It's fairly certain that I'll be having the surgery in the beginning of February, any one else out there making the biggest change in the shortest month?

sounds pretty quick of a recovery to me.....i am anxious but excited...starting to lose sleep...2 days to go...thanx for your feedback

When I could not sleep I would count the months and what I should weigh on the first day of that month. It was so fun and I always feel to sleep before I got totally skinny!

hi i was just in the chatroom and some were talking about terrible shoulder pain from gas...how long does this last and how painful and how to prevent???and does everyone experience this???

hi i was just in the chatroom and some were talking about terrible shoulder pain from gas...how long does this last and how painful and how to prevent???and does everyone experience this???

I was banded on the 3rd and didn't have any shoulder pain. But I did have the gas in my upper chest. I suggest like everyone else.. walk walk walk... the more I walked the better it got. So no not everyone gets it. And it depends on the level of pain one can handle as to how bad it is. To me the heprin shot was a lot worse than the gas by far.

PS.. I also used a heating pad on my back and it made things it seemed to move around a bit.

Good Luck and it is really not so bad.

Ok guys I have to confess here in the forum because i will not admit to my nutrionist or surgeon that i really messed up and i hope it doesnt cost me big.......Okk i couldnt take it anymore...no more liquids:cursing:.. spoke to the nutrionist to day and i am 14 days post op. she stated i could eat mushies..and that seemed to be the green light for me to just eat, eat and eat. i mean i didnt really go crazy, but crazy enough:w00t: ok i started out ok with 2 boiled eggs whih was good and went down ok. then i made bbq chicken wings, stuffing, and stringbeans. i ate about three spoonfuls of stuffing 4 canned string beans and didnt injest but picked at a chicken wing. Ok yes i am full, but more scared. i also ate a few puffy cheesedoodles those jsut melted in my mouth. this is not at one sitting, but throughout a 7 hour period. i hope i didnt hurt myself. i felt no pain and it seemed to go down ok. im okay and will follow the rule, i think i had to just get that out of my system. i was hunry and hated liquids, been on them for 2 weeks straight and it hs been killing me. i see the surgeon on friday for my first post op check-up. please pray for me that everything goes ok and i have no major damage like slippage or problems. i am really scared now. has this happened to anyone else...help:w00t:

You'll be fine mainly because you have a low bmi already, I am 6 days post op and my surgeon knows I'm eating, just as long as you dont get anything stuck, that what could do the damage, if you stick to looser foods it might stop you craving things which are too solid. dont beat yourself up. Well done you have been so good so far.

sounds pretty quick of a recovery to me.....i am anxious but excited...starting to lose sleep...2 days to go...thanx for your feedback

I was driving within 4 days,and am more or less back to normal now 1 week after op.

i hope i agree...not big on the IV but if thats the worst of it all....ok

The IV was the thing that worried me the most and the dr who put it in was so good I did not even feel it. The next morning after my xray they took it out and let me have something to eat, ok, to drink! LOL As for shoulder pain, I did not have any and the RN told me most people here don't. I too had the pain in the middle of my chest, but it was kind of like heartburn pain not a real pain. After I walked it went away. So, like everyone says, do that walking and you will be just fine.

Getting banded on February 24th. I'm a little nervous because I just started with a cold today. I am on day 8 of liquids. Cheated with lobster and baked potatoe two nights ago. That was my only cheat and I pray I didn't blow it. I had no idea that surgery could be delayed if my liver does not shrink enough. My surgeon or nutritionist never put that fear in me or I would not have cheated. I thought the liquid diet was to get you used to what you would be allowed to have right after the surgery. I did not understand the whole liver shrinking fully until now. I am coughing some with this cold. I am afraid what pain I will have with coughing afterward. Thank God for Oxycodone syrup.

I was done on the 18th and was mostly out of it that day and yesterday. The cuts weren’t too bad, but the shoulder pain was a little intense. Today (day 3) feeling pretty good. Shoulder pain is mostly gone and the cuts just sting a bit, but very tolerable. There is occasional tightness in my chest, but I think that may be from drinking too fast. I dove a lot today with no problems.

You'll be fine mainly because you have a low bmi already, I am 6 days post op and my surgeon knows I'm eating, just as long as you dont get anything stuck, that what could do the damage, if you stick to looser foods it might stop you craving things which are too solid. dont beat yourself up. Well done you have been so good so far.

mmm wow ur eating already? what types of foods r u eating? i am eating soft foods but just nibbling here and there have not sit to eat a soft meal..i am scared as to what will happen. dr. wants me on liquids and stated i could thicken it up. he wants me to maximize my weight loss and i just want to eat, eat eat. i am hunry. just want some ideas on what u r eating now. Thanks for the encouragement...good luck 2 u

my surgery is scheduled for 2-24-09, im getting very nervous. i've never had any form of anesthesia before and im extremely worried.ill be very happy to have it done and over with!! besides the pre-op diet sucks

Yes all good so far I've tried porridge oats, potatoes mashed, cauiflower cheese, corned beef pie, yogurts, stewed rubarb, toasted fruit loaf very small nibbles and very slowly, fish pie,

I dont have any hunger pangs, and I started eating quite small amounts, tea plate/saucer sized, but all is going down ok.

I am 1 week post op and have lost 7lb, my stiches come out on monday. woop woop. my starting bmi is 35, and my first fill is on the 27th March, I had my surgery in Belgium there's a lot less fuss about the proceedure there compared to other countries, and the cost is good, a lot less than in the UK.

my surgery is scheduled for 2-24-09, im getting very nervous. i've never had any form of anesthesia before and im extremely worried.ill be very happy to have it done and over with!! besides the pre-op diet sucks

I was banded on the 3rd- never had any other surgeries, so I was nervous about the anesthesia too. It wasn't all that bad- just felt very sleepy for the following 12 hours.....

I have no doubt that you will do fine!

good luck,

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i hope i agree...not big on the IV but if thats the worst of it all....ok

I'm the BIGGEST baby when it comes to pain, and needles. If I did this, I am totally confident that you will be able to do it. Good Luck!!!