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Another November 19th bandster! Everything's going fine - some shoulder and incision pain. But I'm feeling so wiped out on clear liquids only. And starving! Sent my son out to find Special K protein water - anyone tried that?

I had my lap-band surgery on Wed. (Nov 19). Good friend dropped me off at Hartford Hospital at 7:15am and check-in was great - except that I put my glasses in my overnight bag for safety and didn't get them back until I finally got my things around 6pm! Anti-nausea patch worked great. Surgery went well - hiatal hernia repaired, too. Dr. Tishler said my pre-op diet did a great job shrinking my liver. Woke up in recovery around 11:30 - took about 1-1/2 hours. Felt pretty good except my oxygen levels kept dropping whenever I fell asleep in recovery. Had to stay there about 3 hours until a bed was ready. Wonderful staff all around. Only problem was that I couldn't pee! Around 6pm my very very nice nurse Sarah did a bedside bladder ultrasound. I let her bring in a couple of student nurses to watch. Sure enough - bladder full and no urge to go! So she inserted a catheter and took it out as soon as the bladder was empty. Boy was I apprehensive about that - but very little discomfort! Fortunately the plumbing started working again before midnight so no more catheter needed! I had no additional pain meds after surgery - little pain in the shoulder but not enough to get doped up about. Incision pain is there - but only hurts when I get up or down so I can handle that. Brought my cpap with me, so that drowned out the sounds of my snoring roommate, although I also used my sound-deadening headphones - I highly recommend them! Next morning went to radiology around 9am and drank nasty liquid - radiologist said everything looked perfect and Dr. Tishler's winning streak was intact. It's Friday now and I'm taking it easy - but moving. On water, green tea, and broth. Have to say that I'm hungry, though. That better go away when I start with food!:drool: