im writing u this from my hospital bed cause im still here. i had surgery mon.23rd 2011 and got really sick with anest. and pain meds. it caused me to be exstremly dizzy and vomitting. today is the first time i was able to walk and get sum of this gas moving. o my gosh, the gas was killing my shoulders,neck and chest from the pressure. the surgery went well and i have hardly no pain. i have only been on teylenol for pain and it is more than enough. good luck to everyone. and thank you for the support. im going home today. yepeeee!!!

congrats !!! welcome to the other side . . walking will help with the gas and hot tea and broth for the nausea. are'nt you glad the operation is finally over.? the anticipation was what was killing me ! good luck to you !

Yay! You will start feel a lot better now that you can walk around.

Yay! You will start feel a lot better now that you can walk around.

Yay! You will start feel a lot better now that you can walk around.

CONGRATS!! and all the best to you!!!

thank you all very much. i have been walking around the hospital and eating my sugar free popcicles. will be leaving at noon, to start my journey at home. im soo ready!!!

I was banded on 1/23/12 as well. I actually had a lot of pain post op. A lot of nausea as well. No vomiting. Released on Tuesday. Right now 1/4 cup of liquids every hour. It's hard to sip so little liquid so slowly when I am so dehydrated. Otherwise, no complaints. Nervous, because I really want to do well. I want to be a success story. Today for the first time it hit me how much I had a love affair with food. How much it consumed my daily plans...without food I have so much more to think about. Oh well...I am more excited. I can't wait to be fully healed so I can start exercising as well.