Surgery at 730am home by 1030Am. Pain not that bad. Taking my meds. Walking every hr few laps around my apartment. Using gas x strips and icyhot heatg pad on my left shoulder. All in all okay. Super hungry. But feeling very optimistic

Welcome to the other side.

Congrats to you! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

You've made that first BIG step! Congrats!

The hunger's going to last a few more weeks until you get a good fill that also restricts, and wha-la! You're suddenly not feeling hungry all the time, you eat to satisfaction, and you can focus all that freed-up mental energy on something new & cool- like painting or something.

Congratulations! Be gentle and patient with yourself. Speedy healing wishes.

good job. you have been reading the posts. wishing you a uneventful recovery.

Wow that was a quick in and out. 3 hours? Jeez I stayed over night. Glad you're doing well. Welcome to the band life.

Congrats! : )

Wow i got banded yesterday i couldnt move at all..i slept the whole day...completely drowsy and even till now im extremely sore.. i couldnt even walk to the car..and extremely nauseas.. ur amazing..i hope i can do the same soon! >_<

How exciting for you! I remember feeling like my surgery day was so far away & then once it arrived -- I just couldn't wait to get to the other side. Five weeks post-op today & I would change nothing. Wishing you a speedy recovery & a joyful journey!

Im afraid to speak up and change how well everythg is going. Lost four lbs. Just want to chew somethg. Tired of chicken broth but adkins protein drinks are really good and pure protein too. My ankles have not been swollen for the past few nites. Always had cankles by bedtime preband. Easy to stay hydrated and stick to the plan while stayathome. Afraid of how hard it will be once back at work. I sleep mostly on my back and every two hrs or so switch sides. Its been hard not sleeping on my sides. First nite was difficult. Last night was better. Slept a whole four hrs at a time. Havent slept a full nite in years. Two hr catnaps rollover for another two hrs. Hoping this will be the end of restless nights. No sliming or pb or stuck. Just liquids and multivitamins

I am too.. i actually felt hungry today! ..i noticed abit of water retention arnd my belly..is that normal? ..i feel fatter than before but scales are dropping slowly to..

And ive been having really bad heartburns and hurts when i breath in to hard..feels like something stuck. Still extremely sore.

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I don't feel hunger. Its so amazing. I'm just tryu g to stay hydrated and eating enough to live. I was super swollen too. Its going down a little bit. We can do this

3 wks post op. Down 21.5 lbs. Saw my dr yesterday. I'm at only 2 ccs but he decided I didn't need a fill. Everythg has been going good. I get to graduate to solid foods now. I've been chewing chewing chewing. I find that if I've chewed somethg with 30 chews and it still isn't ready to go down I just spit it out. No vomiting no pb. Everythg is great. Now if I can just get myself to the gym more

wow sounds good..ur losing a good amount of weight already!

unfortunately im stuck and gained weight to.. im back to eating normal

just really needing my fill i have to wait for 2 more weeks i dont kno why i have to wait that long

Keep us posted and congrats!