well I finaly got it done. yesterday, April 16th 2009

im pretty dang soar too. the gas in my stomach is very uncomfortable and the stuff they gave me for pain really doesnt work that well but im trying hard to not let that bring me down. I hope everyone is doing well and i hope all of you that want to be banded get it. the pain is minimal compared to what i heard gastric was.

thank you to all of you for help and support and im still going to need it when times get tough <3 i am happy i finally got it done after a year of waiting and going through all the steps.

I just cant wait untill the gas passes its a horrible feeling lol:thumbdown:

and yeah im happy i got it at 18.

You and I are same-date band buddies!!! The bloating is what's kicking my butt today....the weird thing is, I actually have more energy then I have in ages.

I woke up from surgery with some major pain in my tummy, but morphine took care of that, lol. I'm feelin good and looking forward to my new life.

I wish they'd had this surgery available when I was your age!!

Wow...all 3 of us have the same band date! I was banded at 800 yesterday morning. I am so friggin sore! The gas is uncomfortable. I've already gotten 1/3 of my water in for the day and 1/3 of the protein and I walked 45 minutes so far...very slowly though. Good luck to you both!

Keep walking that gas will go away. Keep sipping and good Luck!!

Congrats, all!! Im so happy for you!

haha yeah the gas is kicking my butt right now it hurts so bad

Hi there Cortney and everyone else,

Hope you're getting better with the gas. My partner was banded on the 9th and has had a real tough time with gas but she finally turned the corner yesterday

Anyway, you've been added to the list of April bandsters HERE.

Also, there's a forum for all the April bandster's HERE - in case you'd like to share experiences with others of us being banded at around the same time.