I am 4 days post op and I am a little panicked and need some reassurance from those who've been banded for awile. I researched the band for a year before deciding to go ahead with it. I feel like it's the only way that I will ever lose the weight I want/need to lose. That said...even though I realize that it will eventually lead to a healthier, hopefully happier me...I can't see that far down the road yet.

Basically I am feeling like, what the heck have I done!!! I feel like I won't ever have a normal life now. Does that feeling go away? Or did anyone else feel that way? I need some support!

I think that most people have the what the he*@ have I done moment the first week after surgery. I scared my poor sister to death since the band was her idea! The feeling goes away pretty soon and you will have a normal life - I PROMISE! Also, I think that the anaesthesia causes some depression in some people (like me).

I felt the same way. It will be okay. The weight loss will start taking the panic away. I think we do have to mourn the loss of the old way we ate. We had a strong relationship with food and it is different now. I so want to gorge sometimes I would use food to calm down. Now I have to look deeper inside of myself. I am still so glad I did it, but it has not always been easy. You,ll be fine...

Thank you so much for your responses! It helps to know that someone else felt that way but got over it!

Basically I am feeling like, what the heck have I done!!! I feel like I won't ever have a normal life now. Does that feeling go away? Or did anyone else feel that way? I need some support!

Gosh, that sounds so familiar!

I was even unsure waiting in the OR for the anaesthetic. Really, I thought WHAT am I doing? However, I sort of decided amongst the panic and fog, that I couldn't feel any worse, and I had no hope left, and so I had little to lose.

About a week after surgery I think it was, I started to get used to the idea. It was about 1 month before I thought, maybe this will work. Over the weeks the band did its work for me, and my fear of vomiting did the rest. I now feel I have the control, not the food, and I am so glad I have done this. I had hoped to work harder at the exercise, but I've been taking it slowly and I am happy :eek:

I hope you are soon on the other side, and your fears and worries will have subsided. Good luck with your journey!