I am getting banded at 8:30 in the morning! I wanted to thank all fo you for the great information and support.

I am surprisingly not all that nervous - that will probably change in the morning. Actually, I am a little nervous about handing them over that check!

Thanks again to everyone and wish me luck!

Best luck! Not just good luck, but the very best! Here's hoping you have an even easier time than I did, and I was shopping the next morning!

We will be thinking about you and hoping you have an uneverntful surgery and speedy recovery. Post as soon as you can to let us know how you are doing.

Good luck in the am!!!! You will be happy with the results!!!

Good luck!! Keep us posted!

Thanks everyone - off to bed. Under the knife at 8am. Will post asap.

HOT DIGGITY DOG!!!!!!!!!!!! WHHOOOHOOOO & All that kinda stuff! Hope everything is as smooth as Butter;0) Or should we say low-fat I can't belivev its not Butter;0)

Good Luck! Hope the liquid time goes fast for you. Good Luck again.

Best of luck and congratulations!

How did it go????? Report in when you have a chance. You are banded now!! yay!!!!

Welcome to bandland! Post when you can and let us know how you are!

By now, you might be on your way home, and I hope you are doing well. Take it easy, follow the dr.'s orders, and you'll soon be on the computer again. I wish you the best! Cindy

Hi everyone! I was banded at 9am. Everything went really smooth. I had a lot more pain than I had with a previous laproscopic surgery, but they took care of that with much sensitivity and concern! I have been walking every hour (I hadn't heard of this on the board before, did everyone have to walk 5 minutes hour one and then up a minute every hour for two days until you get up to 30 minutes?) Seems to have helped. I was having a little sharp shoulder pain, but seem to have walked it off.

I have had gatoraid, some warm tea and about 3 tablespoons of chicken broth. Does this sound about par? i think that I may want some more broth in a few hours. It is killing me not to sleep - the Dr. said no more than 1 hour of napping, my husband was also told, so he is so cute - he is calling himself my recovery drill sargent and won't let me sleep to much.

Thanks again everyone for all of the support!

Did most of you actually feel like you could "feel" the swelling of your stomach? Not really bad, but kind of a sore pressure?

Thanks!!!!!!! I a so happy to be one of you now!

Wow, welcome back! It sounds like they are taking good care of you. We were all told to walk as often as possible, but I've never heard anyone on a schedule - sounds like a great way to get all your walking in.

Sounds to me like you're doing great. And yes, the handing-over-of-the-check wasn't so easy on me, either.

Thanks again for everyone's kind words and thoughts! I am doing much better today, tons of gas pain, but the toilet excercises that the nurses gave me seemed to work pretty well. Weird as it seems!!

My stomach seems pretty swollena nd tight, but from reading everyone's post op threads, this seems pretty normal. I am able to sip plenty and still walking lots!

Thanks again to evyone!!!

Why doesn't your doctor want you sleeping too much? Much success to you :-)