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Well I am here with radley and a few others, only chap here, met Fredrick, must say came across very professional and gave a good run through on what is going to happen.

Have booked the taxi and will arrive at the hospital at 7am.

So far so good.

Ooooh thanks for that - good luck - how are you feeling? x

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Lol freckles sher is talking bout a girl we met getting banded,she told the airlin staff bout her op and then they searched her and had to phone hospital to check she was fit to fly lol and sher said the less said the better :redface:

ahh I understand now, many thanx Slinks xx

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can anyone tell me if i will be able to fast after my opp,it will be during ramadan (the fasting month for Muslim)where we eat early morning then stop eating before sunrise until sunset. i've never had any problem fasting but this time will that have any effect on my band??

Sweetheart, it will make your band tight if you dont eat anything. You may also get a lot of wind pain, but apart from those 2 things I think you need to ask the professionals, as I'm not sure, sorry.:redface:

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Oh dear Nat, you poor thing. There have been a lot of posts about the drain/s, they sound dreadful.

I didnt have any as all surgeons work differently.

I have told my daughter about them, but she doesnt seem bothered, she is hardcore lol, I wouldnt like it very much.

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Thanks everyone.

I do feel less pain this morning and had about 14 hours sleep last night lol, must have needed it. I was able to sleep on my side helped by lots of pillows which helped, as i hate sleeping on my back.

The one thing I will say is I wish someone had warned me about the drain, it was like a long snake coming out lol.

Good luck to everyone getting banded soon.

xx

i know what you mean about drain when they are taking it out it dosnt hurt just a very strange feeling like an alien worm is being pulled out they told me to breathe in then pulled it out it lasted for about 15 seconds i didnt find it painful just weired good luck to all the newbies that will soon be joining us as bandsters lol:tongue_smilie:

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The one thing I will say is I wish someone had warned me about the drain, it was like a long snake coming out lol.

I didn't actually find this too bad. Others said it was painful, I didn't really notice but then I had had quite a lot of pain meds and anti-sickness meds, so probably only felt it a little bit. Felt like a piece of hose.

It's hard isn't it. I had drains in for my ACL reconstructin now if you mentioned pain then this is definately pain! Especially as I am allergic to morphine so was on nothing when they took them out.

Hope you are soon feeling on the mend. I feel great and I am 7 days post op.

Take care and look after yourself.

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i know what you mean about drain when they are taking it out it dosnt hurt just a very strange feeling like an alien worm is being pulled out they told me to breathe in then pulled it out it lasted for about 15 seconds i didnt find it painful just weired good luck to all the newbies that will soon be joining us as bandsters lol:tongue_smilie:

where do they put the drain?

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where do they put the drain?

Left hand side near the port.

HTH

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thanks freakles

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wannabe do you have to book a taxi in advance to go the hospital? or you just get one on the day.

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wannabe do you have to book a taxi in advance to go the hospital? or you just get one on the day.

no laila you can book your cab the night before, the hotel will do that for you,and i asked for an alarm call at 6 oclock so i could get a shower before i went,if you have booked direct it will be already taken care of,when you get there you will prob chat to other's who are going the hospital and if any of them are booked direct ask can you jump in with them after all you will be going the same way take care hun when you going:smile2:

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sorry laila ive just read you are going fri 13th,you will be fine im not superspicious,just remember to wear lose clothing hun,i only took my washbag,and handtowel with me to hospital and wore my lose clothing going so i could put it back on afterwoods i never wore my own pj's,your in bed anyway and the next day you get dressed so i think it not worth it but that's up to you,and remember to take a mug and spoon with you and nurofen melts were great for pain cause you dont need Water, i travelled by car so was great to take out and about good luck hun:thumbup:

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ignor me im trying to fix dam ticker lol

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