:thumbup:I was banded yesterday 2/19. Got to the hospital at 8am and went in at 1030. Came out and was given 3 shots of morphine, When I got back to my room they hooked me up with Demerol. I was in and out of consciousness all night and into the morning. My wife stayed with me all night. She had the surgery almost 3 years ago and is down 110lbs. I was still pretty sore this morning so they gave me liquid vicodin which is very nice, I have 2 weeks off to recover and am looking forward to healing up and losing the weight which had me up to 345, diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and high blood pressure.

Sorry but I snuck into the mens room. Congratulations on your banding! I hope you are feeling better. Tell your wife congrats on her loss at well!

Good luck to you.

Get walking soon and you will find the effects of the drugs will go away sooner.

I started slightly heavier than you, and was off my diabetic med immediately, off some of my HBP meds within weeks, and can sleep now without my CPAP and not disturb my S/O.

One word... Protein.

The weight falls off of us guys if we follow a high protein program with low carbs, moderate calories and exercise every day.

Good luck to you and congratulations on the band.... See you in 100 pounds...

TJ

Congrats on the recent banding. I was banded on the 17th. Recovery has been very straight forward. I am very weary of non-Protein foods (like Soups, though I am adding whey protein to them to up my protein level).

So far, the weight is coming off very quickly. I look forward to some real foods (even in these new small quantities). I have a LOT to lose but every journey starts with a single step (or so they say....but I hate them! :-) )