Spldgrl - May 2 - Great Falls Montana Dr. Hennessey

Angel2 - May 2- Dr. Christina Richards Salt Lake City, Utah

Cammie. May 2,2005

Debby (Debbydo) May 3 - Dr. Garber- NY

Bgbosman - May 4

Porchl - May 5 - Dr. Kwon - NY

Christine (Bubblestina) May 6 - Dr. Cribbins - TX

Sandraann - May 9

Boxerluv (Brandi) - May 9

Zoey - May 11 - TJ, Mx

Pathworker -May 19 by Dr. Christine Ren at NYU

Shamrock (Beth) - May 24 -Dr Bhesania in Michigan

Aileena - May 26

Pommom Friday, May 27, -. Dr. Anderson Hanna - May27 - NY

anyone else for MAY??????????

I'm going on the 26th...Can I be added to the list

Aileena

Aileena, Here you are on the official May list. I was suppose to do the mushie thing right away but waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooooo tight. Liquids are going ok for today. Don't rush the mushie - it's overrated!

Wishing all a better tomorrow!

Aileena, My dr did not have me do liquid at all before my surg!! He even told me to go eat a nice dinner a few nights before the surg. I put myself on liquids for 2 days before just so it would not be such a shock to my teeth..haha

Oh...I'm feeling cheated! Come the 16th, no more food for me

And my Dr. requires 2-weeks of liquid prior to surgery. My date is Thursday, May 19th so today was day #6 of liquid. After I finally got rid of the 3-day migraine, I am actually feeling quite good....lots of energy. I go for pre-op testing on Thursday...and then it's the countdown. I go from high excitement to high anxiety. Thanks to all of you who put your words of wisdom for all to see.

Wish me luck all. I go in tomorrow morning at 6 am for my 8am surgery. I will post when I am on the other side.

Jeannie in OKC

good luck jeannie im 8days banded and feel great

sandra........

I had my band on the 17th. I got to come home the next afternoon. I haven't had any nausea or vomiting so I guess I really got lucky. They already had me remove my bandages and to my surprise I have staples!! 17 of them! They are driving me nuts but I feel like I really lucked out by that being the worst thing besides the minor pain and having to go a little slow around the house. I am experiencing a little shortness of breath. nothing too serious,just like a little reminder to slow it down. Water has been my best friend along with soup and my doctor already allows me to have a small amount of low fat yogurt.I also must admit that I hate surgical stockings! I have to wear them until the 31st when the staples come out but considering the alternative of blood clots I will do as told. I do have a question though, how many of you have experienced the short emotional crying episodes? I have had a few of them the last couple days. I was told that might happen as things in my system level out. Any ideas or comments? BTW, my pre-op weight was 291 and I will get my ticker up soon.

Sounds like you are doing great.

What is this about surgical stockings? Nobody told me anything about them!!

I get banded next Thursday......

They put them on before surgery along with those compression sleeve things. I also had the compression sleeves on the whole time at the hospital. I was never told about them but I also didn't know to ask either. I take them off to shower and leave them off for maybe an hour. They said I could leave them off except for at night if I walked at least 5 to 10 minutes an hour but would prefer to have me wear them. So I deal with them. I just find them itchy, nothing too terrible. I do walk the recommednded time plus a few minutes more when I feel up to it but I prefer to be cautious. I hope that helps you some Road Queen and I certainly don't mean to alarm you. I would ask your doctor or someone at the hospital when you go in.

HI!

I didn't have any crying jags after my surgery, but I was warned about them and fully expected to be emotional. I think because I prepared for it, it really didn't happen to me. I also didn't have staples or the surgical socks. I walked a lot though, right when I got home. I think I did a half mile day 3 after surgery and then gradually worked up to 30 min - 1 hour of walking per day. I did have some kind of leg things in the hospital that plugged in and sort of massaged my legs. I had to wear them the whole time in the hospital (24 hours), but no take home surgical socks.

I think I felt almost 100% better about 2 weeks post op. I was banded on May 2nd. I feel 100% now and have started eating solid foods in small amounts. I just chew, chew, chew. I have experienced the stuck feeling a couple times, but it goes away within a minute or two.

Good luck to all May bandsters! & God bless!

Lisalu

I had my band on the 17th. I got to come home the next afternoon. I haven't had any nausea or vomiting so I guess I really got lucky. They already had me remove my bandages and to my surprise I have staples!! 17 of them! They are driving me nuts but I feel like I really lucked out by that being the worst thing besides the minor pain and having to go a little slow around the house. I am experiencing a little shortness of breath. nothing too serious,just like a little reminder to slow it down. Water has been my best friend along with soup and my doctor already allows me to have a small amount of low fat yogurt.I also must admit that I hate surgical stockings! I have to wear them until the 31st when the staples come out but considering the alternative of blood clots I will do as told. I do have a question though, how many of you have experienced the short emotional crying episodes? I have had a few of them the last couple days. I was told that might happen as things in my system level out. Any ideas or comments? BTW, my pre-op weight was 291 and I will get my ticker up soon.

Hi all fellow May bandsters!!

I feel like I have been away for so long even though it has only been 1 week....

I went for my first postop appointment on Tuesday May 17, I had lost 10 pounds since my surg!!! YIPPEE!! 10 pounds in 12 days...I was very excited about that!!

I am eating small amounts of regular food, not very much though because I am scared to eat to much. Ihave not had that stuck feeling I keep hearing about...I hope I never do.

Hope all are doing well...

Porcelain, how are you doing??

Congrats Christine on your "loss". I can't wait to see what the scales say the first time I weigh in after surgery. I refuse to check until my first post op appt. on the 31st.

hey ther bubbles!

Congrats on your weight loss! It is so exciting to see it come off isn't it? I have lost 30 pounds so far. 10 pre op, 20 post op. I have run into a little problem, and I have to go see Dr Kwon first thing Monday morning. I have been in terriable pain!! My left side is killing me. I thought it could have been constipation, so I took Milk of Magnesia for that, and well, while things were movin, I was still in pain. Then I thought, Ok gas...soo I took Gas X....felt a little better, but nothing major. The pain was taking my breath away!! So I went to the urgent care center and saw a doctor there, and he said he thinks that I have drainage built up under the skin and thats whats causing the pain. I called Dr Kwon and he said in my office first thing Monday! I took a hit of that Lotab that they prescribed for after surgery last night and I slept sooo good last night. The pain isn't too bad right now...so we will see...we will see..... I will keep ya posted....

Talk to you soon!

Porclndoll

OK, so how is everyone else loosing so much more than I am post op??? I am THRILLED with my 10 post op pounds but also a little green....

Porc, WHAT IS UP!!!! I also had so much pain last week that I could hardly move for a couple of days, thankfully mine was not so bad that I had to go to the hospital....

Let me know what Dr. K says today. I am WORRIED about you!! We were doing soooo good, I hate to hear that you are in that much pain!! Isn't that lortab wonderful when you need it??haha

Have a wonderful day all!!