Hey fellow Samurai, let's use this thread to check-in every time someone has surgery!

Here's how it works: After you have surgery submit a post to this thread giving the date and any other details that you may wish to share.

gg2007 will probably be the first to check -in. Her surgery is today in Belgium.

It is 9/1/08. Officially the month of the Samurai!

Game on!

omg .. girl .. u gotta practically sip all day , i know its hard but every 15 min a jigger of water . i hope u get better soon and find out what the prob is . take care and God Bless you

Well I am in the hospital with dehydration and nausea and vomiting. It feels like my insides are being ripped out

I'm so sorry! I hope you're feeling better, now that you're getting medical treatment. Sending you {{{HUGS}}}. :girl_hug:

Well I am in the hospital with dehydration and nausea and vomiting. It feels like my insides are being ripped out

I hope that they are taking good care of you. I hope you feel better soon.

This is day 5, it has to start getting better right? right????

I felt worse on day 5 than I did on surgery day. Now on day 8, I feel pretty good. I still have gas discomfort in my shoulder. Isn't that odd that you can feel gas pain in your shoulder!?!?!

:girl_hug::w00t: to everyone. I hope everyone feels better soon.

Well I am in the hospital with dehydration and nausea and vomiting. It feels like my insides are being ripped out

The exact same thing happened to me. I could not drink even a sip of water on my 3rd and 4th days after the surgery and spent the 5th day in ER getting IV fluids. Then the surgeon unfilled some of the liquid and that resolved it...

The only question I had - was it so necessary to put in saline to the band right at the surgery time? Why wouldn't one be allowed time to recover first?

Oh well, this is all 5 day old story -- and I feel oh so much better now, soreness is gone, no pains.

Do not worry, you will get better soon. But be angry at the surgeon - there is really no reason for this thing to be happening.

And best wishes to all of us.

Well I am in the hospital with dehydration and nausea and vomiting. It feels like my insides are being ripped out

JWRN, I hope you are feeling better soon!

I was banded on 9/24 and today I feel the most normal I have felt since surgery. Most of the gas is starting to subside and I can sleep on my stomach and both sides. Ahhhh life is good! On the down side I am hungry once again. I think maybe all that gas makes you feel full, so I guess in a sick way the gas is our friend! I hope everyone continues to feel better, and yes it does get better. Good luck to all Tamara

On the down side I am hungry once again. I think maybe all that gas makes you feel full, so I guess in a sick way the gas is our friend!

I am truly beginning to think you are right. I have been so hungry the last couple of days. I am glad that you are feeling better.

I wasn't sure where to post but I am happy to annouche that I am officially a Bandster as of September 30. Surgery went well except that being I'm such a short person, the surgeon had a hard time manuevering in my belly. I'm starting to feel better today, day 4, off pain meds and getting Hungry. Drinking the water is hard for me because I have never been much of a drinker except for diet Coke, which I know I can't have any more. Congratulations to all the rest of you September Samurai's. Simon

Congratulations on your recent banding Simon! This is as good a place as any to share your news. Most all of us here were banded in September, so it is a good place to share and compare notes and ask questions. Good luck on you journey. Tamara

I wasn't sure where to post but I am happy to annouche that I am officially a Bandster as of September 30. Surgery went well except that being I'm such a short person, the surgeon had a hard time manuevering in my belly. I'm starting to feel better today, day 4, off pain meds and getting Hungry. Drinking the water is hard for me because I have never been much of a drinker except for diet Coke, which I know I can't have any more. Congratulations to all the rest of you September Samurai's. Simon

Congrats Simon. I am glad that you are doing well after your surgery. I can truly understand the water thing. I don't like it myself. I wasn't a soda drinker either, so I am surprised that I didn't stay dehydrated. I hope that you and I both can do better about the water. Keep us posted on your journey.

I wasn't sure where to post but I am happy to annouche that I am officially a Bandster as of September 30. Surgery went well except that being I'm such a short person, the surgeon had a hard time manuevering in my belly. I'm starting to feel better today, day 4, off pain meds and getting Hungry. Drinking the water is hard for me because I have never been much of a drinker except for diet Coke, which I know I can't have any more. Congratulations to all the rest of you September Samurai's. Simon

Simon, I was banded on the same day. I am starting to feel better today too. I am able to manuever better today and sit in more positions. Good Luck to you!

Well I am in the hospital with dehydration and nausea and vomiting. It feels like my insides are being ripped out

OH no!!! I hope your feeling better soon!!! I am making a check list for water today. I am not doing well w/ it.

I wasn't sure where to post but I am happy to annouche that I am officially a Bandster as of September 30. Surgery went well except that being I'm such a short person, the surgeon had a hard time manuevering in my belly. I'm starting to feel better today, day 4, off pain meds and getting Hungry. Drinking the water is hard for me because I have never been much of a drinker except for diet Coke, which I know I can't have any more. Congratulations to all the rest of you September Samurai's. Simon

CONGRATS!!! I'm 9 days post op! This is the best thing I've evr done. NO REGRETS here! I know what you been w/ the water. I was a d-pepsi addict myself.

I'm feeling almost normal now after surgery. Only now my back is bugging me a bit sore.