I know that several or group has allready been banded, lets hear from you. how did your surgerys go? Where you prepared? Any surprises? anything you can tell the rest of us that have our surgerys comming up. but mostley just let us know how you are.

Five days post op and I still feal bloated, but I am down 27 pounds. I stopped my pain meds so hopefully the gas will start to pass. The surgery was nothing like I expected. Once I was wheeled in the room I was out; I woke up to my freind two hours later and I was up walking a couple hours after that. My incensions are healing very nicely. And I have yet to feel any hunger. I also was able to walk around in the park with no pain in lower back or heavy breathing, three weeks ago I barely made it to the bench.

how wonderful that you were able to walk like that and not be winded.. you are doing really well. 27 pounds is a great weight loss. you will lose the bloated feeling . i cant quite remember, i think it was about five days before i fully realized that i had lost some swelling in my feet etc.

I wish I was with you all at the post-op stage, but it's great to read about how well you are doing! You have much to celebrate! Thanks for sharing your stories.