Going to sleep now to wake up at 4 for the surgery.

Blessings to all those who will be with me tomorrow getting their too.

See you on the other side of Bandlandia.

Hey, Leener! Glad you came through OK. I'm so sorry you went through all that. I had a difficult time coming out of anesthesia also. I don't know how you got up by 4 to get out of there. I stayed the night - I couldn't even get up and start walking around until after 10 pm and my surgery was at 7 am.

My doc said to keep pills at/under the size of a #2 pencil. Hope that helps. Oh, and drink a full glass of Water after taking pills to make sure it goes into your lower stomach. (Just take it slow) And walk as much as possible especially with coughing so much - it will help to prevent pneumonia.

Each day gets a little better, but realistically it took me a couple of weeks to feel "much better". I hope it's sooner for you.

Good luck and my prayers are with you,

If you use Skim Plus milk 1 cup has 11 grams of protein (every little bit helps)

Hi Leener ~ I sure hope your feeling better and your actual fever is down. You are an inspiration to a pre-bander!! :clap2: Thank you for sharing the specifics b/c I added questions to my list. My blood ran warm when I read you were awake when they strapped you in. That would put me into a panic attack for sure, even though I don't have them.

You are indeed very brave as others have already stated. So glad to hear you did talk to God b4 surgery....it's only natural, especially during a time like that. Perhaps that is something that could help you in the furture if you do have another panic attack. He has promised to never forsake us....don't ever forget that!!

~mini_me~ Congratulations to you as well!! I am so excited for you. You are in good hands here at LBT. Other than your surgeon, there's no better place for advice. Take care of yourself!!

I'm sending you both flowers and love & here's to a speedy recovery!!

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good luck!!!!!!!!!! I hope your recovery goes well, and keep us posted. big hugs.

Congratulations! Every day will get a little easier; just don't ask too much of yourself during this first banded week. Welcome to Bandland!

Just to update y'all, I'm moving about much easier and with far less pain. I took off the adhesive and now I'm just covered by the steri-strips. The incisions the surgeon made are so small! Much smaller than when I had my gallbladder out. (Go Dr. Abkin!) Exept for the port/band incision. That one is bigger.

I am having some diarrhea, but they say that is normal.

Good news is my fasting glucose was normal before surgery, so I am NOT diabetic. Part of the reason I had this done was to avoid that. My grandparents and my mom and dad have it.

I am also having an intermittent spasm of pain under my breastbone, in the center. It comes and goes in seconds.

Glad to hear you're doing well! Wonderful news about your spiritual relationship, also. Just remember God is there is good times as well as those scary ones.

Keep moving.. walk, walk, walk.. sip, sip, sip..

Good Luck With Everything, You Will Be Fine, Don´t Worry, Lots Of Blessings...

Congrads!!:clap2: Im 16 days post op! We are newbies!!

hey bups!

i am having the same crazy "HELLO" pain at my breastbone area. my port is here, and the nurse said it is just my body becoming more aware of its presents.

SOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOOOooooo glad you are not diabetic. that really worried me!

I have all the same side affects as you(shh dont tell noone, i have 3 brothers who would tease me to the point of insanity, following me to the bathroom everytime i went)

my incisions sound like yours, i have 4 that are a little bigger than the diameter of an erasor on a pencil, the larger one where the port is, is about, maybe a little smaller that the diameter of a quarter. i am very pleased. i too, still have the strips, and man do they itch!!!!

Have you notice any weight coming off yet...i know it is all Fluid right now, but who cares right, i love to see the scales moving!!

Hey Mini!

Hey lady, thanks for sharing your concern and relief about the diabetes. A collective sigh of relief withthat one!

I just had some cream of butternut squash Soup I got at Trader Joes and it was like heaven.

Like you mentioned to me, I feel so full too, even on liquids and I do hope I'm not stretching the pouch. Alexra said no, but the Inamed brochure says yes...so..??

Yup, lost 6 lbs as of yesterday. Which portents good things because losing 6 lbs and keeping it off was damn near impossible before. So YAY. Go us! :-D

hooray!! 6 lbs!! before we know it, we are going to be starting a thread congratulating ourselves on meeting our goals!! my pain is a bajillion percent better today. i was able to sleep on my side last night...thank goodness, i am a belly/side sleeper. i have asked around, and the standard answer seems to be two weeks before healing allows sleeping on my belly. have you done your measurements, etc, on the fitness chart? I really like doing that. i did my stats on sunday, then again yesterday. i know i need to limit myself to once a week or once every two weeks. i am just so anxious to record my results. it just hit me this morning that i am 99% percent sure that i will never weigh 207 again:clap2: . that is amazing to me.

makes me wanna dance...

Good luck to you! I heop all goes well!

Good luck to you! Hope all goes well!:biggrin1:

Thank you! :-)

Okay now here is the weird part...NOW my gas pains are coming. My left shoulder hurts soooooooo bad I'm climbing the walls. How weird is that? After 5 days, now it starts? It goes into the shoulder cap across and into and up my neck.