YIPEEEEEE, I'LL BE IN BANDLAND ON NOVEMBER 20TH:party:

Anyone joining me? Anyone as nervous, excited, scared and shocked as I am? I'm doing tons of reading on this site and I'm really trying to grasp how much my life is going to change!!!

Congratulations!!!! let us know who your surgery went! I am on Monday the 24th...

dolphin

My lap band surgery is tomorrow. Arrive at hospital at 8:00, surgery at 11:00 and home by around 4:00. amazing!

I will be banded, Monday November 24. So Many mixed emotions, i am ready for this!

Mine is Nov. 26th- pre-opt starts on the 19th. Ican't wait!!!

Ouch! Ouch! I'm in pain! I'm on the second day of my pre-op and I'm in sugar withdrawal. Major migraine goin' on here. I know it will be better tomorrow, though.

I saw this show on the Discovery channel the other day about brain structure and personality. They said that if you repeat positive "self talk", you can change the anatomy of your brain so that you will automatically think positive and actually be happier and more successful at your endeavors. I need to do that. I've been such a Debbie Downer all my life! Everything I read about this surgery says that a positive attitude makes all the difference.

Maybe I'll start tomorrow after this blasted headache goes away.

(They didn't say anything about procrastination.)

Can someone PLEASE share the GAS-X strips tip with me....I'm being banded tomorrow morning and am looking for ALL the info that you can share.

Can someone PLEASE share the GAS-X strips tip with me....I'm being banded tomorrow morning and am looking for ALL the info that you can share.

After surgery, for about a week, you're going to have a lot of gas build-up in your body. Partly from the gases used to inflate your abdomen during surgery, and partly from the surgery itself - the gases will be trapped in your stomach and they have to get out somehow!

A lot of people say Gas-X strips helped relieve the gas pressure. And an equal number of people say the Gas-X strips did nothing to alleviate the pains. I am part of the latter group - the only thing that actually helped the gas pains was to let the gas out, and unfortunately for me, that was from the lower half of my body, haha.

Hi everyone,

Best of luck to everyone being banded soon and congrats to those already banded. I was banded on 4th November and was one of the lucky ones to have virtually no pain and a quick recovery. My port scar is nearly completely healed and apart from getting a bit itchy causes me no problems at all. From the time I got out of recovery I have only had a few asprin and haven't had any pain meds at all. I started mushies on the weekend and what a pleasure it was to have some 'real food' - if you can call it that as it was put through a blender.

I had to do a 2 week preop diet and lost 10pds. Went back to the dietician on the weekend and have lost another 10.5pds since surgery. I am still not feeling hungry and am just eating at the required times. My dietician tells me I should start feeling hungry again around week 4.

Once again, good luck to everyone being banded and I wish you all a speedy and painless recovery.

WOW, BOPPER!!!! I hope my surgery goes as well as yours did!!!! So glad to hear you had minimal pain and a quick recovery! We should all be so lucky!! Congrats and all the best to you!

Hi, I was banded on 11/11/08, and feel great, I thought I would be in bed for a while, but not at all, going for my 1st followup on 11/19/08. Thanks be to God all is well.

Awesome! So happy to hear your doing great and that your up and about! Love to hear these stories....it really helps those of us whose surgeries are coming up!

Many blessings to you and continued success on your new journey!

hello Cappy!!

yes,,,,,I will party with you!!! 3 days wow...you must be nervous and excited!!! I will be banded on the 24th 7days!!!

dolphin

Hey Dolphin!!!

WHOOOAAAAAAA.....its coming up for both of us! I'm very excited....I'm not nervous yet, but I'm sure on Thursday my stomache will be doing flips!

Best of luck to you....I will keep you and everyone else posted on how I did!

Hey Dolphin!!!

WHOOOAAAAAAA.....its coming up for both of us! I'm very excited....I'm not nervous yet, but I'm sure on Thursday my stomache will be doing flips!

Best of luck to you....I will keep you and everyone else posted on how I did!

I hope your stomach isn't doing flips on surgery day. The doctor won't be able to place the band if your stomach is doing flips!!! :tongue:

Good luck!!!

I hope your stomach isn't doing flips on surgery day. The doctor won't be able to place the band if your stomach is doing flips!!! :tt2::w00t:

Good luck!!!

:tongue:

Those flips better subside once I reach LaLa land! Thank goodness for medication!

I hope your stomach isn't doing flips on surgery day. The doctor won't be able to place the band if your stomach is doing flips!!! :tongue:

Good luck!!!

By the way, how are you feeling? Are you getting use to your band?

By the way, how are you feeling? Are you getting use to your band?

I feel great! Fabulous, really. It's funny - there's only a few people in my office that know I got the band. But in the last week, people who don't know what I had done have mentioned how "great" I look. Several have noticed a drastic difference just in how I carry myself and how happy I act all the time. It's crazy! This is by far the best decision I've ever made in my life!

Now, those 10 bites of banana pudding I had an hour ago - NOT such a good idea. I made the mistake of eating the ONE vanilla wafer in my bowl!

I feel great! Fabulous, really. It's funny - there's only a few people in my office that know I got the band. But in the last week, people who don't know what I had done have mentioned how "great" I look. Several have noticed a drastic difference just in how I carry myself and how happy I act all the time. It's crazy! This is by far the best decision I've ever made in my life!

Now, those 10 bites of banana pudding I had an hour ago - NOT such a good idea. I made the mistake of eating the ONE vanilla wafer in my bowl!

That's awesome....I'm so happy for you! Its so true what your saying about how you carry yourself when you feel good about yourself....I've lost 9lbs since starting pre-op and I have a LONG way to go, but even today I felt like I was walking with my head higher than normal and I felt good about myself....knowing I'm on my way to a skinnier and healthier me! Such a great feeling....and its only going to continue to get better!

Ouch...the vanilla wafer did you in, huh? That's probably the only thing I worry about with getting this surgery....eating something that is going to disagree with me and HURT!