Anyone else getting banded in December? If so lets keep in touch until our day.

Do you know if the suture the actual band in place

As far as my doctor told me yes the band is sutured in place!

Yes the band is sutured. They take part of the stomach fold it up over the band and suture that over the band. This makes it extra secure.

Is anyone else having trouble swallowing after surgery? Is it the gas that is making it hard to swallow ?

yes.. my mother law is a nurse..and said it is from the tubing and to do the breathing exercises to open eveything up again

When is your day Banjo

Tomorrow, dec 17th at 7am!!

In a little more than 13 hours we will be heading to the hospital for my 6am showtime!....I'm nervous now for sure! Spent some time today making dinners for the family so my husband won't have to burn grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids in the next few days...Thank you to those that mentioned the gas-x strips....bought some the other day! To all Dec 17th banders Good Luck tomorrow!

Good Evening Everyone,

Let me apologize upfront for being selfish and not replying to everyone's comment. This is the first day I've started to feel human again.

My surgery was on Thursday morning, at 8:30 and by 11 am, I was in the recovery room. All went well until then....I had a negative reaction to the anesthesia, and had a case of acute nausea. I was suppose to get out the same day, but my doctor said he needed to keep me under observation for another 24 hrs. They tried 3 different drugs to make the nausea go away, but nothing worked, so the doctor told me I had no choice but to just ride out the anesthesia drug (I don't know what it's called). So for 12 hrs straight, I was extremely nauseated, I could not keep anything down. I was told to not drink water, for a while because sometimes it makes things worse. I had the IV going the whole time, so I was being kept hydrated. Finally, at around midnight, the nausea let up a little bit, enough for me to take a few sips of watered down apple juice. The nausea was so bad, that I did not feel the pain of the incisions. The nurse kept asking me: " Are you sure you don't want your pain medication Honey? You have not had any all day". I just kept saying no....I didn't need it at that time.

I came home the next day, at around 1PM, and went straight to bed to sleep. I had not slept at all the whole time...I was too busy with my labored breathing...I kept dry-heaving and I was so scared it would do something to the band.

I too, have mucus stuck in my throat that won't come up. I have terrible gas pains, however, when I walk, it helps to relieve some of it.

I'm glad to see all of you are doing well, and are at one stage of the healing process or another.

I hope I did not scare anyone who is about to have the surgery. Like all of you, I keep telling myself it will be all worth it.

And NO, I have absolutely NO food cravings. NONE!

My best advice, is to walk around when you get home, take a shower, etc. Keep moving as much as you can.

Thanks for listening. More personals over the next few days...

So sorry you had such a bad time with nausea.....hope you are doing better today

Good Luck Everyone on your surgery tomorrow. I will be thinking about you! I'm on my post op day 3 and other than gas pains it has not been that bad. I do have to admit today has been the worst day so far for me.

Good luck to all of y'all for tomorrow! I have to be there tomorrow at 8am! We got this folks! =)

In a little more than 13 hours we will be heading to the hospital for my 6am showtime!....I'm nervous now for sure! Spent some time today making dinners for the family so my husband won't have to burn grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids in the next few days...Thank you to those that mentioned the gas-x strips....bought some the other day! To all Dec 17th banders Good Luck tomorrow!

Grilled cheese!!!! Sounds good!!!

I was already warned by my nutritionist that I am not allowed to put a grilled chese sandwich in the food processor. Wonder what that would taste like pureed?

Good luck tomorrow!!

Grilled cheese!!!! Sounds good!!!

I was already warned by my nutritionist that I am not allowed to put a grilled chese sandwich in the food processor. Wonder what that would taste like pureed?

Good luck tomorrow!!

Mike I dnt think that would taste that great!!

In a little more than 13 hours we will be heading to the hospital for my 6am showtime!....I'm nervous now for sure! Spent some time today making dinners for the family so my husband won't have to burn grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids in the next few days...Thank you to those that mentioned the gas-x strips....bought some the other day! To all Dec 17th banders Good Luck tomorrow!

Good luck!!! Please keep us update..

Grilled cheese!!!! Sounds good!!!

I was already warned by my nutritionist that I am not allowed to put a grilled chese sandwich in the food processor. Wonder what that would taste like pureed?

Good luck tomorrow!!

Ewww and thank you!

Good Luck Everyone on your surgery tomorrow. I will be thinking about you! I'm on my post op day 3 and other than gas pains it has not been that bad. I do have to admit today has been the worst day so far for me.

Hoping tomorrow is a better day for you

Hey if your hungry anything taste good. LMAO

I am getting banded tomorrow the 17 th.