Well this time tomorrow night I will be approximately 13 hours into my new life as a bandster...I can hardly believe it! I am so scared, anxious, nervous, excited, and so much more...I just hope everything goes all right. I am about ready to try and get some sleep, but I know I won't hardly sleep a wink. I think I have everything ready to go...all house work caught up, stocked up on Water, Powerade, juice, broth, pain med prescription is filled, heating pad plugged in and ready to go...

Please wish me good luck, and I will check in as soon as I can. And to all of you out there, not matter what part of the journey you find yourselves in, good luck and keep truckin'.

hey good luck.....

remember a pillow and blanket for ride home...and also loose clothes for post-op ride home.

these were 3 of the best suggestions i recvd. i actually wore pj's home.

see you in lapband...

Tan, congrats! Let us know how it's going!

Hey all,

Well I am officially a bandster as of 1:15pm on Monday June 4th. The surgery went fine and I was home by midnight that night. I have to say that I was not ready for the amount of pain that I am in, especially the pain right when I woke up. But it is getting better and better. I walked a total of 35 minutes today on my treadmill (7 times at 5 minutes each) and I have been doing my spirometer breathing exercises every hour on the hour. chicken broth has become my new best friend, however I feel I am retaining Fluid due to the sodium content, so I will be getting the low-sodium version as soon as I run out of the regular. My DH took off work yesterday and today and so my niece is here to "baby-sit" for the remainder of the week. I just have a hard time getting up and down from the couch and bed. Other than that, I think I am doing really well and look forward to my first pre-op appointment so that I can start full liquids. Thanks for checking on me everyone!

Welcome to bandland! It gets better with each day!

I was shocked when I woke up in so much pain after the surgery since so many people here didn't even use their pain meds. I used my meds for over a week and really needed more than one week off from work. Take it easy and don't rush yourself back into your old routine.

Congrats!

Don't be suprised that you don't get a fill on your first post-op appointment. I saw my dr a week after surgery and then scheduled my first fill appointment for today. (my surgery was 4/24).

You will feel better every day, but everyone is different. I had surgery on a Tuesday, home on Wednesday (stayed on pain RX), Thursday took Rx at night, Friday was fine.

Welcome to Bandland!