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I'm getting ready!! My surgery is tomorrow morning at 8:15am!! I'm nervous but everyone in the forum has helped so much!!

Any last tips or advice??

Karen in Los Angeles

Just relax and everything will be fine. Walk, walk, walk after your surgery. Do what your doc and nurse tell you. See you in bandland!!

Karen - best of luck to you tomorrow...I'm sure you are as prepared as you can be for your surgery. It's great that you found LBT before you had it so that you could benefit from all of the great advice and support that goes on here.

Be sure to let us know how you are doing! We're all here for you!

I will let you know how it goes.

Did any of you have trouble with the anesthesia? I'm nervous about it.

Karen

I didn't have any problems! That was my biggest concern too! Let us know how you did when you get a chance. Good luck, and we'll see you in bandland!

Karen,

It should be al over for you now. I am sure everything went well and you are resting now. Let me know how you are. I go in Friday at noon!

yahoo.....you are getting ready for a new journey...good luck and I hope all goes well......welcome to bandland

I can't wait to hear about your progress, my surgery is scheduled for june 6th. let us know how you are feeling, i am very excited for you!

Welcome to bandland, you should in bandland by now!

Hey everyone!

It went fine. I was pretty sore yesterday but with the help of pain meds, it's been tolerable. The gas pains have been minimum. I have been sleeping a ton! I spent one night at the hospital so I couldn't reply sooner or I would have!

Mal, give us an update when you can!!

Karen

PS - Anesthesia wasn't that bad. I had a little bit of a sore throat when I woke up and my mouth was dry but it was all fine.

Congratulations on joining everyone in bandland. :clap2: Take it easy and rest.

I am soooooo envious of you and can not what to join you all. Keep posting so all of us waiting to be banded can benefit from your experiences . I LOVE THIS FORUM!!!!

Hi everyone.

I had my band done 5 days ago.. & am going fairly well...still have quite a bit of shoulder pain...

Dont know if it's fromm the op or from pulling a muscle 1 week before...

Cheers everyone

Mark

Brisbane - Australia

Hey mgh1965

I hear the shoulder pain may be gas related. The gas they blow into your abdomen travels around your body as it's dissipating. Hang in there.

I'm three post op and I'm doing pretty good. I'm not climbing trees or anything, but I'm getting around.

Everyone's advice was spot on. Walk as much as you can and drink super slow. I got a little over zealous and actually hiccupped... I do not recommend this. Ouch!

Karen :mad:

Congrats all.

My husband and I are having surgery on June 11. We originally wanted to have the surgery 2 weeks apart, but they scheduled us 2 HOURS apart so we talked about it and decided to go for it. My mom is going to help us, God love her. She's an angel.

I'm so excited I can't stand it. I've already lost some weight from the 1200 cal diet. My pants that were super tight on me are a little loose now. Yippee!!

The only thing I'm nervous about is making sure we have everything that we need after surgery. I printed out the lists from another thread and have most of the things on it, but just have a few things left to get.

I'm so happy for all of you who already had your surgery and excited for those of you like me, who are about to have surgery.

I was the same way. I kept thinking I didn't have everything I needed or what if I don't remember what I'm supposed to do or eat. You'll be fine. Each day I'm feeling a bit better. I think tomorrow I might even be up for walking my own dog. My mom has been taking care of her.

Karen :mad:

Thanks for the moral support. Really nervous that my husband and I are having surgery at the same time. My dogs like to get up on my stomach and chest.:phanvan That's really the only thing I'm worried about, that we can't pick them up to get them off if they sneak up on me.

Sounds like you're feeling pretty good. That's great. :clap2: :clap2: