On June 14th I met with the doctor and began the journey of testing and evaluations. This coming Wednesday I will (hopefully) have my meeting to review my sleep study results and receive my final green light of clearance!

I am praying all goes well and that Amerihealth Insurance doesn't deny me after all these months of testing and anticipation.

I think a little puree turkey will do just fine this year for Thanksgiving… here's to crossed fingers for a November banding!!

Anyone else in the same boat?

Wow...I can't believe the day is here! MY check-in time is 645 this morning and I admit I am neeeeervous!!

On June 14th I met with the doctor and began the journey of testing and evaluations. This coming Wednesday I will (hopefully) have my meeting to review my sleep study results and receive my final green light of clearance!

I am praying all goes well and that Amerihealth Insurance doesn't deny me after all these months of testing and anticipation.

I think a little puree turkey will do just fine this year for Thanksgiving⦠here's to crossed fingers for a November banding!!

Anyone else in the same boat?

It seems like forever since I started my journey. I bet i changed my mind 100 times this year but here it comes November 26th, I start only liquids on the 12th, that has me most nervous! But with all it took to get here you can bet I'll go through with it. But Thanksgiving will be cruel, all I think I'll do is remember beside myself its for my're grand baby so I can play with her not to mention be alive to watch her grow. Please pray for me and wish me luck add I do for you all!

Got my time for tomorrow' date=' I have to be at the hospital at 9:55a tomorrow morning, I will be staying overnight and have to have a swollow test before I leave on Friday. I gotten so much great info from everyone thanks to everyone. i will check in on Friday. hope you are all doing better each day and getting more liquid down.

Peace

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Good luck to you! I also stayed overnight, and had the swallow test, and everything was fine. Actually, glad to stay in hospital, because they made me feel at ease, and any questions i had, were answered. It went much smoother than i thought. I slept amazing in my own bed last night, thanks to pain meds. Cant wait to see your update!

thanks, we will be heading out soon, roads aren't so good after lots of snow! I will post tomorrow....thanks for all the encouragement. Glad you had a good night sleeping in your own bed.

Home from surgery a few hours ago. I checked in at 8 am, surgery at 10 am home at 330pm.

After the procedure... Woke up with bad chest pain from the gas... A sore throat and my port site hurt like hell

Pain meds helped the chest pain... Then it was referred to shoulder... The pain is manageable now. Prescription for liquid hydrocodone\tylenol. Only have taken once since hospital.

Port side has just a few drops of red drainage - normal... Still very sore

Sore throat is slowly going away.

No issues with drinking fluids today.

Steady on my feet... But mostly taking it easy.

I am a side sleeper, so I hope I get some rest tonight sleeping on my back.

Hope everyone else who was banded is doing ok

Congrads to you it gets better each day ---day 6 post op for me doing well, going out , discomfort almost gone still have to be careful in some of my movements, liquids are going down better

thanks, we will be heading out soon, roads aren't so good after lots of snow! I will post tomorrow....thanks for all the encouragement. Glad you had a good night sleeping in your own bed.

Thinking of you praying all goes well, be safe on the roads

Good luck to all have surgery today and tomorrow, day 6 post-op for me and just saying it does get better each day LOL

Wife and I were banded on Tuesday morning. Looking forward to sharing our progress here.

Wife and I were banded on Tuesday morning. Looking forward to sharing our progress here.

congrats. I was also banded on Tues.

Tomorrow....is my day !

I would love to be added to the private FB page, I was banded november 5th.... FB name Tish Selle Lehigh...

Thanks

I have started doing my liquid diet today... to get a head start... date is for the 29th of Nov. It sucks! Soup this morning, soup for lunch... got this protein poweder.. Muscle Milk... yeah it sucks. The wife is being a Nazi... good for me though cause Im hungry... and she is a fighter. Trying to think how a 3000+ calorie diet to only 500 today with my normal bike rides and swimming laps is a good thing? LOL. This cant be healthy.

Can anyone suggest a good shake that actually taste like what the label says? I would like an invite to the FB page. Stowe63@gmailcom

(I think the wife is cooking bacon... really... at 5pm....)

Im also struggling im getting banded on Tuesday an im on a full liquid diet im suppose to be drinking 3 atkins shakes a day broth and sugarfree popscicles in berween an im starving!!!...lol i cant drink the shakes they make me sick to my stomach so iv been just drinking broth so i to would luv some sugestions on a Good Protein shake! Good luck to you! We can do it just think Of the end results!!!

I have started doing my liquid diet today... to get a head start... date is for the 29th of Nov. It sucks! Soup this morning, soup for lunch... got this protein poweder.. Muscle Milk... yeah it sucks. The wife is being a Nazi... good for me though cause Im hungry... and she is a fighter. Trying to think how a 3000+ calorie diet to only 500 today with my normal bike rides and swimming laps is a good thing? LOL. This cant be healthy.

Can anyone suggest a good shake that actually taste like what the label says? I would like an invite to the FB page. Stowe63@gmailcom

(I think the wife is cooking bacon... really... at 5pm....)

1st I don't know how to invite connect Star Anna Shine or Katie Strangr

2nd I use the protein LEAN BODY 25 proteins and 0 sugar from Walmart

3rd Sorry about the bacon ,but I have to cook it then can't eat it (my most favorite breakfast food )

4th try sf puddings--sf jello-- try some low cal microwave dinners -garden salad 0 cal /w sugar free dressing

Good luck you can do it

Im also struggling im getting banded on Tuesday an im on a full liquid diet im suppose to be drinking 3 atkins shakes a day broth and sugarfree popscicles in berween an im starving!!!...lol i cant drink the shakes they make me sick to my stomach so iv been just drinking broth so i to would luv some sugestions on a Good Protein shake! Good luck to you! We can do it just think Of the end results!!!

I used Lean Body from Walmart but it to made me nausea the 1st few days