AnnaOz

6 Days since surgery and it has been a roller coaster! At first I was not prepared at all for the level of pain and immobility! I learnt that I am someone that actually does not like to be still for long and continually had my husband, best friend and family demanding I rest and take it easy! But each day I have had a little less pain, more mobility and more energy. I even managed to vacuum the entire house and do our weeks laundry yesterday without collapsing in to bed unlike 3 days earlier after I un-stacked the dishwasher! Spoke to my dietitian yesterday afternoon and he decided that my swelling had been minimal compared to others and that I was ready to cautiously approach purees! So finally after 3 weeks (two pre-op and almost one post op) I finally had protein and carbs! I puréed the family mince & pasta casserole... not amazing but better than optifast! I did spend the whole night worried though that I may have moved too quickly to purees and was praying not to heave in the case I missed a lump in the food. But this morning I woke up and felt hungry so was relieved that my new stomach handled the food. This morning I had 1/2 a metric cup of yoghurt... this was bliss :smile2: So things seem to be going quite well for me so far.... "touch wood". However I have one question... has anyone that has been banded so far not had shoulder tip pain for the first three days or so and then found it develope? I started to have my left shoulder ache over the last couple of days and then last night I had an acutely and agonisingly sore shoulder. All of the sudden I could not move without the shoulder hurting and it felt like someone had forced a blade between the two bones in my shoulder socket! Has anyone had anything similar happen to them? And those who have had shoulder tip pain was it so bad it nearly brought you to tears?

I completely agree... completely not prepared for the level of pain! But it is slowly getting better. I seem to have more pain when I haven't had an Optifast shake for awhile. It feels almsot like heartburn... not sure if any one else is has felt this. It seems to go away after I have a meal (1/2 an optifast). Last night I was regreting it a little but have felt better today, most likely beacuse I managed to sleep better last night. I acutally slept for 4 hours straight at one stage unlike the revious nights where I was waking every hour! Thanks for your post tho, I had always considered myself as someone with quite a tolerance to pain, but this was worse than any other operation I had undergone before! But atleast I know that I amnot on my own! I hope everyone is starting to recover well, and thier gas pain is passing faster than mine... its a killer :thumbup: Lastly good luck to everyone having surgery this week. All those pre-op diets will be just a memory soon :tt1:

So finally got out of hospital this afternoon! Gas pain and tummy bruising is bothering me a lot and I am not finding the pain killers are doing a lot! I am about to go to bed for the night. Hopefully the gas will have settled down a bit tomorrow :scared2: Hope everyone else has done well with their surgery and on the road to recovery!:thumbup:

Thanks Melonie and Danielle for the support and best wishes. About to leave for the hospital now! Will keep everyone posted when I get get home from hospital! Hope all of you are doing well on you journeys! xoxo :wub:

Hi Maxi2010, you will be fine! I completely understand the nerves tho. I am meant to be asleep at the moment as it is 1:40am 17th Sept in Australia, I am online cause I have been lying in bed since 11:30pm and cant settle! I need to be at the hospital for addmission by 6:30am. I am schedualed for a 9:30am surgery! eek! But you will have had the surgery before you know and be back here letting us know how it went and how you are going! Best of luck and look forward to reading about your op etc soon :wub:

Firstly good luck to all my fellow Sept 17 Bandsters tomorrow! Stateofzen, blondeej, vega1star, helgainaz, MrsFitand42, maxi2010, risenhour1, maxi2010, jakealta, CdnBlondie - Hope it all goes well! hserrra - sorry to hear bout the date change but really glad you have kept a positive spin on it! And I hope all of those that have crossed to the band this month already are doing great! So I am getting ready for bed... it is 11:30pm in Australia at the moment and I have to be up at 5am for my surgery tomorrow morning. Have had a strange week waiting for tomorrow. It felt so long away at times, especially when I was frustrated with the two week pre-op diet. And now it’s here I can’t believe it. I had a bit of an emotional night last night. :eek6: It all caught up with me, it became totally real and I realised that I am having this surgery and although small, there are chances of complications and there are risks. I also sort of grieved for my eating habits of old... started to realise "wow, I won’t ever go out with my Hubby or friends and family to enjoy a 3 course meal at a restaurant! I will only be eating an entree sized meal". But now that my mini-meltdown is done (partly due to the support of my amazing hubby!), I am ready! Ready for this change and my new life! :wub: Be back soon, to let you all know how it goes!:alien: