I have started a group for us at:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/groups/april-2010-bandster-bunnies.html

I think it is important that we get together and share our experiences. My date is April 2nd so I wld like to let e'one know how the process went for me. Please spread the word. Wld like to get u all so we begin our journey together.

My surgery is tomorrow as well. I fell off the wagon with my liquid diet by having a meal (not a big meal) but fell off none the less. I am ashamed, but will admit that I realize now the importance of having you guys here and coming her for the support. It think a support system is crucial to our success.

So to that I say...I'm sorry guys for not coming to lean on you like I should and I will do better.

Good luck to everyone having their surgeries today, tomorrow, and Friday!

Hello! My surgery is tomorrow April 22nd as well. I'm very nervous. Let's keep in touch please and share our experiences. I don't know how I'm going to get any sleep tonight!!!

Hello egarduno -- I was banded a week ago today and I feel GREAT!!! AND I am so incredibly happy wiht my decision. My advice to you is WALK, WALK, WALK...you dont have to go fast just one foot in front of the other. It made me feel so much better and just 3 days after surgery I did a 2.5 mile walk for water through our church. I wasn't the fastest but I felt GREAT!!!

welcome and good luck. I'll post as soon as I can after the surgery tom. I can't wait:thumbup:

checking in for the 1st time 48 hours post op....tougher than i anticipated, but home and recovering.....:-)

Good luck to the upcoming bandsters and congrats to the recent banded. I am on my way to my postop appointment. I want them to tell me that I can have something to eat. I know they won't but I want to chew something.

Marsmom,

As for the chewing, maybe some gum would help?

As for me, I am a week (6 days and a wake up-since today is almost over) and wondering why my doc doesnt require a pre op diet of any kind) I am so anxious, and excited and love reading about all ya'll. I plan on walking walking walking. After my over night stay and 3.5 hour drive home the next day.

Thanks for having me buddies! Looking forward to hearing more from ya'll!:thumbup:

ok..will check in for surgery @ 10am. I'm very ready, not nervous (as of yet)... but here's the thing. I'm not hungry b/c my butt is so sore from all of the pottying from the Clear liquids.:thumbup:.

Wasn't prepared for that.

Marsmom,

As for the chewing, maybe some gum would help?

As for me, I am a week (6 days and a wake up-since today is almost over) and wondering why my doc doesnt require a pre op diet of any kind) I am so anxious, and excited and love reading about all ya'll. I plan on walking walking walking. After my over night stay and 3.5 hour drive home the next day.

Thanks for having me buddies! Looking forward to hearing more from ya'll!:thumbup:

Kelly- My doc doesn't require one either. I was going to do it anyway after reading everyone's post but instead have been slowly cutting back on my intake. I have been doing a liquid Breakfast the past few days just for the challenge of it. Maybe after my preop visit tomorrow I will have a diet for the rest of the time (my surgery is Tuesday)... anyhoo there are a few of us out there with no preop diets.

Good Luck to all of you band bunnies tomorrow and in the next few days. I am doing well since my 4/7 banding and eating solids...in fact, I had a salad tonight with small pieces of chicken chopped on it. Was heavenly. I have been taking boost shakes, yogurt with low fat granola, lots of water and chewing, chewing, chewing. I will get my first fill on 5/5 and other than some tenderness under the skin and in the fat on my tummy where I imagine my port must be, am doing wonderfully. No issues at all. When I feel full, I stop - no more to eat. Best advice I can give as i went back to work 3 days after surgery is to sleep elevated for the first 48 hours. I never had any issues with gas settling in my chest or shoulders as I had before with both my hysterectomy and gall bladder surgery. I also would get up and walk whenever I got "stiff". This all helped me.

Prayers and good wishes for E'sMommy, MsLady and Egarduno during your procedures tomorrow. You will all do great!

Hugs,

Kim

Hi everyone.enjoying this April thread and reading the pre and post ops as they happen.Im 16 days into preop diet and

have got used to it amazingly,even to having the empty tummy feeling:redface:

Im getting banded monday-have moments of nervousness

but wanting to get on with it.the main thing is to get as

much Knowledge as you can,get your food prepared pre and

post op and then take each day as it comes.I think a lot of what you panic about doesnt happen.Im still trying to figure the ticker thing:blush:when i do il be sweet.

My doctor didn't require a pre-op diet either. I had lost 11 pounds from the initial meeting until my pre-op appointment and he seemed satisfied that I had done that and didn't require anything other than clear liquids the day prior to surgery. That said, I cut carbs and did a protein-heavy diet for the week prior to surgery. The liquids and Protein reduce stress on your liver and evidently enable it to shrink, allowing more room to work during surgery. He says it minimizes incisions and healing time.

That said, I just got back from my post-op appointment and all is well. Down almost 15 pounds and thrilled! My first fill is June 3. Disappointed I have to wait so long!

Good luck all having surgery today! Thoughts and prayers are with you!

This is my first check in since surgery on Monday 4/19. Everything went well, and I was able to go home the same day. Other than a nasty bout with gas pain on 4/20, everything has gone smoother than I had expected.

Best wishes to those being banded today and in the next few days! :thumbup:

Post op was great. Get my first fill in a month. I am excited. More excited for mushy foods. Congrats to all who have been banded today.

Can't believe that it has been two weeks into the start of my new life.

I went for my post op yesterday. I have lost 20 pounds since pre op. Pretty excited that they moved me up to soft foods and more. I get my first fill on May 20th. So looking forward to that since I don't really feel much restriction yet at all.

Hopefully, with the first fill I will feel some restriction.

Had my surgery yesterday. Thans for all of your prayers. I'm really taken aback with the shoulder pain, it also travels into my neck. Heating pad worked wonders. Didn't get much sleep. I'm a side sleeper, just propped myself up with a lot of pillows. I'm also very thirsty, ben siping water and had a little broth. Good luck everyone!