How is everyone who had surgery so far? I want details...everything... from length of surgery & how u are all feeling tell me all you can please! I am getting nervous now! 7 more days!

Good Luck Egorsgirl1! I'm with you! Leaving for hospital shortly!! Please pray for us! Hope to hear good news from all the April 9th's very soon!

Thank you everyone for your valuable information! When I finally get mine on the 28th, I'll try to remember to walk walk walk walk and then walk some more. No one wants gas pains in the shoulder area. Good luck everyone who is yet to go.

Good Luck to all the ones going in for surgery. I am now 2 days postop. Still having some gas pains but not real bad. Just need to toot them out lol. Feeling ok. Groggy from the pain med which i hate to take but it helps releave some of the soreness. Otherwise just trying to getin the groove of this new diet and way of eating. Not too bad though cuz I am really not even hungry. Gotta force my self to eat and to drink but have to keep the fluids in ya. Hope everyone else is doing well

i cant even have purrees til april 23rd and i was banded on 4/7!(although i know in the long run this is best) I didnt have alot of pains but i was so stressed out. I didnt sleep at all in the hospital! so last night i got alot of sleep, woke up every 2 hrs but went right back to sleep. im still nervous..didnt realize where my port was and i felt this bump and i was worried i tore a muscle etc, when i was in the hospital , I have to lift my self up alot from my back and my stomach was killing me, at home i am laying and sleeping on my side and its easier to get around

banded on monday and surgery took longer than expected due to enlarged liver and difficult to hold it back or work around it.very dry mouth and lips in recovery room. hard to find comfortable laying down position (not a back sleeper). so far so good at home. not horribly hungry and not too 'gassy' but no bm yet either. incisions starting to itch. percoset helping with pain.

I'm home! Surgery was yesterday about 1:30 and I was home today about 11. I have a little discomfort but nothing to bad. Have been walking, sipping and resting. I feel the gas pains in the center of my back. Not unbearable but you know they are there. Hopefully all the walking will help.

got home today after surgery 4/8. Am fairly sore but the Lortab elixer helps. Am sipping, walking a lot in the house and resting. Everything went very smoothly. No gas pains yet...i keep thinking i'll get some but maybe I won't. Dr. Curry and hospital staff were awesome. Taking it easy.:thumbup:

I'm glad everyone is doing so well! It helps puts my mind at ease about my upcoming surgery on the 28th. I have one question for those of you who have had surgery. You mention your stomach making noises. Is it like the noises my stomach is making on day 6 of my liquid diet? Does it just sound like your stomach is growling? Hungry? Will people who don't know we had surgery wonder what's wrong with us? =)

Congratulations to all of you that are now home and recovering from surgery, and best wishes to the rest of you who are counting the days until we receive our bands. I can't wait for mine!

I'm glad everyone is doing so well! It helps puts my mind at ease about my upcoming surgery on the 28th. I have one question for those of you who have had surgery. You mention your stomach making noises. Is it like the noises my stomach is making on day 6 of my liquid diet? Does it just sound like your stomach is growling? Hungry? Will people who don't know we had surgery wonder what's wrong with us? =)

Congratulations to all of you that are now home and recovering from surgery, and best wishes to the rest of you who are counting the days until we receive our bands. I can't wait for mine!

What I experienced was 'gut' noise like Water gurgling. They werent a big deal and probably were only heard by me. No hunger pangs though. I havent had those since just before the surgery.

I'm so glad you are all doing so well and recovering nicely. Thanks for posting, it puts those of us behind you at ease. A week from now it will be over for me and I'll be on my way to recovery. Keep the info coming.

My surgery was 4/2 a week ago today. I feel great. Everything went well. My family pampered me the whole weekend. I went to my post op visit on 4/7 and dr told me to do liquids for 2 weeks. So far not so bad. But I was drinking beyond being full. Just to try to get in more liquids. I cant get in a whoole shake quite yet. and definitely cant get in 64 oz of liquid. i was scared last night because i drank beyond being full and my side hurt really bad. So i am back to only taking in what i can. my sips were larger soo i cut back on that. will i be able to get in the shake for b,l,d + 64 oz?

So i am back to only taking in what i can. my sips were larger soo i cut back on that. will i be able to get in the shake for b,l,d + 64 oz?

I was banded April 4th. I am supposed to be drinking 3 carnation instant Breakfast shakes per day. The best I can do is 2 shakes per day and 4 oz of high Protein Jello. It gets me about 50 grams of protein a day which is within the limit set by my doctor and nutritionist. Does anyone else have a problem with being really tight in the morning? I've had to do jello in the morning because the CIB feels like it's too thick to go down. Will the morning tightness go away in a few weeks?

Thanks,

kim

My biggest problem was the CIB also. In the pharm section at walmart you can find Myoplex lite ready to drink shakes that are low carb and really smooth. The french vanilla has 20g protein and is really good. They also have strawberry, choc, too that have 17g protein. They seen to go down a whole lot easier for me.

Ive been drinking (eating?) 3-4 Ensure High Protein Shakes plus 3-4 .5l waters per day. Havent had any trouble taking them other than being tired of them. I do like the results though... Just went to the doc today and have lost 8 pounds since Monday... 26 total since preop appt.

I love being able to read about fellow April recoveries. This forum is the only place I have to get support from other "to be bandsters." I can't wait to read more. I'm just 2 wks pre-op.

P3photogal, I LOVE your ticker!

Head in the sand, to excercise, to the lovely graceful flamingo!!! Great!