Hi to everyone who has been or will be banded in September!

It's been 4 days since I was banded (Sept 21) and apart from some tightness immediately surrounding my belly button, I feel okay. I can move very easily, I'm easily drinking the Fluid amounts & only occasionally getting any discomfort from drinking too much too fast.

I lost 6 kgs pre surgery and I have put 2 of those kgs back on. It must be the sustagen Protein drinks and the orange juice. Weight is a funny thing though espec for females. I could weigh myself in 2 days time to find I've lost a kilo. I'm trying not to worry too much about the weight loss at this stage.

The best advice I could give anyone about to be banded is to be very mindful of how much fluid you drink or sip over a 30 min or 1 hour period. There was a lot of confusion at my hospital about how much I could have and how often.....I ended up in a lot of pain the 2nd day simply because I had drunk too much fluid.

For those who are interested, I found somewhere on the net that 500mg of Vitamin C helps with wound healing. If I can find that amount in a liquid supplement or dissolve it in Water it might help me I'm thinking.

Anyway, again, good luck to you all and I'll look forward to reading about your successes. :mad:

Hi, have you seen all of us September bandsters here:

September 2009 Band Date

My surgeon said to keep the protein up by week two as that would help the healing. My weight has been up and down 10 pounds the last week. I think it's the water weight when it's higher.

Are you drinking sugar free orange juice? I'm not supposed to have any calorie drinks.

Wishing you a good year ahead!

Edited September 27, 200916 yr by travel
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