Thanks for inviting me to this group! I got banded on 1/24 and currently recovering. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post, I'm still learning my way around this site. Look forward to meeting other January alums.

heey I got banded on the 24th too!!! this is the PLACE for questions!

Congrats lapbandbarbie, and Bert Martinez Yarbrough!!!! and all the best to you!!!

Sunshine, I am from Bama originally - Montgomery! Where are you from? I live in Vegas now.

Glad you joined us! And lapbandbarbie- love your blog/website!

^{Please forvive me as I try to figure out how this works. I got baded on the 20th. Was your recovery easy? The first 4 days of mine I had a lot of pain. Now I am rocking and rolling. I have lost 17 in 10 days. Not an easy loss but I will take it. I hope to figure this out soon. I am having problems with nausea. Anyone else?}

Hi Becky, I was banded on the 24th and was in a lot of pain for 4 or 5 days after. I was able to at least getout of the house on day 5 for a couple of minutes but that was really it. I don't have problems with nausea but I do feel a little weak at times but I'm not doing a great job with my proteins either. Each day does seem to get a little better. Good luck!

Hi all! I was banded on the 18th, so it will be two weeks Wednesday. I have lost 6 pounds since surgery and 13 pounds before so I'm down a total of 19. I was up and about the day following surgery with a little soreness only. I have also had nausea a couple of times and I realized it was either from eating too fast or once it was eating after I took my chewable vitamin. You definitely need to keep experimenting with what works. I feel great and know that if you keep the average of one to two pounds a week in mind, you won't get discouraged.

^{Please forvive me as I try to figure out how this works. I got baded on the 20th. Was your recovery easy? The first 4 days of mine I had a lot of pain. Now I am rocking and rolling. I have lost 17 in 10 days. Not an easy loss but I will take it. I hope to figure this out soon. I am having problems with nausea. Anyone else?}

If you have alchohol pads or rubbing alchohol, put a little on a cotton ball and wave under your nose taking a few "whiffs". There is something with alchohol that helps the receptors for nausea. We use it in recover rooms all the time! Hope that helps.

Mags2u, thanks so much! I have got to blog about surgery next - I'm not emotionally there yet though!

All, I am one week post op today. Went in for my weigh in and wound check today - down 8 pounds. My surgeon doesn't make people diet pre-op, so I started dieting the day I got banded. Have had zero nausea, but I've had gas pains in my chest area that would make you slap your gramma and cuss the pastor. I'm on the mushies diet until 2/28 when I am scheduled for my first fill. Glad everyone is doing ok.

Great job LBBarbie! I know I looked at the calendar today and realized I'm three weeks post-op! Its kind of all becoming habit now. Best decision I've ever made! My first fill is Feb 9th and my goal is to be down at LEAST another 5lbs. by then for a total of 25lb but even more than the scale, I'm feeling it in my close. I had a girl at work today- wow, look at your butt! You can really tell you are losing! I'll take it.

hello all

i was just banded on 19 Jan 2012

have had a hard time recovering; port location still hurting badly...

look forward to sharing and learning on this site!

hello - I am new! banded on 19th January.

how do you create the weight loss tickers?

look online for free weight tickers, most everone uses the tickerfactory.com I think. once you have made it , you go to settings on this page and paste and copy code and it will show up everytim you post something. Don't forget to bookmart your ticker so you can make changes..

I did my ticker on MyFitnessPal.com