Had my surgery yesterday. Doctor said it went well. Boy do I hate that sleepy feeling you have when you are post-op and trying to wake up and nodding off and then trying to wake up. To me that was the worst part. I had surgery start at 9:30 and at 3:00 pm I was released. I stayed overnight in a motel since home is 3 hours away from the hospital. Was even able to sleep on my side/belly last night. Had some pain meds yesterday but none since then. Today I drove home and just got home a few minutes ago. Feeling pretty good-have some gurgling and the baby hiccups and burps from the gas but surprisingly none of the gas pains from the surgery.

Today I was celebrating my band surgery with a huge steak and eggs Breakfast and couldn't seem to get much of it down......just joking!!!!!!!

Today I don't have any appetite so I have just been taking in some juices/gatorade and for lunch I will try some chicken broth. Just trying to be sure to take in enough fluids for the healing process and not really worrying if I am hungry or not--not trying to force those thoughts of hunger to start just yet-wanting to take it nice and slow and not rush any food (liquid) things just yet. I am trying to just take sips every now and then so that I have liquids in me or flowing thru me constantly.

For minor pains, my neck is sore a touch--don't know if that is from surgey or from sleeping ackward last night. Also I had Ace bandages around my legs since the anti-embolism socks looked like anklets on me and the nurses thought the aces would be better. When I took them off today, I noticed my legs were sore some-it seemed they were a touch tight and caused me the soreness. But I would rather them too tight then too loose otherwise they would not accomplish there purpose.

So I guess I will be on here alot for the next litle bit till I can start doing some other work.

Still wondering if I really have a band in me or did they just pretend to put one in.....lol.

T

just wondering... are you a 'girl' T or a 'boy' T? (I have no idea, thats why Im asking)

I am a boy T lol.... I put Tony in my signature but maybe that doesn't mean much nowadays. Years ago a Y for tony mean you were a guY and an i on toni meant you were a gIrl. But now with so many creative ways of writing names that may of changed.

I did think about changing my name, but I am reserving that for a time when I meet a weight goal. Probably not my final goal weight but at some weight in between--perhaps when I am no longer obese? I will have to figure that weight out and see how far away that is.

Thanks so much for all the well wishes....I really enjoy reading them. I may of spoke too soon, as the deep down soreness is starting to set in--nothing terrible yet but just making me more aware that I had surgery yesterday.

T

Today as I drove thru town going to get some movies to rent- I had a revelation of sorts. As I drove thru, in my mind I was running down the fast food places and where I wanted to eat as it was after noon. I was almost mentally cherishing the thought of wolfing down some Wendy's- when it hit me--I have a new way of eating. I am eating for health and life and right now those places are not going to fit in. It was as though my brain was taking over and hadn't accepted the new changes. More probably then not, it was just old habits dying hard. But it really hit me because for the first time I cannot physically eat at the fast food places (at the food stage I am in), so it wasn't a choice-it wasn't a battle of wanting to eat something that would make me feel good or suffering emotionally as I choose a less fulfiling meal. I have a new way of life-backed up by physical limits- so I now have that lapband on my shoulder helping me make the right choices and relearning emotional eating. It was also interesting in that I was not hungry till the thoughts of those fast food places popped into my mind. Now I trully am seeing how powerful the mind is over what is apparently physical symptoms like feeling hunger. The physical conversion for a healthy life is now in place,but the mental one is just beginning........

Neat little revelation for me none-the-less.

T