Hi!

I just got the call from my doctor's office...pre-op July 8th and surgery set for July 15th. I am sooo excited. I do have some questions maybe some of you can help me with.

1) What is a good Protein shake?

2) Did you use anything to help diminish your scars? and if so, what did you use?

3) The gas pain has me worried. That is one of the biggest after-effects of the surgery from what I can tell from reading on this site..what works the best??

4) What can I expect the day of surgery as far as afterward...will I want to sleep all day?

5) How are your emotions :biggrin: in the weeks following the surgery?

Any insight you can provide would be appreciated!! And if any others are getting banded that day or around that day..please contact me so maybe we can be 'buddy's'. :redface:

Thanks!

1) What is a good Protein shake?

Honestly, they are all pretty disgusting! I haven't found one that I like, but you'll probably get a few recommendations from others.

2) Did you use anything to help diminish your scars? and if so, what did you use?

Yes -- I started out with Mederma (didn't do anything as far as I can tell), then used Vitamin E -- but then a friend recommended Epidermis to me, and it's been great. There are photos of my scars and a link to the Epidermis site on my blog somewhere (you can just Google Epidermis to find it as well-- I get the square that costs $40-something and cut it into small pieces).

3) The gas pain has me worried. That is one of the biggest after-effects of the surgery from what I can tell from reading on this site..what works the best??

Walking around after surgery seems to help. Other than that, I took some gas medicine that my doctor gave me.

4) What can I expect the day of surgery as far as afterward...will I want to sleep all day?

You'll want to relax and take it easy and have the option of napping on and off. Maybe rent a few movies to tide you over.

5) How are your emotions in the weeks following the surgery?

Great! I was very happy that it went so well and wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The full liquid diet was a breeze after having to do Clear liquids, and the 2 weeks of that, and the 2 weeks of mushies just flew by.

I hope that helps! Congratulations on your surgery date! :tongue2:

Catherine

Thanks so much for the reply Catherine! I appreciate the information and support. I just cant wait to get this done!

good stuff catherine55. i'm gonna check out the epidermis. thank you!!!