JoyceEggerth

hello everyone, i have been to the site a few times, and i am not real good about posting.. I am working on that.lol anyway i got my band on April 9th, things seem to have gone well. recovery is taking a little while for me i think. i had to return back to work on the 14th and that was hard. the bending and lifting was the worst. but that is getting better. i went back to my doctor on the 16th and to my extreme surprise i had already lost 13 pounds. i think that was the happiest day of my life, after having my kids of course. losing that much in that amount of time has made everything worth it, the year of trying to get the surgery done, the struggles of missed work, the pain of the surgery. all of it, so worth it.

well i am new here, and just wanted to find a place to talk about the banding, I had my surgery on april 9th, so i am still healing form it. i am sore and i didn't expect that. I hope to visit often and get know people that are going through the same experience as i am.

Hi, i was just banded on the 9th. I hope all of you that have just gotten the band are doing well, and to the people that are coming up, good luck. i have some pain. mostly feels like pulled muscles. but not to bad. i got to come home the same day i had my surgery, so that was nice. but i just slept mostly. now today i am feeling a little better. i am just hoping that by monday the 13th i am back to normal, cuz i have to return back to work, so that scares me some.

thanks, and i am glad to hear you are feeling better. as far as the protein shakes go, i found that if you get the vanilla slimfast (powder) and then blend it with a banana and or strawberries it really isn't bad. i am not a fan of the liquid stuff. i think it taste horrible. but if you do that fruit with it is is pretty good... hope that will help you.