nataliedg8

I was banded on the 1st. I was at the hospital at 5:30am, went into surgery about 7:45am, woke up in recovery about 9:15 and left the hospital at 12. Everything went great. I feel good. So far not hungry AT ALL and am having to be reminded to drink fluids. I was at my nieces' slumber party yesterday and there was food all around me. It was SOOO weird to not care at all about the food, since all of my life I have been a MAJOR food aloholic. I am gearing up for the hunger though, as I know it is coming. I am scheduled for my first fill on the 30th... So far I have no complaints about the procecure or the recovery. The worst part has been being uncomfortable from all of the gas they put in to make your stomach bigger during surgery. Its been difficult getting that out, as the muslces I would usually be able to use are not fully in use yet :grouphug: I am not really used to this site yet, and honestly I don't exactly no how to use it...but if you have surgery coming up and ya wanna ask questions, I am an open book (if I can figure out how to respond :welldoneclap:

I talked to the surgeon's office today and found out I am officially approved by my insurance, and I scheduled surgery for April 1st, which seems VERY close!! It is just shy of a year that I started talking with my primary doc about this option, and up until today it seemed that it would never actually happen! but it is and I am excited. I first met with the surgeon's office in October, and since then I have lost 25 lbs, and I am so excited to see the scale continue to go down!