Hi everyone,

First of all, thank you all so very much for all the support, advice and love you showed me pre-op.....WOW, I am now post-op!!! Everything went very smoothly, the nurses were ourstanding at Elmbrook Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, WI. Just wondeful....they should be very proud of their work and they do work, I tell you!!!

I am sipping my 1 oz. of Water every 15 minutes....and I am full! Have just a little gas pain, but not too bad....have some pain in my chest...is that gas too or just filling up on the water? Tried lying in bed....forget that....the recliner is my best friend right now. My other best friend is my mom who is watching my 9 year old for me!

Congratulations!

Rest easy. Don't get on the scale for at least 4 days.

Yippeee! You are post-op! Isn't it weird? Congrats and welcome to bandland!!!

Congratulations, Margo! Glad you're doing well

Margo! Big huge wonderful CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yay you!

You're now ready to learn the secret bandster motto....walk, walk, walk, sip, sip, sip. Slow and easy! You'll be back up and around in no time!!

Welcome to bandland! It gets better with each day!

congratulations ....good to see your doing well

Oh I love that!!! Welcome to bandland..ILUVHARLEYS good saying. Margo, welcome to the first day of freedom... I want a tee shirt that says I have been banded. Maybe they won't look at me so evil for being horzontally challanged!!

WELCOME TO THE OTHER SIDE!!

I have only been banded for 24 days now, but It has made a huge difference already in me. I am down 25 pounds already and feeling so much more like I want to go out and enjoy my life. I feel that my band has given me a new lease on life. I am 5'2 and and weighed 308 on July 3,2005.

Get pleanty of rest, don't be in a rush to get back to work or anything; pamper yourself..you just had surgery!! make sure you remember to get your mom a thank you card for watching your son while you recover. That is a great GIFT she is giving you.

Congratulations to you! I wish you the best of sucess and happiness with your new stomach!

remember to take pics to keep us all updated on how your progress is going.

Thank you everyone...I feel like a new person already! I am so excited about this "trip"...my new beginning!

My husband has been so helped and supportive, my mom still has my daughter (and thank you for the idea to get her a "thank you") and all my friends have called to see how I am doing and everyone on this board has been such a friend....I feeled very blessed.

Congratulations! I hope you have great & continued success!!

welcome to the Banded Gentry!