I know it seems like December is a ways off but really it's just less then two months away. I finalized my surgery date yesterday for Dec. 5th with Dr. Kuri. So are there any others out there with December dates looking for support and help?

are you measuring how much liquid you are drinking? You might not be getting all that you think you are...also try jello and popsicles to get in additional hydration *sugar free of course.

Give your surgeon a call and see if a stool softener would be appropriate...MAKE SURE you are getting those basic 64oz a day down!

I am sure I am drinking enough, but will drink more. Unfortunatley I can not take stool softeners, don't laugh, but I am highly allergic to them. I will try the popcycles and jello, but I am concerned that I have to take a multivit., and they alone cause constapation. Adding that to my already existing problem...I should call the bariatric center...

I am sure I am drinking enough, but will drink more. Unfortunatley I can not take stool softeners, don't laugh, but I am highly allergic to them. I will try the popcycles and jello, but I am concerned that I have to take a multivit., and they alone cause constapation. Adding that to my already existing problem...I should call the bariatric center...

Yep...you are right about that! those multivitamins will back things up significantly. Call the center...maybe they can get creative with some natural supplement to make 'things happen'....I will be hoping you get relief soon!

My day is tomorrow. It is here!!!! Time really does fly!

I'm nervous but I know everything will be okay and this will be the best Christmas present I can give to myself. I will make 2009 the best year yet!

Keep me in your thoughts, and I will keep all you in mine.

Thanks so much for all the support.

Good luck to everyone going in tomorrow!:blushing:

Hello to all and Happy Holidays!

This year I have to wait til a few days after Christmas for my gift- I am getting banded on Dec. 30th and I am very excited- and scared, of course. Anything anyone can tell me about the anisthesia, procedure and recovery would be very helpful- glad I found this site!

Take care, Stephanie:lol:

Stephanka917, the anesthesia was the easiest part. I had an IV in my hand pumping fluids during the hour before surgery. When the doctor came in, he struck up a great conversation while messing around with the bag and the next thing I know I was told the surgery went great and I was in recovery. It took a good 1/2 hour to wake up.

Good luck with your surgery. Do not worry. You'll be comforted all the way.

Tomorrow is my day too. I am so excited for the surgery and just a little nervous about the outcome. This will be the best christmas ever for me. This surgery marks the first step to a fresh new year. Good luck to all those being banded and please lets be active in replies about our progress. I know if I hit a slump I can come to this site and find comfort.

Tomorrows the big day!!!! OMG.... I am sooo excited! A little stressed but doing good with the pre-op diet,,,havent cheated at all! Hunger is at a minimal and my worst pain is from falling on my driveway in the ice this morning!!! Gives me something else to think about, yay! If you all will, keep me in your thought and prayers as I am keeping you all there as well. I wish us all the best succcess. We can do this. Thank everyone for all your posts and I am so thankful to have found this site and to have found so many other people going through the exact same thing and we all are here just to support one another, it is wonderful. Will update post-op... :blushing:

:mad2: Lucky you!!! I am sure you will have a wonderful day tomorrow! I will be thinking of you, for sure! My band date is Dec. 30th and I am more excited than nervous but I'm sure that will change the closer my day comes!

Happy surgery tomorrow and I will look forward to hearing how you are doing post-op! :crying:

~Steph

Stephanka917, the anesthesia was the easiest part. I had an IV in my hand pumping fluids during the hour before surgery. When the doctor came in, he struck up a great conversation while messing around with the bag and the next thing I know I was told the surgery went great and I was in recovery. It took a good 1/2 hour to wake up.

Good luck with your surgery. Do not worry. You'll be comforted all the way.

Thank you for helping put my mind at ease. How are you doing with your band? I will be so happy to be done with the 2 week pre-op slim fast diet!!! ACK!

Tomorrows the big day!!!! OMG.... I am sooo excited! A little stressed but doing good with the pre-op diet,,,havent cheated at all! Hunger is at a minimal and my worst pain is from falling on my driveway in the ice this morning!!! Gives me something else to think about, yay! If you all will, keep me in your thought and prayers as I am keeping you all there as well. I wish us all the best succcess. We can do this. Thank everyone for all your posts and I am so thankful to have found this site and to have found so many other people going through the exact same thing and we all are here just to support one another, it is wonderful. Will update post-op... :thumbup:

Only 90 minutes more of work! I've been reading about the shoulder pain some people have and I hurt my shoulder Sunday. Fortunately it healed quick and any shoulder pain I get will be from the surgery. Our doctor told us the steps they take to minimize that, so here is hoping I don't have it. I hope to be back online Thursday evening, watching my big screen and surfing the net on my laptop.

