It's been eight days since I got my band. Walking has helped a lot, still on liquids. My wife came up with an alternative to pizza for me , she takes tomato soup add a little milk and sprinkles parmesan cheese over it. I also found that Popsicles are a great way to get fluid. I still don't get my fluid amounts that I am suppose to.

Hey Double J it seems I remember seeing a pic of your Jeep on here a couple of weeks ago. I'm currently working on a 64 Gladiator. Good to see a fellow Jeepster on the board. Good luck in your post op ventures.

Hey Double J it seems I remember seeing a pic of your Jeep on here a couple of weeks ago. I'm currently working on a 64 Gladiator. Good to see a fellow Jeepster on the board. Good luck in your post op ventures.

Thank you. I have an 05 TJ right now. Glad to see other jeepster also. Good luck with the Gladiator like to see picks when you post them.

I'm still an extreme noob to all this...not having my first consultation until the beginning of November, so if you don't mind my asking, why is it hard to get your fluids in immediately after surgery? Does your stomach hurt? Is your throat sore? Are you just not hungry?

For me, I did have a sore throat after surgery, but also everything was swollen, so I had to take the tiniest sips of Water and wait a minute in between each sip. That was the only way I could get fluids the first day.