Well its September 30th and some of us are in our final pre-band moments. I though this would be a good place for us to check in when we get home from the hospital,, share our experiences and our progress.

GOOD luck and see you on the other side. (Less than 48 hours!!!! )

I was banded on the 5, 2 weeks today and I can finally say I am feeling better. I still have the pain in my chest, it was a fist, but now more the size of a golf ball, by the way it feels. I can finally take in about 4- -50 ounces fluids and a tiny bit of puree. When you can get enough nutrition in- boy what a difference!

What did you do to get over the nausea?? I have it but I think a lot of it is from all the sweet liquids...

I found the nausea went away after a week or so. It's because of all the internal swelling.

How long did your throat bother you. Mine still does. Its driving me crazy?

It wasn't my throat, it was my chest that bothered me.

Today is Saturday..i think. I had my surgery Thursday and everything else has been a blur.

i keep having this feeling like i'm going to hicup or burp but i do neither.

Plus i threw up today (talk about pain).

Is this normal.

i've been in a lot of pain so i have been taking mepergam 2 of them 3 times daily.

Any input would help...as i feel ike crap.

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Banded: October 18, 2007 in Little Rock Arkansas with Dr. Wellborn

I threw up a few times too. And my first 5 days were awful with nausea. Are you drinking enough? I felt so sick I know I wasn't, and the dehydration was adding to the problem. Try to keep as hydrated as you can. The pain meds actually made my nausea worse, so you may want to switch to liquid Tylenol if you can. Did you surgeon prescribe you some medicine for nausea? Mine did and I religiously took it when feeling ill to try to avoid throwing up. You don't want to throw up if possible.

Day 5 (almost 6) post-op. I too still have the feeling of needing to burp or something but can't... this happens when I'm standing mostly. I figured out though that if I suck in my abdomen sometimes it helps me to burp a huge burp and this helps. I think the way the stomach is bent around the band from the temporary stitches causes extra air to get stuck.... plus some of the gas from surgery is probably not helping either. I'm hoping this will end up going away soon.

same day ad you, what are u now eating, need ideas. thanks

Hi all, Today was a little rough for me at first, I was real weak and I think it is because of the clear liquid diet, so I had a yogurt smoothie and laid down and took a nice nap.. When I woke I was hungry so I had a bowl of cream of wheat and it went down real nicely and I have felt alot better since then... I am pretty much off of the pain meds except for nighttime and that is so I can sleep.... My throat was never really sore, but it was very dry and I would get real hoarse from it... I had plenty of gas and fortunately I never had any of the bad gas pains that some of the others have had, I just rooted and tooted a lot...

I do have a slight allergy to the bandages on my incisions.... It is red and itchy along the edges and have little blisters, so I am cutting off the corners of the bandages until I go see the Dr next week and hopefully he will take them off....

Good Luck and Get Well Wishes to all of the newly banded...

Nicnaknut- how do you make your yogurt smoothies? I am looking for some good healthy smoothie ideas.

My doctor has me on full liquids for 2 weeks after surgery. This includes protein meal replacement drinks, soups, jello, dilluted pudding, and uh... that's mostly it.

I'm sick of it. The protein drinks make me sick just thinking about drinking them but I have to. The flavor of all of them but the chocolate flavors (chocolate, mocha, chocolate pudding, hot cocoa) grosses me out. Unfortunately I only got one pack of chocolate. I may have to make a trip to get other flavors before I go crazy! Seven days left of full liquids. Then it's only to mushies. I can't wait for scrambled eggs! I LOVE scrambled eggs! I will probably cry from the joy of having something edible in my mouth. lol

Hello my October friends. I turned 35 on the 18th and am celebrating by getting banded on Monday the 22nd. Insurance gave me the run aound, but they finallt decided to pay, so now, it feels real. I hear that most of the protein shakes are gross. Any recommendations?

Congrats to all the new October bandsters! I'm 19 days post op and starting to eat REAL food again. I have no restriction which is scary and my doc won't do a fill for 3 months post-op. I'm worried that I won't be able to maintain any loss, especially throughout the holidays!

As for the protein drinks, I bought some from my doctor it's his own product and he sells it online too...AmazeRX. The strawberry cheesecake is really good and has 17 g of protein per serving. I also like the Boost shakes, I've had many of them through this journey!

I do have a slight allergy to the bandages on my incisions.... It is red and itchy along the edges and have little blisters, so I am cutting off the corners of the bandages until I go see the Dr next week and hopefully he will take them off...

Hi nicnaknut,

I'm sensitive to the dressings too and have some nasty blisters. I called my surgeons rooms the day I came home and was instructed to take the sticky dressings off and just leave the steristrips on. I've covered them with a waterproof dressing to shower, and left steristrips only at other times.

It might be worth a call to your Doc, if the dressings are causing you irritation they could interfere with your wounds healing well.

My wounds look great, but the skin around them looks awful and is driving me crazy with itchiness! LOL

Susie