I'm Kelly, I'm from West Hartford, CT. My attending is Dr. Darren Tischler of Connecticut Surgery Group. I'm going in for my procedure on Wednesday, October 1st. While I have been an emergency and a psych nurse, I've never actually been a patient before so I'm a little freaked out. The doc pretty much tells me that I just know way too much because I've really only see what can go wrong post op. Anyone else freaked out like me?

Also, I'm not treating patients right now, just doing more in office utilization review stuff. Am I REALLY going to have to be out of commission for 7 days?

And, I have a nifty bottle of an obscene amount of liquid narcotics. How much pain am I really in for? Keep in mind I get regular brazilian bikini waxes which I think puts me in the high threshold category.

In addition, would it be really wrong to milk this and insist that all my friends and family send me flowers on Friday? I really love flowers.

Any and all thoughts welcome.

Hi Kelly, I was 2 weeks post op on Friday the 12th. I was in moderate pain for the first week. I found it hard to lie down so I slept in a chair for the first week. My incisions felt swollen and hot to the touch so it hurt to get up and sit down but that goes away after a couple of days. You cannot drive for a week. I had my proceedure done at ST. Rapheal's in New Haven by Dr. Valin. He made me stay out of work for two weeks. I went back Friday.

Banded 9/12

Start Weight: 251

Current Weight: 239