Tomorrow morning I go in at 8:30am. I'm so excited I can barely relax. I've read so much on this forum and realized some people range from little discomfort to major pain post-op. I really hope I fall in the "little discomfort" category lol. I found out last week I definitely have to stay overnight due to sleep apnea I am beginning to think that is going to be a great thing..round the clock medication haha.

It's weird, I'm not worried about any steps of the surgical procedure but I am about post op pain. Go figure.

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers..

Hi LauRN, just wondering how you've been doing?

Hi Ladybandito, Things are going better every day. I'm learning how to take TEENY TINY bites...not just little ones..lol! I'm down a total of 23 lbs and one pant size. My second fill is in a couple of days. I think that one will do it. My Drs here are taking great care of me! Where are you in the journey?

I was banded Jan 18 and just had my second fill (1 cc each time, 3 weeks apart). My heaviest was 226 and preop was around 215. I'm at 195 today so I think that is pretty great. I feel even lighter than that, if that makes any sense. I was telling my doctor the other day that I truly think this is the first time in my life that I have felt full after I eat. Really, I've been stuffed many times before, but I do not ever remember feeling satisfied with a "normal" amount of food ... I was always wanting more but denying myself on the perpetual diet. So to me, that alone is a wonderful, freeing type of feeling! I had been researching WLS for about 2 years -- my forum join date is 2010 I think. If I had known I would feel like this, it would have been much less scary to take the plunge! Sounds like you are doing very well, so congrats to the both of us, :-)

Absolutely feel thinner! It's so nice to get on the scale and not see it go up and down. I feel like a new person. Beautiful even. No longer a fat failure. Thank God that's over and the journey is "on"!!

I'm here waiting in Dr office for fill #2. Not sure if it's necessary but some foods I get only a few bites and others I can eat a "normal" portion.

So happy for you too! Your loss is terrific!