I'm very excited and hopeful for my surgery on the 26th! I can't wait to start feeling better and healthier. Thanks to all who post on this site - it's been a great resource pre-surgery and I know I'll be back post-surgery.

I'm getting banded on the 26th too!!

Yay! I am going in tomorrow at 9am! WOO HOO!

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Good luck to all of you !! I wish you the best. Maybe we can compare notes after surgery.

Good luck to you! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Back home from surgery and feeling pretty good. I don't want to jinx it and I know I only had surgery this morning but I thought I'd be feeling much worse. The no-caffeine headache I had yesterday during the pre-op liquid diet (I was lucky and had only one day beforehand) was worse than any discomfort I feel today. Just tired and sipping my fluids and happy that that dreaded headache is gone. I have my pain meds and anti-nausea meds if needed. How is everyone doing? Anyone who had surgery today or yesterday?

The best to you all!

Back home from surgery and feeling pretty good. I don't want to jinx it and I know I only had surgery this morning but I thought I'd be feeling much worse. The no-caffeine headache I had yesterday during the pre-op liquid diet (I was lucky and had only one day beforehand) was worse than any discomfort I feel today. Just tired and sipping my fluids and happy that that dreaded headache is gone. I have my pain meds and anti-nausea meds if needed. How is everyone doing? Anyone who had surgery today or yesterday?

The best to you all!

Hi! I was banded on the 25th. All went well. I did have pain from the gas they use to inflate your abdominal cavity with. That was bad. Worse than the incisions.

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I've been lucky with the gas so far but I am only on day 2. I have the gas x strips just in case. Have you used anything that has helped? My incisions are a bit sore today. Walked around the park a bit to loosen everything up.

I've been lucky with the gas so far but I am only on day 2. I have the gas x strips just in case. Have you used anything that has helped? My incisions are a bit sore today. Walked around the park a bit to loosen everything up.

The post op pain of the abdominal gas dissipated yesterday. I have the gas strips too. I haven't taken anything. So I don't know of anything better. But I have just been burping more. My incisions are sore too. That's it I don't have any other issues. The walking around is the only cure for post op gas pain. I didn't believe the Dr and nurses at first but they were right.

Are you keeping a food journal?

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I haven't started a journal yet. I'm on clear liquids - sugar-free jello, crystal lite, sugar-free Popsicles , water of course and chicken broth. So far I'm not hungry at all. I'm making sure I get at least the minimum of 48 ounces of liquid a day.