Only 90 minutes more of work! I've been reading about the shoulder pain some people have and I hurt my shoulder Sunday. Fortunately it healed quick and any shoulder pain I get will be from the surgery. Our doctor told us the steps they take to minimize that, so here is hoping I don't have it. I hope to be back online Thursday evening, watching my big screen and surfing the net on my laptop.

I wish you lots of luck! We are both scheduled for tomorrow. They keep changing my time & but I'm pretty sure I'm set for 3pm sharp!! I will be online hopefully Wednesday night or Thurs to let everyone know how it went. Good luck BillOh & everyone else set for Dec 17th surgery. Please keep everyone in your prayers!!!:thumbup:

wow! this time tomorrow several of us will be banded! We are all feeling nervous and those of you who posted your experiences I am soo thankful for! That sure helps to hear how easy it all is. Its snowing like crazy here in Iowa, so I am hoping I can make the hour drive to my surgery tomorrow! I wish we could all be there in person with each other, we will just have to be there in spirit. My surgery is at 9am central time, I have to be there at 7am. I am hoping like heck I can come home the same day--I also have to have my gallbladder removed. But thursday another ice storm is coming in Iowa, so I hope to make it home. I dont want to push myself, but at the same time, I want to be home. My parents will be taking care of me.

Congrats to those who have already had surgery. Tell us how the liquid diets are going? What are you all doing to divert yourself from all of these holiday gatherings? avoiding them? focusing more on the people not the food?

God Bless you all! and to those of us tomorrow... a poke of the needle and then we will wake up and be reborn...given a 2nd lease on life! How will you spend your skinny days?!?!:thumbup:

Tomorrow is my day too. I am so excited for the surgery and just a little nervous about the outcome. This will be the best christmas ever for me. This surgery marks the first step to a fresh new year. Good luck to all those being banded and please lets be active in replies about our progress. I know if I hit a slump I can come to this site and find comfort.

yes you can! stick with us! we will support you all the way! I keep my email reminders that have links in them that way I can make it to this forum quicker.

I wish you lots of luck! We are both scheduled for tomorrow. They keep changing my time & but I'm pretty sure I'm set for 3pm sharp!! I will be online hopefully Wednesday night or Thurs to let everyone know how it went. Good luck BillOh & everyone else set for Dec 17th surgery. Please keep everyone in your prayers!!!:biggrin:

Thanks. Surgery is scheduled for 7am, up at 4, at the hospital at 5am. Its too cold for the doctor to be trying to make an afternoon tee-time. :thumbup:

Edited December 16, 200817 yr by BillOh
Because I can, and you can't stop me.

Hi Everybody,

I wanted to wish all of you who were banded or being banded this week the best of luck!!! I know you will all do extremely well. I'm in week 2 of post op and it really hasn't been bad at all. If I can offer you any advice it would be to make sure you have some Gas X strips. Get them before or right after the procedure but make sure you have them. They really do help a lot.

I'm praying that everyone does well and with minimal discomfort!!!

Tomorrow is my day too. I am so excited for the surgery and just a little nervous about the outcome. This will be the best christmas ever for me. This surgery marks the first step to a fresh new year. Good luck to all those being banded and please lets be active in replies about our progress. I know if I hit a slump I can come to this site and find comfort.

Hi....Good luck....I will definitely keep you and everyone else who is banding soon in my thoughts and prayers. My surgery is 12/30 and I'm so busy thinking of all the things I have left to do and prepare! Anyway, I'm excited for you and also think that this step does mark a significant change in my life and next year this time, I'll be the person I've always wanted to be....Healthy, excited, more energy, and proud of what I look like!!!!

hi everyone. Just got home from surgery about an hour ago. Went in around 1:30, they changed my time 3 times, got all set up in a bed answered a lot of questions.... finally at 5:15 I was rolled into the ER. I told my anesthesiologist I had been waiting all day to see him. They were having a hardcore conversation in the ER about their cool watches. I was just lol. Pretty soon my eyes started drooping and I was out. Woke up in the recovery room, sooo thirsty, a little pain in my tummy mostly soreness, a lil gas in my shoulder and then they filled me up with some dilaudid and I was on my way. Everything went FINE!!! I was so nervous & I knew I was gonna be ok, but it IS surgery so you do worry. They said I was their star patient of the day. Very little pain, no complaining just a realllllly dry mouth. The nurse came back to help me dres and I was already dressed sitting there. All in All, I'm at home, online, watching a movie. I already took the dogs out & hopefully I wont feel like I got hit by a mac truck in the morning. Thanks for all the support & I am looking forward to hearing everyone else's stories about today.

Good luck to everyone on their way to banded life.

My journey is just beginning!!!! :w00t:

YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!:ohmy: