This is Sam from Melb Australia.

I am considering getting banded and I would like to learn / hear from 'the converted' about how they went and what they thought of banding AFTER getting banded.

I thank in advance anyone who is going to share their personal experience and information with me.

Looking forward to recoprocating in due course.

Sam:smile2:

Hey welcome. I'm in brisbane and will be getting banded soon by a Dr Ian Martin. Don't know exactly when but they tell me 2-5 months. This site is definetly good if your thinking about banding, it has alot of info - I'm totally at ease with getting mine and not worried what so ever. They also have recipes for different stages of the band which is great and overall the people here are extremely supportive. Any questions just ask around, you won't have to wait long for an answer as most go through certain things and like to tell those and be more informative!

Hey welcome. I'm in brisbane and will be getting banded soon by a Dr Ian Martin. Don't know exactly when but they tell me 2-5 months. This site is definetly good if your thinking about banding, it has alot of info - I'm totally at ease with getting mine and not worried what so ever. They also have recipes for different stages of the band which is great and overall the people here are extremely supportive. Any questions just ask around, you won't have to wait long for an answer as most go through certain things and like to tell those and be more informative!

Thank you for your response Sara.

Hope all goes well for you. I am seeing the bariatric surgeon on 02.08.08,. I'll take it up from there.

Hi Sam,

I was banded on Apr 23rd and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The only problem I had really was with the pain meds as most of them get me really nauseous even with the anti-nausea meds and once I was out of surgery I chose to just take Tylenol. There was a little pain when moving around and all but not too bad really. I went home the day after surgery and followed Drs advice to try to walk about the house as much as possible to help heal faster but to get a lot of rest also for a few days. I was off work for another issue at the time but could have gone back to work after about 4 days (I have a desk job).

This has really been worth it to me to have gone thru it all and because it is adjustible (to make it tighter to help with weight loss), there are no worries about gaining all your weight back....

Take care,

Yvonne

Hi Sam,

I was banded on Apr 23rd and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The only problem I had really was with the pain meds as most of them get me really nauseous even with the anti-nausea meds and once I was out of surgery I chose to just take Tylenol. There was a little pain when moving around and all but not too bad really. I went home the day after surgery and followed Drs advice to try to walk about the house as much as possible to help heal faster but to get a lot of rest also for a few days. I was off work for another issue at the time but could have gone back to work after about 4 days (I have a desk job).

This has really been worth it to me to have gone thru it all and because it is adjustible (to make it tighter to help with weight loss), there are no worries about gaining all your weight back....

Take care,

Yvonne

Thanks for sharing that info with me Yvonne.

It's good to know that your procedure went fine and that it's worked well for you.

I am hoping to get banded on a Thursday so I can return to my job on the following Monday. I too have a desk job so it shouldn't be too hard.

Good luck with the rest of your new life.

Cheers

Sam