mcrulz

Well, I finally had the surgery on 5/27/10! I had thought about it for years (literally), but I wasn't sure I could commit to the necessary life changes until last year. I started saving my cash and cruising the message boards and such. When I got banded on Thursday, I had never previously had anesthesia. It was kind of weird because I don't remember them actually administering the 'final' dose; I just went into the OR, went to sleep, actually had a couple of dreams I can't remember now, then woke up feeling like my abdomen was full. The pain wasn't bad at all, but the discomfort was terrible. I had the gas pain in my left shoulder (glad my doc warned me about that or else I would have freaked out!). My wounds and stomach didn't hurt (thanks, pain meds), but my back was all tweaked out trying to compensate for my non-working stomach muscles. It was a long night. Thank goodness I started using the children's Motrin the next day, as well as a good friend who did Icy-Hot back rubs and hot pads. Since then, I have felt really good! I don't have any flashy trackers, yet! :cursing: