I am new to the boards and just got my date today - August 17! I am so excited! My surgeon is Dr. Allan Geiss in Syosset, NY. Looking forward to talking to everyone.

I'm nervious, excited, and having just the slightest bit of concern about feeling the port. But overall I can't wait to get healthy!!

If your surgery is in August too, come on in!

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Denise,

I think the stress of having the surgery is what made mine come early!

Lucky me....

Happy2BeMe -

Good luck to you on your surgery! I hope things all go well, just be prepared for that annoying tugging that you will feel where the port is placed. That has been the worst of the whole thing - besides losing my best friend (Food)!

Denise,

With all of the lurking around i've been doing on this, I think I am prepared for almost anything. I am a big baby when it comes to pain, though, so I hope it's not too bad. I do understand that the port is the most painful, though. I know I'm not going to be able to sleep too well, tonight, too excited!

RLittman, Bug,

I TOTALLY learned my lesson. I'm back to mushies. Actually I'm getting my first fill Friday, so I'll probably be back to liquids for a bit.

Happy2Bme, best of luck tomorrow!!!

Everyone here has been so supportive and helpful. It's really a great place to go.

Holy carp libra! You get a fill already?! My doc won't even consider doing them till 6 weeks out, and then only if you lose no weight 2 weeks in a row. lucky you that you don't have to wait that long!

Holy carp libra! You get a fill already?! My doc won't even consider doing them till 6 weeks out, and then only if you lose no weight 2 weeks in a row. lucky you that you don't have to wait that long!

Yeah, I thought it was a little early but hey, I'll take it. My brother's wedding is in June and I wanna lose as much as possible before then.

Well fabybie, jgandg and Happy2Bme in just a few short hours we will joining the rest of the family of Aug. bandsters. :speechles I'm so excited my heart is ready to jump out of my chest. Faybie thank u for doing that project, it lets us all know who and how big our Aug. banding family (friends) really is. I'll be thinking of all three of u while i'm having my I.V. inserted. I think that will be the hardest part along with the hour and a half ride home from the hospital. Best of luck to u guys. And a HUGE THANKS:clap2: to ALL the Aug. Bandsters. Every one of U R an inspiration to me:angel: Hope to log on tomorrow nite to see how everyone's doing.

Take care,

LISA

Wow there are 4 of you getting banded tomorrow??? I should check the list, duh.

Good luck to all of you and let us know how you're doing when you get the chance.

JOLIESMOM......Thanks for the advice, I heard about the 'chiken lady' too!

I will be more carefull.

And also, now my port is really hurting. What's wrong?

I find that if I stand for longer than about 15 minutes my port will hurt a little, but nothing that I need pain meds for. I would call your doctor just to be safe. I called my doc today with what I thought was a stupid question and they said they were glad I called and asked.

Does any one feel way BETTER than expected??

I felt great after surgery. I think getting up and walking quickly after surgery really helped.

I had a cheeseburger tonight and it tasted divine! Of course, I pureed it in the food processor with some ff dressing till it looked like cat food. But it still tasted great! quote]

I love the blender!!! Tonight my hubby had a lemon pepper chicken from Wal-Mart. He was shocked when I popped it in the blender with some chicken broth and started the blender. It looked nasty, but it was WONDERFUL!!! After being on clear liquids for the last two weeks, I have decided ANYTHING can be pureed if you crave it enough!!!

Good luck tomorrow!!!!

Yes, I felt way better than I expected-I was shocked. I had no gas problems at all and the pain was very real but managed with just liquid tylenol on the 4th day. I was tired so I stayed out of work for the whole week. My port or the port incision doesn't bug me-mine is about 4 inches down from my bra line right on the sternum between my breasts. So it doesn't tug.

Reminder-anyone who knows where their port is going to be places draw on your self where bra line ends. People thought I was crazy but my bra does not touch my port!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joliesmom: Did the person that talked to you tell you what her symptoms were with the slipped band? I am just curious to know if it happened, would I know that it happened? I am paranoid of this or of having a leaky port because I paid for my surgury myself. I cannot afford for them to go back in. Yesterday I was reading about somebody's port flipping inside. My port hurts with a deep pain also, not just incisional so I am worried that might have happened to me because I am bending and lifting a lot for my kids.

Chrissie- I am so with you on those hunger pains. I am SOOOOOO hungry. I have not eaten any solids, but I have taken in some mushies a little early like cottage cheese, so this is why I am interested in the slippage issue. I did go to GNC to buy some Protein drinks to help with the hunger and hopefully help with the weight loss too, but they are just not too tasty. I don't think they do that well with the hunger either. They work for about an hour and they I am ravenous. I feel like I have a freakish enormous appetite because I don't read where too many people are having difficulty with hunger pains thru this liquid stage. I want to eat so bad!