My big day is Sept. 8th. I'm so happy to be given this opportunity to change my life. I'm on day 5 of protein shakes, so far no melt downs. That's all for now, just wanted to introduce myself.

Hello Tena I am doing okay but when I got home it was kinda hard because my doc gave me pain meds and nausea meds in a tablet form instead of liquid and when I was on my way from I was vomiting everywhere. I was in a lot of pain and I could not get any more medicine from the pharmacy because it was closed. I had to get a phenegran suppository from from father in law to get to tolerate the pain meds to be crushed and to get them down so I could get out of pain. The nexy day I called my Doc and told them that I needed liquid meds and they took care of it and no more problems with pain. Everyone talked about the gas pain from surgery well, mine was not bad at all. I warned my family about it and when it wanted to come out I let it go (LOL). I still have gas that is coming out from time to time. My biggest problem is me and finding a Protein shake that I can tolerate. I wish I had of figured this out before surgery because I am getting some protein but not what I'm suppose to have everyday which is 75-100 grams a day.I don't want to just order every kind of protein powder that people are saying is tastless because that can get expensive, so now I am just in the process of figuring all that out. I had 5 different kinds at home to taste once I got started and I thought that at least one would be good but that is not the case. otherwise I go back to work on the 24th and I am excited about my knew beginning to live a healthy lifestyle. Keep in touch. How are you since band day?

So here we are a week since banding. Oh my gosh I'm so sorry about your first day. What a nightmare. I came home on the 9th, I could feel every bump in the road, I was so glad to be home. I had liquid pain meds from the start so I started right in and took as much as I needed to stay out of pain for the next 3 days. I dose on the bottle didn't seem to do much so I did take more. I didn't start having gas for several days, but I had diarhea really bad. One day my Mom and I figured I was on the pot every five minutes from the time I got up till I went to bed. Then the same happened the next day but only about every half hour. I started have the gas pains in my left shoulder really bad yesterday. Just like someone is stabing me with a knife. Good thing other people had posted this on the site so I knew it was gas, or I would think I was dying. I called for more pain meds today. I was surprised they acted like I didn't need them or something. Wanted me to come into the office right away. I assured them I'm getting better just in a lot of pain still. I was supposed to go back to work today. I called yesterday and took another week off. I'm so glad I did I can't imagine being at work right now. I wish you luck with the shakes. My Dr. office has shakes they are called New Direction. They aren't the best but I've gotten over it and drink them anyway. Stay in touch