Hi Folks, First off all let me thank all the fellow bandsters that wished me well:smile2:

Well all went well better than expected as before I arrived at the Hospital I was a touch nervous. The nurses and surgeons did an excellent job and after meeting with them my mind was at ease. The whole thing was done very proffesionally. The pain now is minimal, they also repaired a abdominal hernia at the same time. Sleeping last night was not a problem. So all in all it was something that would be highly recommended :thumbdown:

My weight before at initial visit was 281lbs.

Before pre-op diet (shakes) 279lbs.

After pre-op diet 261lbs.

Day of surgery 261lbs.

Can someone help me on how I do a ticker!! Have tried but cant seem to work it out.

First off, congrats on your journey.

Second to do a ticker you go to Tickerfactory.com , make your ticker, thren you come back to LBT and go to user cp and paste in the code.

Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.:thumbdown:

Hi Neil - Congrats and welcome to the MAYO BANDitos.......I posted a thread on how to make the ticker. Any questions, sendme a private message and I'll walk you thru it.

Congrats on the smooth procedure. I'm going in tommorrow and hope mine is just as easy! Just know if you need to vent, cry, talk, chat, laugh or just plain know someone is there, we are all here!!

Hey, Neil, thanks for checking in! Glad to hear it all went so well. :thumbup: The more stories I hear, the less nervous I am!

Keep us updated on your progress!

Neil, so glad to hear everything went better than expected! I just hope all goes just as good for me tomorrow!

I'm so glad to hear everything went so well. Reading about everyone's is really helping me feel less anxious. Keep us posted how you're doing.

Congrats Neil. thanks for letting us know how your surgery went and how you are doing. Aren't our Mayo Banditos the best, everyone is being great about posting right after their surgeries. I know it helps me. Way to go!!

Hey Neil! I'm so happy for you! Thanks for sharing!

:thumbup: So glad that all is well! You are on your way!!

Glad everything went so well. So glad they put your nerves at ease. It helps so much to have a caring and calming staff of people on such a big day.

Be blessed.