I am back and feeling pretty darn good. We flew home a couple days early skipped the coast for now. I wanted to be at home to heal. So far so good.

I hope to skip all that yucky gas stuff everyone is talking about. I have already passed alot of it. I just keep burping and moving hoping to get it all out. Maybe my bumpy ride on the shuttle from the airport helped loosen it up.

Did anyone not experience the gas problem?

Well hubby says I need to rest been up all morning. Just had to read some post and write to my dear friends my great support system. I don't think I would have done it without all of you.

Thanks I will post some pictures later.

THanks again for all the support.

It is great to be on the other side.

Kathy

Banded 4/21/2004

Be back soon

:banana :sleep

Congratulations Kathy ...Welcome to the banded world!

My Gas problems did not start until 3 -5 days post op. They started with my bumpy ride back to the airport from TJ and got worse as the days progressed. By 10 days postop I had a terrble pain under my breastbone which I was told by fellow bandsters was just gas trapped in my diaphram, I could not burp to get it out. I seemed to get better as days passed and as the swelling in my stomach went down. I justwalked alot and took Gas X all the time. best of Luck to you.....

Michelle

4.6.04

265/242/160ish

Dr Ortiz

Congrats Kathy... I don't know how I missed your return post... but doggone it... better late than never... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Darcy

I didn't see it either... hmmmm.

Welcome BACK!!! Congrats, congrats!!! Whooo hooo!

Bear in mind that often things get worse before they get better, so if you have a couple of really bad days in the first two weeks that's pretty normal.

Congratulations! To answer your question, I had no gas or any other pains at all. So it is possible!

Nancy