August Band Crew!!!!!

[RLittman 4]

Booda,

Everything you are going through I did as well. Very bloated for 4-5 days but it got easier each day. Take Gas X or Maalox and that will help. I had a hard time getting off the couch and out of bed for about 5 days and then one day the pain/soreness just vanished. Keep moving - it sounds like it does you a world of good. Each day will be a little easier and then you will be on track.

I got banded today. Everything went very well and I am doing great. I had to use the bathroom right away because of all the fluids. Once I did this the pain was really almost gone!!! I started to walk and did not stop moving for the next hour untill I had to do my Fluro test. My doctor and nurse said that I was one of the quickest recoveries that they has seen.

Not all was good......... My doctor said the my liver was also one of the biggest that he has see. I was on liquids for 3 weeks but I did do South Beach at night for one of those weeks. I lost 21lbs during this time and can't imagine how big my liver was before the liquid stage. My bmi is only 36 so he is really shocked with this.

I have not slept much at all. I took two 25min naps and one that lasted an hour. Now it's 1am and I just came back in from a walk. The only trouble I am having is getting up from the sofa and I have not even tried out my bed yet. It sits too high and I don't want to hurt myself trying.

I did gain eight lbs from the surgery. I hope that when I get weigh myself in the morning I will be back down again.

Can someone tell me how long the bloating lasts? Also I have not gone number 2 in four days. I talked to my doctor and he said that was fine. I could take some milk of mag. to move things along if I wanted to.

Well this is my experience of banding day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[diva 0]

Tomorrow is August 31st. WE DID IT!!!!!!!

(Anybody being banded tomorrow-congratulations)

It is the end of August-all of us are doing pretty darn good with some little glitches along the way but I AM SO PROUD OF US.

AUGUST 2006 BANDSTERS ARE THE BEST!

Thank y

[libra 13]

Glad all went well happy2bme!!!! Take it one step at a time.

[faybie 0]

Good luck today!

Lisah25 - Dr. Montgomery, Everett Wa

neenagh - Dr. Mumford, Mississauga Canada

mferra - Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

PeloRojo - Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

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[faybie 0]

Hi everyone,

I was banded yesterday. I didn't really have any complicaions other than I couldn't wake up from the anesthesia. I could only open my eyes for very short periods of time. My Dr. requires you to drink a bottled Water very slowly before you can be released. So, LOL, I would sleep, wake up take a sip then go back to sleep.< /p>

I can sleep in the bed if I have a pillow that I can put next to my stomach. Everything is sore but not too sore. All in all I am in less pain than expected.

I read on a few of the posts where a few girls did an enema the night before and it seemed to help with the gas. I did that too, and havent really had any of the gas that you guys have mentioned. I feel a tiny ache in my back (inside my body) on the left side but thats it.

I didn't feel like walking but my mom made me! he he, didn't like it at the time but I am glad she did. My DH made me walk when got home from work too, he he, got everyone looking out for me.

I am pretty hungry though, I think I am MIND hungry and not body hungry. Yesterday after I woke up, I started remembering all of the places that I didn't visit for tons of food before I was banded. LOL. I could also see where someone would give into eating something they shouldn't. I won't but I can definitely understand it.

Thanks everyone for this wonderful section of the forum! everything here helped make my surgery day stress free with a peace of mind. :huggie: to you all. :biggrin1:

[libra 13]

Glad all went well Faybie. I know what you mean about thinking about the food you didn't get to eat before banding!!! :hungry:

I was watching TV and a Taco Bell commercial came on and I was like "Oh I wish I had Taco Bell one more time before I got banded!":p

The mental hunger is a tough one. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not REALLY hungry.

Cheers to all the August Bandsters!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: We've made it through the month!!!

[RLittman 4]

You and I were banded by the same doctor but 28 days apart. Like you I could not wake up after surgery. I kept falling back to sleep in recovery. I looked around the room and everybody else was wide awake including Jessica (Clarityseeker), and I looked like death warmed over because I was so sluggish and sleepy. Maybe ths was a good thing! Best of luck to you.

