wish me luck!Im off to catch a 8:15 flight and by this time tomorrow Ill be getting my band in Mexico-this is so exciting if not a bit scary.I love this board and appreciate all the info and kindness here-I cant wait to get back and go thru this process with everyone.Do ya'll meet each other and meet for weekends or lunch-that sort of thing?Itd be fun I think to meet people who are going thru same thing and understand.

Well, girl, I guess you are gone by now. Praying for a safe journey, a fine surgery, and an uneventful recovery! God Bless you!! Post ASAP when you get back!!!

you will be a banded person when you read this. I wish you a fast uneventfull recovery so you can move forward in your weight loss journey. You are on the threshold of a brand new life, woohoo!

Good luck and have a safe trip! We'll see you in bandland!

I hope everything goes just fine for you! Best wishes!

Alatina's getting her ba-and! Alatina's getting her ba-and!

Good luck. Waiting to hear about your experience.

Wishing you a quick recovery!

~Christina~

Wishing every thing goes smooth for you Trip, Surgery & Recovery.

I'm sooo excited for you!!

I wish you so much luck !!!!! When you come I want to hear how you had a great experience and your healing well, ok.

And I'll tell you how my trip was, since I'll have been their on the 27th getting banded myself. Yaaah for us!!

Good Luck!!! and have a safe trip! Hurry back and tell us all about it

Good luck alatina! We will be thinking of you!

yes, we are planning a Vegas bandster bash (do a search for 'vegas bash' and you will see the posts) and would love to have you join us!

I'll say a prayer for you. I am getting my band in the morning. We can talk about our experience together. Good Luck and I hope you have a speedy recovery!:banana

well Im back and alive-lol.My neck is killing me-I slept wrong I guess but all seemed to go well.I got 6 incisions and found Dr.Kuri to be a kind reassuring surgeon-he's not overly friendly but he is accessable-if ya can understand that-lol.Ok im so exhausted and will post more when I feel better-I met some nice people named paul and Kim-Paul was having the surgery done the same day.I also met another guy named Brian but didnt speak with him much-he was nice tho-he was there with his parents.

Rest and take care of yourself

Oh Yeah!!!!! So glad you are back and feeling okay! So was it okay going alone? You weren't really alone, doesn't sound like! Glad you met some nice folks.

My neck hurt alot too, It's the gas...most folks complain about shoulder pain. mine was more upper back/shoulders/neck. It felt exactly like what you said, like I slept on it wrong and had a "crick" (do ya'll know what a crick is? or is that a southern thang?) Two words, heating pad!

Take very small sips and expect little in the amounts you are able to take in. Drink as much as you can to get by.

Well done alatina!!! give us all the scoop when you get rested! Glad you are back!!