Well I got banded today.I actually feel good I didn't have the shoulder pain when I saw the women in the waiting room they were all sleepy and not moving but I wanted to walk just a little tender but I'm OK.I'm excited about the road ahead of me

Good luck, lovebug! I hope you have an easy recovery and a successful banded life. Let us know how you progress!

Best wishes

Thanks so much for the encouragement and support

Yippee! So happy for you. And the walking, that is the BEST. Today is my two-week anniversary and I am feeling really good. Just back from a major walk around a lake, something I don't think I could do a month ago. You're going to do beautifully, Lovebug. Hope you are able to get lots of rest and watch all the movies you want!

Yippee! So happy for you. And the walking, that is the BEST. Today is my two-week anniversary and I am feeling really good. Just back from a major walk around a lake, something I don't think I could do a month ago. You're going to do beautifully, Lovebug. Hope you are able to get lots of rest and watch all the movies you want!

Mz Bandista glad to here you are going well.I know there is hope for me.

Well I got banded today.I actually feel good I didn't have the shoulder pain when I saw the women in the waiting room they were all sleepy and not moving but I wanted to walk just a little tender but I'm OK.I'm excited about the road ahead of me

Congratulations! I'm glad to hear things went smoothly for you.

My surgeon gave written orders for me to walk 5 times a day after surgery. At first I was shocked at the expectation, but once I got into doing that, it was great!!

I set a timer for when I needed to do a walk and would walk 10 minutes. (the first few days it was 5 minutes, but I quickly went up to 10). That is close to an hour walk a day! For me that is over 2 miles...which REALLY shocked me!

One reason to keep moving is that it keeps your stamina up. Plus it helps with the removal of the gas they used to bloat your abdomin up during surgery. It also helped with my mood, giving me a sense of accomplishment since I couldn't do my regular activities. It helped structure the day!

So, it's one idea I wanted to pass on to you. Walk every 90 minutes of daylight.

Take good care of yourself while you focus on letting your body heal this first month. Since I was eating a lot less, I decided to buy all organic foods.

Be kind to you. It's wonderful that you've provided this intervention on your own behalf!

~hiddn

Good luck you will be shopping on the skinny girl side soon

Congrats, girl!

Thank you all. I have been walking my butt off. I had bad gas pressure under my left ribs yesterday but I took some gas x and passed gas twice and it was gone. Only thing that was horrible I figured I.would sleep in my bed last night WRONG it was painful.I can't complain I'm doing ok

Congrats and welcome to the other side!

Glad for your your good news Love Bug. You seem to be off to a good start.