Ok, we should be our own posse, I know there are more of you out there, please join our list!!!

wantolose155...............Tammy........................25 February 2008

blessedtwice..............Brenda...........................25 February 2008

teegee.......................Tracy...........................25 February 2008

Valvinnek....................Alyssa.........................25 February 2008

Coolcrystal.................Crystal.........................25 February 2008

Gibson........................Christy....................... 25 February 2008

I just started to get nervous. Just now. I was reading a thread about someone's liver that was so big they had to close them up and well...since I've cheated like a scummy dog on my pre-op diet....I'm terrified this will happen to me. I know I deserve it, but I'm also praying for God's mercy on this one!

I can't help but be amazed at all the people here with compulsive eating issues that can stick to the pre-op diet like pros. I must be the worst of the worst of the worst of the overeaters since I can't even stay on a diet for a day. Please Lord, PLEASE let the band help me!!!!

Gibson, you will do great tomorrow! Put all the worries out of your mind and envision a positive result. A positive attitude is the best thing we can take with us to our surgery. I TRULY WISH THE BEST FOR EVERYONE TOMORROW! We are going to be so successful...

Cindy

Dang, I wish I would have gotten into this conversation sooner... I'm getting banded in what, 9 hours and I'm totally freaked out right now.. UGGGG.

And Gibson, I followed the South Beach diet to a T and lost like 9 pounds until Thursday.. I then broke down and had half a baby ruth candy bar!! No carbs, but PLENTY of sugars.. SO, I hope my liver isn't too messed up either. I'm hoping that ten days of no sugars or carbs and following the diet strictly was enough to shrink my liver up good.

Good luck to everybody.. We should try to report back here tomorrow sometime if we have enough energy and share our stories..

C :thumbdown: NERVOUS

best of luck to you all today!

Wellll, I'm banded... how about everybody else???? I'll write my full story out tomorrow or wednesday when i have more energy but right now my tummy is swelled, mishapen, bloated and it hurts to really walk around, but i'm doing it. i've been belching a lot, maybe from the gasx i took to get rid of gas. i didn't think i would be able to burp or anything.

Congrats to all who got their bands today!!!!!!!!!

jacque was banded feb 22, 2008 can i join your group!!!

CONGRATS ALL:thumbup:

Hope everyone did great and let us know how u did.

I'm 5 days post op today and I feel great!!! Hang in there you'll feel better quickly.

Double V's gotta stick together.

Congrats to you all who were banded today. It's over, and now your new lives are begining. Enjoy the adventure. I'm two weeks out, and feeling great, still have a little port pain but that's all.

Well, I'm back and banded. I didn't win the nausea battle, however the staff really tried. I started throwing up right before the barium swallow. I have to say that was pretty painful. BUT, that is just me. I have motion sickness which adds to the nausea from anthesia.

Today I am a new person. Just very sore but SO much better than yesterday. I'll post more later.

Oh, apparently I'm not a burper. Wished I could at this point!

Me, too. I got home today around 11 am. My surgery was supposed to start at 1 yesterday, but I didn't get in until almost 3. Had gall bladder taken out, That area hurts more than the the others. Lots of gas. Taking it real easy. Crystal Lite and Nectar Strawberry Kiwi, yum!!!!! Hope everyone is well.

jacque was banded feb 22, 2008 can i join your group!!!

Yes Jacque! come join the victorious valentines! we'd love to have you and support you any way we can!!

My surgery went fine yesterday, and I was back home in time last night to sack out in the recliner and watch House Hunters, with my lovely perscription of Loritab....have to keep the tv off of anything that could show or talk about food. The worst part of the surgery for me was how bad my throat felt from the breathing tube they put in during surgery. I'm finally able to swallow again, just in time for these horrible gas pains to hit me between the ribs. I'm full of GasX strips and Mylanta chewables and walk all the time, but they still hit every once in a while. I can't make myself drink anything but Water, either...maybe tomorrow. My surgeon said he wanted me up and around and out of the house today, so I went out to Harris Teeter earlier today. Not bad.

Glad to see some of you are already posting and doing pretty well, too. That's great!

Congratulations to all and welcome to BANDLAND! Remember we can do this !!!

Well my Lap-Band journey has now started.

I was banded Monday 2-25-08. Had to report for 5:30 am on Monday because I was the first surgery of the day. The only problem of the day was during admission we had to pay a $200.00 pre admit fee according to Aetna. This was not mentioned before Modany morning. I told my wife this was a small price to pay in order to get my life back to normal.

I was supposed to go home the same day but had to stay overnite. The Doctor said because of the large amount of bleeding he wanted to err on the side of caution.

The hospital staff were wonderful. The Nurses took great care of me. I had a problem urinating for the 1st 8 hrs after surgery. The Nurse called the Doctor and he said if I did not urinate in the next two hours the Nurse would have to put a catherter back in me. If you have never experienced having a catherter put in while you are awake be thankful, it is not a pleasant experienc. I kept trying to urinate for about an hour and a half before I was successful. I was like my body could not remember what it had to do to make it happen.

I didn't get much sleep because it seemed like every time I dosed off someone was taking my BP, temp or having to turn off one of my moniters alarms. I was alittle upset when they woke me up to see if I needed something to help me sleep.

Next morning I was scheduled to do a procedure where I drank something while they x-rayed me to make sure I could still swallow properly. I was scheduled for 10:00 am but didn't get to do it untill aroud 2:00 pm.

Then I had to wait for my Surgeon to get the results before I could go home.

My Surgeon had surgeries he was performing until about 5:00 pm.

When I finally was dischared I had to leave an OnQpainbuster pump hooked up. This a balloon type medicine pump to deliver local anesthetic to the wound sites.

I expected more pain after the surgery than what I was experiencing. The only tIme I really had any pain at all was when I got out of bed to walk aroud. I had to walk around hunched over a little to keep from stretching the skin at the surgerical incisions. I have yet to experiene any of the Gas problems that all of patients have experienced. I have been home for 5 1/2 hrs and have not had to use the liquid pain meds the Surgeon prescibed for me.

I am now sitting at home in my recliner as I type this up. You start to feel 100% better just by being in familar surrounding and with family.

Good luck to all of you in the process of having the Lap-Band sugery. Remember the hardest part is all the pre-op requirements and not the actual surgery.