I had surgery 11/14. I feel pretty good and am now waiting to go home. You have to love laptops and wifi.

I will say that the surgery went very well. I was first up at 8am, in recovery 40 minutes later and in my room by 10am. I was up and walking around at 11am. The pain is well managed with the pain pump, hitting the button about once every 40 minutes or so. I have been walking every hour and I think that is keeping the gas pains away.

I am enjoying the wonderful clear liquid diet- broth, Jello, apple juice and tea. Small sips, small sips, small sips.

The only issue I have is a sore throat from the breathing tube. Hot tea is helping with that.

Make room on the loser's bench- I am on my way!

Hooray for you! Pain pumps are excellent creations, it would have been nice to have one after my surgery. I'm not one to use the call light unless it's absolutely necessary, so I waited until the nurse came in the room to ask for medication. How nice to be able to take care of yourself when you needed it! There's plenty of room on the loser's bench for you, keep us updated on your successes or if you need help or encouragement.:thumbup:

COngrats !!

So glad to hear about your surgery and how well you are doing.

I hope that I get such a great recovery!

like 5 more days for me!

Keri

Congratulations on your surgery, sounds like you are doing wonderful. I will be in your shoes this week as my surgery is Thursday. I will not stay overnight and will be sent home with a disposable pain pump that goes directly into my port site. Yikes, I am really starting to get nervous!!!

Glad to hear things went so well!!! I'm on day 4 of my preop diet... trying to stay strong having a tough day I cheated a little yesterday so I'm beating myself up totally. The good thing with this diet I've lost about 5 pounds in 3 days. Good Luck to you and to everyone that is not banded.:thumbup:

Yay! Congratulations! I am looking forward to my own surgery tomorrow. I am also looking forward to getting this pre-op diet over with!

I had a lot of sore throat pain too. When the anesthesiologist came by the next day, I complained that they've been using those tubes for 100 years, and haven't come up with anything better, that doesn't hurt so much afterward. She asked if the lozenges helped.....Lozenges? so my advice is, bring some sore throat lozenges with you, or ask the nurse for one.

Congrats on your surgery going well!! I too had mine the 14th. I have to say I am miserable. Between the gas pain and being so tired, I'm probably not the nicest person to be around. Well glad to hear your doing well. Keep up the goos work.

Hey LindaLou! Don't worry about the pain pump! I just had my surgery on the 12th and I had one of the pumps. I took out myself and it didn't hurt a bit! Good luck!