Hello, my name is Kathy and I was banded on Thursday, Aug 9th. I live in north Fort Worth and would be interested in a local support group. Thanks much!!!

I use lbt.com as my support group. Welcome! We have a group on here for August 2012 Bandsters if you would like to join. I'm having surgery Aug 28th and started this group for people having surgery in August.

Thanks, I will go and join the August group! Good luck with your journey!!

Thanks, we're glad to have you. The more the merrier...

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We are banded date twins!

Cool Jessica. So how are you doing? Much pain? My pain is in the port area and my diaphragm area, I'm thinking because my doctor also repaired a hiatal hernia, the upper pain is a little worse. All in all I think I am doing well!! Going to take it easy, with increased walking, and go back to work on Tuesday.

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I am having my ups and downs. The day of surgery was just awful. It was excruciating trying to get anything down except for Water. Day two I woke up feeling okay, but then the 2 hour drive home just really made me sore and uncomfortable, so the rest of the afternoon o could barely move. Today I woke up feeling good, but I skipped a dose of pain meds and I took a shower, which took a lot out of me. I mostly have pain in my sides and pressure in my diaphragm. And my tummy is itchy lol, which is just annoying. I'm having no problems getting my liquids down though, I've been doing chicken broth, Luke warm, with unflavored Protein powder, and then also my chocolate protein with milk/water.

How much walking are you doing? If I'm awake, I'll walk like 10 minutes every hour.

Probably not enough walking. I try to get up and move every hour or so, and then just walk around the inside of the house. I wasn't kept overnight, so that was good. We live about an hour from the hospital but I dont remember much of the ride home. We just have to get through this initial healing process and then we'll be good to go!! Take care and get plenty of rest and liquids!