Those who have had their surgery, let us know how you're doing. How long was your hospital stay? What's it like being home now and knowing "this is it" you're truly, truly on your way! Anything you want to share that we who have yet to go forth should expect.

I am one day out. I went in at 6:30 am and was banded a little after noon. I didnt make it home until around 5:00 pm and I was dying of thirst.

First day I probably sipped my tea and Water a lot faster than I should have. Day two, I got one pack of tomato soup Protein down and a bunch of water and tea.

I went to the store and bought a bunch of veggies to make veggie stock. Tomorrow I plan on making a big pot to suppliment my liquid diet. I called the docs office to see if I could use 3 tsp of olive oil in my stock and got a fairly negative response. I told them the sheet says I could have stock soup. She said something about store bought and I just dropped it. Store bought is full of MSG and other stuff I dont want to consume. NO idea why she would be so negative about home made.

I used oil in mine. It just didn't taste right without it. Also, I felt that I needed the calories from the oil. I was getting virtually no calories just from broth and was so weak!