I made it!! I'm home and doing well other than quite a bit of pain at the port site. Thanks everyone. I'll post the official story tomorrow when I'm hopefully feeling a litle better!!

Edited April 24, 200818 yr by pearlygirl

Good luck to you.. keep posting! I'm not there yet and I'll check to see how your doing!

Glad to hear it went well. Keep us posted. I'm going in on 5/5... can't wait!

Yay!!!! Congrats :redface: I'm right here with ya!

-m

Congratulations Pearlygirl. Keep us posted on your progress.

Well, I'm pretty sore now. I've got some gas pain in my chest/left shoulder but it isn't terrible. My port site though is very sore. I had a hard time sleeping last night because of it. Anyway - I'm up and moving around as much as possible and it's certainly helping.

Good morning Pearlygirl. From what I'm hearing, the next few days will be hardest but than it gets better. Can you drink much or does it hurt?

I was banded too 4-23, and feeling like theres an elephant on my chest! Everytime I drink, or tried jello, big mistake! I could feel it the whole way down, I can't take in a deep breath, I'm def. in the OMG what the hell did I do? I'm sure it gets better, but I'm miserable! I didn't think the gas would be this bad!

I was banded on the 7th. You'll be surprised at how good you'll be feeling in just a couple of weeks, and will soon forget all this.

I also sometimes experience the same discomfort, but it's a way of letting me know that either the food isn't right, or I'm not chewing well enough. And I still get gas pains -- almost every night -- on my left side, under my rib cage (don't know why, but it's like clockwork).

Pearlygirl, welcome to BandLand!

Great. This is my first time on website. I got banded on Tuesday and all is well.

I pushed it a bit much this morning going to an assembly at my daughter's school. I return to work on Monday. :crying:

congrats and keep us posted!