So excited, am 3 days post op and doing great! really look forward to the upcoming weight loss journey... thanks to all of you for the great posts and encouraging stories, not to mention the helpful tips, hints, etc.

gina

Congrats on you banding.

Congrats and Good Luck on your upcoming journey ! Hope to join the 'bandits' later this month or early next. Pris

congrats on your banding...glad to hear all is going well...hang in there, you will be starting your new journey.....

Hey Gina! I was banded on 6/25 also. I am still feeling a bit sore around my port site, but otherwise I'm doing great! Lots of luck on your journey!

my port it sore around it, have one spot that feels like a "stitch" occaisionally that pulls... otherwise I am doing fine. how are you doing with your intake?

Gina,

It's almost too easy for me to get everything down. I constantly feel hungry. I've been drinking 2-3 bottles of Water per day PLUS my Protein Shakes and some creamy Soup and yogurt. How about you?

Dawn

i was also banded on the same day and my port is sore as well. Not having any issues with intake, just feeling weak but have gotten some new protien and iron sources. Good luck to you as well!

Hi My name is Colleen and I was banded on 6/27/07 by Dr Noel Williams at The University of Pennsylvania and the deVinchey robot. Breband I weighed 230 my goal is 150 lbs, I'm dooing pretty good, surgery was a little rougher than I thought it would be. I'm very sore at port site but I stopped taking the pain meds, just taking Tylenol. Looking forward to the journey.

In the previous post it came up that I was banded in 97 but it is 2007

I have a stitch as well at the band site, u can actually feel it. I guess its all good

I was banded 6/25/07 as well. Today I feel pretty good! Was able to add cottage cheese, mashed potatoes and hummus to my intake. Nothing ever tasted so good! Good Luck to us all....

Peggy

I too was banded June 25th, I am doing great. I am starting to get hungry though. :hungry: I've lost 10 lbs so far. I am very excited about my new journey. Good luck to all of us!!!!

Hey Collieh, I was banded on the 27th as well! I have been doing great other than nausea the day of the surgery I have not had gas pain, port pain or anything really. The scales say I have lost 15lbs so far... Thats what liquids will do for you. Good Luck keep in touch! Beverly

Congrats. I was banded on 26th. I am not hungry and I feel great. I have lost 8lbs and actually made it through a weekend at the lake and didn't feel deprived that I wasn't eating and everybody else was.

Dawn, I seem to be in the same boat you are. I get down my Protein shakes, drink my Water, and am hungry quite a bit. No problems with overdoing, just hungry. The stitch in my port area is getting better, not hurting as much. My sites are itching and look to be healing up. I am waiting to weigh until tuesday when i see my surgeon. I truly feel like I have lost at least 10 lbs.

good luck to everyone else, bandits, bandits to be.... WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, WE WILL HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY!!!:whoo: