Hello everyone,

I was banded on June 28, its been a week .Minimal amount of pain my worst episode was having to drink the yellow Fluid from the bowels of hell.,omg that is the most foulest tasting liquid on earth.

I'm doing better everyday managed to walk around the neighborhood for 30 minutes yesterday.

experienced some discomfort my first few days at home.. gas and difficulty getting out of the bed. thank GOD for GAS-X AND 2 STRONG ARMS...

Had lost 10 pounds before surgery, and 10 this week.

staying on the liquid diet but have upgraded to creamy Soups made watery..its really a threat after bland liquids for days. Vitamins,water and the

Protein drink

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT 4th.

MZFAB50

Debbie, I'll bet that what they had you drink wasn't barium. Barium is a bland, slightly chalky Fluid that is often used during fills, so don't be afraid of it. But when I had surgery there was some other hideous fluid used to test me right afterwards, and I almost gave up the ghost right there. Omnipaque? It's got some name like that I can never remember--denial, I'll bet. Maybe one of the nurses here can remind me what it's called. But oh man, I'll never forget that horrific taste and the vivid retching it induced. What were they thinking?

Anyway, it's over and you're in bandlandia. Welcome!! Here's hoping you have a quick and uneventful recovery.

Man I'm starting to realize HOW lucky I am that I didn't have to drink any of that yucky stuff! Wow. Okay, so I may be stuck on liquids longer than other folks, but I'll take comfort that I didn't have to drink the barf making liquid!!

Congrats on your band MZFAB50!! You sound like you are doing great!!

Hi Alexander

If you find out the name of that yellow foul tasting liquid, please let me know.....I shiver at the thought of having to drink that again...please please put my mind at ease and tell me that will be the last time I will ever, ever have to drink that ****lol

Hi giveyouthemoon

Thank you for the well wishes...

I love your screen name...

Welcome to Bandlandia!

Welcome to bandland! I guess I was lucky, I didn't have the nasty stuff to drink.

what I had to drink smelled and felt and tasted like what I would imagine suntan oil to taste like.

It wasn't horrible but did make me gag.

It had a slightly coconutty smell and was very think whitish stuff felt thick and gross maybe even oily feeeling on the way down and I am pretty sure was supposed to have some sort of tropical flavor. I thought this was barium..was it???

I'm laughing because I remember them trying to trick me with that coconut liquid, as if I were drinking a Pina Colada. The stuff I had to drink was called "Cheetah." I had to drink a bottle of Cheeta (twice, actually) an hour before going in for upper GI tests. I don't think it's the same as barium, but not much different.