Well, I had my surgery on Monday....came home from hospital yesterday. I really must admit that I am feeling MUCH better than I anticipated. I would describe myself as being "uncomfortable" but not really in much pain.

I get the nice shot of pain in my abs just as I stand up and if move the wrong way, but other than that I am just sore.

I was very pleased with the way my incisions turned out. My doc didn't use stitches---he used some kind of superglue stuff. When my hubby first saw them, he told me they looked like little pencil lines.

Everyone at the hospital (Doctor's Hospital in Shreveport, LA) was angelic! I couldn't have asked for better care.

If I had to list the one thing that annoyed me, it was the air tubes that hooked up to the groovy wraps they had on my calves to keep my circulation going. No, they didn't hurt...it was just that I had an IV drip in which meant I had to go pee about every hour and each time I had to call for someone to help me unhook the air tubes.

My husband took a couple days off work to stay home to take care of me. But I've found that I can pretty much do everything for myself so I've given him Honey-Do projects around the house so he doesn't drive me nuts!

I've been getting in my 4oz of liquid every hour without any problems. I also received a breathing device from the hospital to keep my lungs clear for the next week or so. Believe it or not, these few things have kept me pretty busy!

Advice for the pre-banded: Jump on in, the water's fine!

What I know now, that I didn't before: I never realized how many food commercials there are on TV. Geez!

Thanks for all of your support. Patty and I were banded on the same day. We're band sisters!

Well done Daisy - welcome to bandland xx

Hope the rest of your recovery goes as smoothly. Congratulations on becoming a Bandster!

Congratulations on your entrance into a whole new you.......

2/13/2003

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Congrats!! to both Nicole and Patty. I am still waiting to be banded. It's great to read that the surgery seems to be easy enough. All the postings have been so helpful to me and to assuring my husband that I am doing the right thing for myself. Thanks to all of you.

Does anyone ever go into the chat room?

Congratulations Nicole, welcome to the world of bandland!

Congratulations Daisy Doodle I knew you could do it.Keep us posted and you get plenty of rest and sip sip sip...