Tomorrow is the big day for me. May 4th, I will be banded. At times in this journey it felt like this day would never come, but here it is, just on the other side of the sun going down and coming back up again.

I am scared, I am optimistic, I am worried and I am hopeful.

It's been an interesting journey up until now and I can only hope that it gets better from here.

May 4th, here I come

So glad your surgery went well!!! I am on my second band put in five days ago and also doing well. I believe in this tool and just make sure you follow what the doctor and nutritionist orders ! Hoping for a speedy recovery for you!!

Best Wishes,

Ayme

Hi all, It's day 3 after surgery, or day 2 depending on how you count it. I am feeling a bit better and I haven't had any of those gas pains in my shoulder or anywhere else, so thank goodness for that. most of my pain is in my lower belly, i suppose from the incision inside my bellybutton. it just feels like when i move everything is going to fall out. i have 3 incisions. one in my bellybutton, one near my breastbone (center of chest, it makes it difficult to breathe) and one on my left side where my port is.

I haven't felt like doing much besides laying around, but i have tried to make myself pace around the apartment just to get moving. it gets a little easier every day. the thing that is the most difficult for me is getting enough liquids. i am supposed to have 64 oz of fluids per day for the next 10 days. I probably had plenty in my saline bag while in hospital, but yesterday i may have had about 25 oz of Fluid total. i am drinking things literally a teaspoon at a time. i was trying to make myself drink a teaspoon of liquid every 10 or 15 minutes, but it's very difficult. i was able to get down 1 and 1/2 bottles of a Protein drink, so i at least got some protein in. the chicken broth seems to go down the easiest and of course, i had my popsicle.

my sweet husband decided to try an experiment with the V8 splash that i'm drinking. we have ice trays that make tiny pellets of ice, so he froze some of the V8 splash and it went wonderfully. i was able to eat a bowl full of them, probably 4 oz of fluid in just a few minutes. he made some popsicles out of the V8 overnight, so i'm gonna try to eat some of those today since they have more calories than my sugar free ones, and i need the calories right now.

anyway, that's kind of where i am at the moment. just struggling with getting enough fluids down and lacking in the energy to do anything. i'm going to take a shower today, believe me i smell like i could use one, and then we are going to try to take a walk to the park at the end of my block a little later. fingers crossed that all goes well.

good luck to anyone that has a surgery coming up soon.

Sounds pretty typical for your recovery so far So glad things are going pretty good. I too struggled with getting enough of anything for the first week then it gradually got better after that. Hang in there and look forward to the new you!!!

Hey! You responded on my page recently. I am a NYer and I have my first consultation next week on Wednesday the 11th. I was curious which hospital you used. I work at NY Presbyterian-Columbia and had planned on doing it here, but the wait to even get a consult was so long that I decided to see the same surgeon over at Valley Hospital in NJ. It shortened my wait time for a first time consult from 8 weeks to 11 days. Congrats on your surgery! I hope you are feeling well. From the sound of it, you're not doing too shabby. :-)

I had my surgery at NYU with Dr. Fielding. I think i had to wait about a month to get a consult with him, but 3 weeks after my consult, I was in surgery, so it went very fast.

anyway, I just had a shower! i almost feel human again. it took all of my energy so i'm heading off for a nap, but wow, a shower. who would have thunk it. the little things in life are so taken for granted.

have a great day everyone!