Well, I have officially survived my initiation into Bandland!

We got home yesterday. I wanted to leave a post to say thanks to everyone who wished me well!

I am 3 days out and I am getting around pretty good. Still a little tricky sleeping though, since I am a belly sleeper. My start weight was 261lbs, by their scale. I guess I put on some weight with that all inclusive thing. I haven't weighed in yet. I am going to try to only weigh in once a week. Which reminds me, I need a new ticker.

I guess it all went well. But the worst part for me was waking up from anesthesia. I woke up feeling like I couldn't breathe and with a raw pain in my chest. The first thing I said when I woke up was " Yo voy a vomitar!" (translation: I am going to throw up!) When I woke up again after a double dose of " knock her out quick" I was in my room with my partner by my side. Later that night i had an episode of dry heaving that hurt like you know what, luckily there was a shot for that too!

I have never been happier to be home. I feel like I have a secret weapon now, since I haven't told anyone yet. I can't wait to heal a little better so that I can start putting my band to use.

I am not going to lie, that first night after surgery I couldn't believe I had chosen to do this to myself and I regretted it with everything in me. I mean I was cussing myself. But now, only 3 days out, I have a whole new outlook on my life and what lies ahead. And a brand new excitement for my new band.

Well, I will post some pictures soon ( you gotta see the 8'5 foot sailfish we caught!). My broth is boiling over!!

Hi Angie, I'm a newbie here and hope to be banded after the first of the year ~ I look forward to learning from your journey! Tell your partner to take good care of you! (Nothing quite like a little extra pampering!) :cheeky

Welcome to a wonderful journey....

Aww.. you guys are so sweet.. thank you! I am healing well and feeling better everyday. I can't wait til I can start working out. What do they say 6 weeks? I have been trying to stay busy but I have to be careful, still a little sore sometimes. Still no scale... gulp!

Still no scale... gulp!

Careful, you'll get the hicccccups

No scale is a GOOD thing. Scale Addiction is a sad, sad affliction.

:]

Congrats, girlfriend!

The hiccups will go away before you know it. I had the hiccups for about 3 weeks. It's only been a little over a week since the hiccups stopped. The burps are amazing. I keep scaring my crew. When the burp comes, you just can't stop it. Like a great sneeze, you just gotta turn down the blinds, sit back in your chair and wait for it to come.

Well I have done the dirty deed!! The scale tells me I am 11lbs down one week out. More than I thought. Kinda makes the liquid diet not seem so bad.. maybe I will stay on it forever! I get to start full liquids today... yay!

Hope everyone is doing well.

glad to hear you are home and feeling well. Don't worry - second thoughts will creep up almost everytime you are "not sure" about the band. I guess time will help us to trust the band and not regret this invasion to our bodies.

Everytime I feel like that I try to reroute my thoughts to thinking of the band as a help - then my mind rests easier and those rejection thoughts clear up.

Good luck.