Aahhhhh! What a relief! For a second there, I thought I would never be able to have a BM again. I just had a BM after 4 days and I'm grateful! It's weird, but any type of normalcy in all of this, I can be really grateful for.

So, today is 3 days post-op. I think you count the day after your surgery, right? If I had my surgery on Wednesday, and today is Saturday, then I'm 3 days post-op? Anyway, the soreness is slowly going away. I am still having some pain getting in and out of the bed and sofa, but the pain is much less than my first night home, which was on Thursday night. Thursday night was brutal. My wounds felt like it was burning everytime I moved. I hardly slept! I needed my hubby's help with any type of movement, but now, I can pretty much do it on my own. It takes me a few minutes, but at least I can do it on my own!

I've been tracking everythng that I'm consuming, just what the doctor ordered. I'm doing fine with getting 40-45 grams of protein and at least 60 ounces of fluids. I'm still not that hungry, although I hear my tummy rumbling sometimes and I think it's telling me that it's time to eat. This morning around 4:30am, I had rumblings in my tummy and there was a small squeeze that I felt too. Usually when I'm starving (before being banded), I would get the same sensation but 100x worse, so I knew it was because I needed a little something in me. I went ahead and warmed up some broth, and that calmed my stomach instantly.

I've read a ton of posts on this forum on how they pretty much weigh themselves everyday and I've decided not to do that. I think I'm going to find out how much I weigh at my doctor visits. I don't want to drive myself crazy with thoughts of not losing enough or losing too much, etc. I think as long as I do what my doctor tells me, I don't need to know how much I weigh on a daily basis. Plus, if I wait until my doctor visits, it's an incentive to keep meeting with my doctor on a regular basis. My first post-op is on 7/15 - exactly 4 weeks from my surgery date. I'm also attending a support group right after, which reminds me, I don't read a lot of support groups activities on some of the posts that I've read on this forum. I'm wondering if it's a common thing to go or not. I'm actually excited to go these support groups. Mainly because I want to compare my recovery with theirs and I would love it if there was someone that I can physically talk to about what I'm going through, should there come a time that I'm frustrated and need really good advice.

I'll be posting some pics from the hospital soon. I will also post some pictures on my transformation on a monthly basis. I can't wait for those!

I know!! Isn't it funny to be so excited about passing gas and Number 2 again!!! hahahaha...but I share the joy! It's the little things in life! You sound like you are recovering really well!! One day at a time, right? My DR won't allow me to do jello, someone got some stuck...so the rest of us patients are off-limits! )

I haven't had surgery yet. It's good that I know about the gas and BM concerns, as I have it now. I can plan ahead.