I saw from another thread that today was your surgery date! How are you? Are you ready to LOSE :whoo:

Yes, do tell! I've been wondering...

Hope everything went well, you deserve it , you have worked so hard to have this surgery I know you will do well with all that determination.

Laurend, I've been thinking about you today! I hope all went smoothly for you and you're home safe and sound soon

Wishin' you well

We need details, girl! Tell us everything!!!

Bumping! Waiting for a post!

I think I am the guilty one who brought it up over there. Can't wait to hear!

What's going on ?

She's been posting the the July 07 bandsters thread a little bit. Here's a permalink to her first post-op post:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f94/lucky-sevens-july-07-bandsters-35160/index73.html#post508227

Hi, guys! I just found this thread.

Other than the first day after banding, everything has gone pretty well. I was extremey nauseated immediately after surgery. When I got out of bed for the first timt to go to the bathroom, I was really worried that I wasn't going to make it there, and once I did make it there, I was worried that I wouldn't make it back. I don't know if I was visibly swaying, but I sure felt like I was. That, combined with the nausea, made me very weak and pretty green-looking. Once they gave me some heavy-duty anti-nausea meds, though, I was fine (and feeling pretty good, since I was on a morphine drip).

When I was in the recovery room, I apparently kept forgetting to breathe, so all I can remember in there is that one of the nurses kept shaking me and telling me to breathe.

I haven't had any gas pain, so the worst part so far has been getting in and out of bed. For the first day or so after surgery, I mostly stayed in bed. I'd go to sleep, wake up after an hour or two, get up to go to the bathroom and get something to drink, and then go back to bed for another hour or so. While I was in the hospital, I finally just had to have them completely disconnect the air boots that I had on, because it was such a pain to have to call them and wait for several minutes before someone would come disconnect me so that I could get up to go to the bathroom.

I wish I had found this thread earlier! I just got back from Memphis last night, though, and was pretty exhausted. I got online just long enough to update the July '07 folks, ate dinner with my parents, and then crashed.

One thing I am celebrating, though, is that I'm already on soft-textured foods, instead of liquids. My surgeon even said that if I start getting really hungry over the next several days, I can start eating solid foods.

Great to hear you're doing well, Laurend!! Congratulations!! :biggrin1:

Congrats Lauren. I am really excited for you.

Glad to hear you are doing well, welcome band sista!

Congratulations, Laurend. Sounds like you are doing great! You'll be back on your feet in no time.