I was banded on July 20th. My surgery took about an hour and went very well. I also had a hiatal hernia repair. Surgery was over before 10AM and I was taken to my room shortly before noon. I was up and walking before 1pm. Walking REALLY helps with all of the gas discomfort. My surgeon only put in 1cc of fluid. I had a liquid lunch and liquid dinner on the day of surgery and tolerated that very well, so I was advanced to full liquid today when I was discharged. I had Cream of Wheat and some V8 Fusion juice at lunch. My dietician told me that I can advance to mushy food by day 7, then slowly advance to the next level as tolerated. The only pain I really have is the largest incision site (my port is there). My abdominal muscles are very sore (like I overdid it on some ab exercises),but I'm getting around very well (again, moving helps to get rid of the gas the put in your belly). I actually felt hungry this evening and had some butternut squash soup with some protein powder in it and some Crystal Light in water (8 oz.) Anyhoo...I hope that by sharing my experience, it will help with any curious questions anyone may have. Good luck to all bandsters!:thumbup:

My dietician advised me to advance as tolerated and told me that I could begin soft foods before Day 7 if I found that I was staying hungry and as long as I could handle4 it. Yesterday morning, I had 4Tbsp. of scrambled egg whites and 3Tbsp. of corned beef hash for breakfast and did very well. I've been making protein smoothies 3 times a day(between meals) with the Unjury unflavored powder and a stick of unflavored Benefiber. Lunch and dinner has been creamed soups or Cream of Wheat. I have also put some bean soups (like bean w/bacon or split pea) in my food processor to break it down a bit and have had no problem. I usually eat about a cup of soup then have a yogurt or Jello-O.