I'm so excited (and nervous!). Anyone else getting banded tomorrow?

I am! And of course very nervous.. guess thats why Im up at 1:30 am. lol

Hope your surgeries went well!! keep us posted on how you are doing...

Im home! I feel great. Im so glad things went well and everything will be uphill from here. I hadnt posted much because I was still unsure until very recently. I was really scared of the surgery but it went great and Im already home. I left town at 9 for a 2 hour ride and I was released at 4:45. Im so happy! I have a realize band.

I was posting to say I hope both of your surgeries went well. But see that heschete has already gotten back. Hope your recovery is going to go smoothly. Looking forward to hearing that bethm has survived nicely and is on her way to recovery.

just got home. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be at all.I made myself get up and walking and was zipping around the floor. The two other women who had also had it were going a little bit slower. My tummy is sore and have a little pain in my shoulderblades but not unmanageable. I just took my liquid oxy to offset the uncomfortabless.

I got lots of pretty flowers and met a nice girl I hope to keep in contact with :wink2:

I'm really tired and next challenge is seeing if I can lay on my back in my bed and fall asleep. The hospital beds were lovely and helped you sit up to swing your legs out so you could get up.

I have no regrets. I'm sipping my liquid powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Soup. Yumm.

I was also banded on December 11. I had my surgery performed by Dr Patrick Yau at the TLBC in Toronto.

I was very nervous before the procedure, more nervous than before the other surgeries I've had in the past. I'm happy to report everything went very well. I did stay overnight as I have sleep apnea and the clinic keeps patients in overnight if they have this condition.

I was released very early on Friday morning, and was still a bit groggy in the morning. But it's now Day 2 post-op and I'm feeling almost myself.

My stomach is has a couple of bruises particularly around the port area, and it feels a bit tender to the touch. But, I expected all that.

So far, so good. Yea!

Hey ya'll... just checking in - 6 days since my surgery date 12/11. I am doing "ok" all things considered!! I am finally past the "don't trust the fart phase" - which is good!! My port site is sure sore (wooooo weeee!) from literally "jumping" up off the couch to run for the bathroom multiple times a day during the first few days. My scars are doing well, just itchie ichie! I am on protein shakes/clear liquids for 4 weeks post op - my Dr is pretty strict on not rushing to mushies/solids - so I am really looking forward to January 8th when I can actually "eat something" with a spoon or a fork. (Hopefully the holidays will make the time go faster!) I still feel really bloated, just kinda BLAH in the stomach department - keeping the GasX strips handy. I am still sleeping on the recliner/couch - too scared to lay flat in bed - since I am a stomach sleeper and don't want to accidentally roll over!! I cannot pick anything up (if its below my knees) because it stretches the port scar/muscle and gives a little "twinge". I weighed in this morning - I am down just over a pound since surgery day - so I guess that is a good thing. I think I am done rambling... hope everyone else is doing good - take care!

I woke up feeling amazing this morning!

Other than a bit of gas still rumbling around, I keep knocking wood as things are going well.

I am hungry though. I started on the "full fluid" phase today, which is Protein shake, creamed soup, and yogurt. I start chewing food next week.

I've been on all-liquid diet (Optifast) in the past, and I could do it again.

I hope all December 11th-bandsters are recovering well.

I'm getting so hungry too. It's a little depressing. Been having nothing but protein shakes and water basically since the 1st. :smile2:

Post-op Day 6 - one word: GAS-X!

lol :shades_smile: Gas-x yay!

I am *so* hungry. *flop*

Gas X has been a life saver! Im recovering well, I cant believe its only been a week and a few days. My muscles were killing me but Im doing much better. Im ready to start walking but I dont want to over-do it.

I'm feeling better! More then ready to start the mushies phase though.

Only things that are still bugging me are the port site feeling like a little burn and all swollen and wishing I could sleep on my tummy.

Other then that I have lots of energy!

Im a tummy sleeper too and it drove me crazy not to be able to sleep on my tummy. I can now though. When I lay down I have a big bump where my port is. My steri strips are driving me insane! My post op appointment is Tuesday.

Me too on pretty much all that. I want to sleep on my stomach but the port keeps stopping me. My incisions aren't itchy at all, thank goodness.

Oh, I do still have a pretty large bruise at the port location, but it's also fading, kinda a technicolour yellow at the moment.

The gas has been a lot better in the last day or two.

I also have more energy. Unfortunately, I'm pretty hungry. I can hardly wait for the first fill to see if it'll help me with the hunger pangs.