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Wish me luck....I'm drowning in all the Clear liquids I had to have to day. Hope to sleep tonight and not spend it in the bathroom. I have to leave my house at 5:00 am for the 7:30am surgery. On Saturday I am off the Old Orchard Beach in Maine for a week of resting in front of the beautiful ocean. Will post when I get back. Thank you to all of you. You have made waiting much more bearable and your posts were great to read. Pix were so great!

Thanks.....

Robyn

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good luck hopefull for a speedy recovery e-mail me when you get back good luck

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I love Maine! We have gone there the last two summers for vacation...not this year, but it's been a different kind of summer. So, Band Buddy, we are on the edge of the cliff! My surgery is one hour after yours...8:30! Good luck, I'll say a little prayer for you.

Cindy

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Good luck to both of you! I'll be sending good thoughts your way for a speedy recovery. Anne

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Guest crystal

Good luck to both of you I will be praying for the both of you and hope for a speedy recover I am new to this I go to the doctor Monday july 25 2005 for all my tests and hopefully shortly after a surgery date

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wow good luck to you!!! I wish i couldve gone somewhere beautiful like the beach to recover--or just go to the beach in general! LOL I wish you a speedy recovery and good luck on your new banded life!!! Let us know how it went when you return!

oh-my surgery was at 12:30 it suuuucked not being able to eat or drink anything for that long!!! I had the worst cotton mouth when i got to the hospital!!LOL

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mousecrazy-good luck to you as well!! Let us know as soon as you feel up to logging onto your computer=-) welcome to the banded life--its so wonderful!!!!I hope you have as much success and happiness as i have had so far and so many others. we all deserve it;)

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Oh my gosh Robyn! Here it is!!! I can't believe it. Prayers for a safe surgery. Enjoy your wonderful recovery! Please post when you get home and let us know how everything goes. Thinking of you!

You too, Mouse! Godspeed!

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wow! I can hardley wait until my date which is Aug 5!! First time reporting and new to this chat stuff!! so please forgive the unknowing....was just looking for some info and support. Will write again soon if I get some feed back

Carrie

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Just a post to let you know I made it through. Nothing ever goes as planned in my life. I suppose that is good for I love the surprises but not the oh ohs! My band procedure went fine but they discovered a hernia probably caused from a gall bladder removal last year. They decided to go ahead and fix it as it would cause more problems in the future. Then the biggest issue of all was that there was now to much liquid and bile from the liver floating around for the surgeon to feel OK about. They inserted a drain. Has anyone ever had one of those (XXXX)things taken out of their body. I wanted to roll over and die. UGH!. Well it is now day 3 and I am much better. Just slower healing than a regular band procedure. That side of me feels fine. It's the other side. I am only doing liquid extra strength tylenol because the percocet is hard to get down all chopped up with just a sip of Water. I delayed my trip to Maine. DH will come get me tomorrow. He took the kids up while I stayed at Moms for TLC. Doing fine on CIB and liquids. All clear for 2 weeks. I am so swollen still. My rings are tight and my feet and ankles are still swollen. Hopefully that will go soon. Thanks to all.

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Okay, so now you can change your sig! Congrats!! So glad all went well, even if it didn't go exactly as planned! Yuck! Drains!! Sip, walk, rest, you know the drill. welcome to Bandland!!!!

You get a banana! :banana

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