Hi everyone,

I was banded yesterday. I didn't really have any complicaions other than I couldn't wake up from the anesthesia. I could only open my eyes for very short periods of time. My Dr. requires you to drink a bottled Water very slowly before you can be released. So, LOL, I would sleep, wake up take a sip then go back to sleep.

I can sleep in the bed if I have a pillow that I can put next to my stomach. Everything is sore but not too sore. All in all I am in less pain than expected.

I read on a few of the posts where a few girls did an enema the night before and it seemed to help with the gas. I did that too, and havent really had any of the gas that you guys have mentioned. I feel a tiny ache in my back (inside my body) on the left side but thats it.

I didn't feel like walking but my mom made me! he he, didn't like it at the time but I am glad she did. My DH made me walk when got home from work too, he he, got everyone looking out for me.

I am pretty hungry though, I think I am MIND hungry and not body hungry. Yesterday after I woke up, I started remembering all of the places that I didn't visit for tons of food before I was banded. LOL. I could also see where someone would give into eating something they shouldn't. I won't but I can definitely understand it.

Thanks everyone for this wonderful section of the forum! everything here helped make my surgery day stress free with a peace of mind. to you all. :biggrin1:

[Josette 2]

Glad all went well Faybie. I know what you mean about thinking about the food you didn't get to eat before banding!!! :hungry:

I was watching TV and a Taco Bell commercial came on and I was like "Oh I wish I had Taco Bell one more time before I got banded!":p

The mental hunger is a tough one. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not REALLY hungry.

Cheers to all the August Bandsters!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: We've made it through the month!!!

I've had taco bell twice in the last week. I had a meximelt with no problem and pinto's and cheese which was really good. I hadn't had that before!

[msbug 0]

So, started real food (well, pureed real food) on Tuesday and I've managed to gain 2 lbs back. Guess I'll join the rest of you who did that when they switched off the liquid diet. Not fun. Hopefully I'll start losing again soon. But I have to say, I'm thrilled to be having real food now! Who knew tuna fish and egg salad could taste so yummy?

[abbysbug 0]

Hi guys,

I'm going in for my surgery in the am....have to be there at 7:30 with surgery at 9. I'm excited but nervous at the same time. Ok, gross question, but I started my period tonight. Has anyone had this happen right before surgery?

Happy2BMe,

I started my period about 8 hours after surgery and wasn't due for almost three weeks (and, i'm on the pill). I had my one week follow up appt. yesterday and asked the doc about it. I was wondering if the surgery made BC pills ineffective, but he said the stress of surgery and sudden shift in diet (pre-op) could cause it. What timing! Like we needed one more thing to deal with! Hope you are feeling well.

And congratulations to all of us! What a month! Hope we're all feeling great in September!

[Serendipity4124 1]

so now that the month is over, will we all keep in touch??? will this forum continue so we can see each other's progress?? I hope so!!

[Smittyjulesberg 0]

I so excited! I got banded at 8:15am this morning, and feel great for the most part. A little bloated, but thats to be expected I'm sure. Finally, it's taken 34 years but now my life is beginning! Congrats to all of us!

[wavydaby 1]

Hi!

I was banded August 24, and I am MISERABLE!! Please let me know if any of you have experienced any of this!!! My surgery was last Thursday, and I did pretty well until Monday. I got really nauseated around 1 in the afternoon, but I didn't vomit. Yesterday and today I wasn't so lucky. It's this horrible "throwing up your toenails" vomiting, but NOTHING comes out. The doc called in a prescription for anti-nausea meds (at a cost of $714.99.........I had to pay only $158), but I still threw up. Has ANYONE out there had this?? I've lost 15 lbs since Thursday, but I feel horrible!

Please be careful with this, are you still peeing??

You could be dehydrated!

[Texas Princess 0]

:clap2: I think we should keep this thread up.

[libra 13]

:clap2: I think we should keep this thread up.

Absolutely!!!! We need to support one another over the next months, years, whatever!!! I'll be sure to keep checking this thread and posting regularly!!!

Cheers to all the August Bandsters!!! We did it!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: