I was looking for Sept bandsters and found a link but it was from 2003 so i thought5 i would start a 2005 I will be banded sept 30 getting very excited here and surfing all the forums lol i will have corpal tunnel lol

Hi All,

The big day came and went for me. Still in recovery stages and going thru the ups and downs. But so far so good.

Started my full liquid diet this morning, and holding down well.

Lotus208

Great Lotus...I will find out exactly how you feel tomorrow! :-)

September 30 is my date, just confirmed today with Dr. Ortiz, anyone else going to be there that day?

Great Lotus...I will find out exactly how you feel tomorrow! :-)

Hi!

I notice today is your BIG day, lots of luck!!

I'm taking this one day at a time--just hope that darn gas pain will go away soon.

I guess I'm next! AHHH SCARY!!

Diane,

Good luck on your upcoming surgery, hope all goes well for you!!

Lotus

Hi ya all

i am being banded on 29th september 2005 at Joondalup Hospital in Perth Western Australia...

My start weight was 136kg

current weight is 129kg - as of 25th september and losing still yayyyyyeee

Goal Weight is 65kg

Surgeon is Dr Kevin Dolan

looking forward to it, problee change my mind on day of surgery ahahahaha....its taken 20 yrs of bad eating habits to get to this weight....i had a medical scare at beginning of year and that is wot has spurred me on to lose weight and found this site and one in australia that is fantastic for comments and information.

i have told all family ( surprisingly my mum took it extremely well) most of my work mates know and it is good as we are all trying to lose weight and spur each other one etc...added bonus a gym has just opened across the road from work so we is all gonna head over there after work a couple times a week...and im very lucky as i have a special friend ( i call her my guardian angel) and she is going to look after my little boy while im in hospital ( he only 2 and a cutie if i say so myself haahahaha) and im sure she will make sure i dont over do it when i come out tooo haahahah...mind you she also got a hubby and 6 kids herself to look after....bless her cotton sox.....

looking forward to seeing ya on the slim side of fat hahahaahahaahah cheerio Dee xx

September 9th for me!!! Hi to all........

The surgery went smooth and if it wasn't for the shoulder pain it would have been pain free. The stomach was muscle sore but the shoulder pain was non-stop irritating for me.... prepare for a week of that crap and you'll be fine :-)

I agree about the energy level in the hospital. Luckily I had a nurse that came in and visited me all through the night. We watched funniest animals at about 4 am right after she gave me a suppository LOLOLOL How fast we can bond with people under vulnerable morphine filled times.

Sept 26 for me too! Tomorrow at 3 pm!

I was just banded on Sept 18th. Am loving it!!!

By the way how do you get the ticker on your post???

Hi TexasGal, welcome. Do a search on the forum for trackers and you should see several post on how to get those on your signature...very easy to do.

banded 9/19/2005. I have not had a problem

Thanks for the help. Hopefully I did this right and will have my ticker.

I went last Tuesday to Dr. Joya, surgery went fine. I thought the pain med was lousy, not much more than ibuprofen. My shoulder was the worst part, still is, but it is going away. Took me a few days to sleep on my side, now I'm feeling good, but hungry! I went and got a massage on Monday my shoulder hurt so bad. It helped for a few hours, but was still worth it. Karen

I was lucky...I really didn't have any gas shoulder pain...now I had gas...heck yeah...and still do. :-) But the pain that alot of people seem to suffer from post op.