERIES COMING UP.. i can say .. everyone is different.. my aunt had the surgery on july 28th and it was a walk in the park.. no pain.. nothing!!!

i was banded yesterday on the tenth..and to be honest i thought the same exact thing as you... what did i do?? the gas pains are the worst.. I am in alot of pain today... i really really thought this was going to be so much easier. They say to hang in and it gets easier... we will see... :w00t: good luck to you

and this journey will come to an end...and my new life will begin. The hardest part so far was leaving my kids lastnight with my mom. Its surgery... you always have the worst in the back of your mind. I have a six year old that kept kissing me and my two year old was just too interstested in his new dvd. (im sad to think if something happened he wouldnt even remember me) ANYWAY... lets be in a more postive mood. I hit 50 lbs lost this morning... i had started a low card diet with my husband back in Novemeber. Slowly i am losing the weight.. more than i ever did in my life. So this morning i am 237...and (ONLY) 5ft tall. I lost the weight before the band because i knew i had ALOT to lose. Talk to you all later on today. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE MONDAY BANDSTERS!!! and tuesdays too!!! Maria

congrats!!

i am sitting here slurping on clear chicken broth... and i cant belive that this time tomorrow i will have started a new life!!! WOW... my husband will be with me.. my kids will be with my mom...and after that.. only my brother and future sister in law know about this. That has me a little worried too. I dont like to lie at all... but when i talked to everyone about this a year ago... i got horrible responses. I tend to have over weight (but beautiful) friends. Honestly i think because i wont be their eating or dieting partner in crime anymore they were worried. I have researched this for two years. Its my time to put hopefully an end to a lifetime struggle. sorry for the rant... Im just a bundle of emotions and nerves right now... WE WILL ALL DO GREAT!!!!

oh my god... im nervous nervous nervous!! they called me my surgery is 10:45am tomorrow....the time changed im hungry and anxious!!!!

sounds like a great idea!!!! CONGRATS!

good luck!!!! For many of us it will be all over soon!

im on long island... Dr Cussatti is banding me..anybody near me?

im sure things will perk up for you soon... good luck with everything... :wink2:

ok... im in green too.. because we share the same banding day... UGH... i do feel a little nervous... but for different reasons. I just hope i can manage cooking and tkaing care of my kids and husband after the surgery. My mom took off all week to help me out with them.... i went to my general dr lastnight for final clearance and he said that this week would be the hardest... being on liquids. It is hard!!! I want to CHEW!!!... well girls .. we are all in this together. THINK GREEN.. we will be ok!

CONGRATS!!! WOW out so fast!!! I definately would relax and take the day off!! Im so glad there have been so many positive experiences. My aunt went through it last week...and she calls me everyday to give me the status... she said.. She is not hungry at all..and it was a WALK IN THE PARK.. (surgery). talk to you guys soon..

i find out the def time today... but at my pre op they said arrive at 530 am and surgery at 730.... Im crying as im writing this .. because i cant belive it!!!!

good luck to all of you... cant wait to see how you guys did... hope you post before i go on monday :sneaky:

1.. really enjoy the beach..without watching everyone around me 2. not worry when i go to the dr for a cold.. they tell me to lose weight. 3. go on rides with my kids 4. get on the back of a motorcylce 5. scuba dive 6. pay for a vacation and wish wish wish the whole time i looked better 7. I have to agree about the boots!! 8. meet up with all the people who thought i was fat 9.buy clothes at anystore and not be limited to one or two stores and finally...... #10... STOP HEARING YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACE... IF YOU WOULD JUST LOSE A FEW POUNDS!

just wanted to see who will be sharing the date with me.. so far im scheduled for 730am on monday.. i have to be at the hospital at 530am..im starting to get nervous now

congrats... my turn is monday!!

HEY... where do you live.. im on long island... How are you doing on your pre- op diet?

hi everyone .. Im Maria.. from NY .. i am married with two kids... my surgery is August 10th... i am on my liquid diet now. its not horrible ... I have been overweight my whole life... i am currently 245 and 5 feet tall...and i am 34 years old :tongue2: good luck to all my new friends

i enjoy so much reading these posts.. i will be banded on monday the 10th... i hope my experience is as good as yours :tongue2: congrats!