Well I was banded 05-04-10 the procedure took about 45 minutes then I was another hour and half in recovery. I have not had to have any pain medicine since recovery. Dealing with a little gas well alot of gas. GasX strips are the bomb by the way. I had lost a total of 13 lbs on the 10 day liquid diet and another three so far since surgery. 16lbs down and I can't wait to see where I will be in a few months. My husband was great, during the surgery process and I will say it is nice to have someone support your decision. I decided not to tell to many people. My work family knows because another friend from work will be banded in the next week or two but other family and friends do not know. Looking forward to see more positive results.

s.smith, :cursing: i am in the same boat as you! i decided not to tell anyone...my husband knows and a friend who has it done. so do you mind if i ask why you decided to not tell many people?

kari

Hi S Smith congrats on your progress, it must be so exciting to see yourself shrinking week by week. I'm being banded on the 3rd of June and I have told everyone, I'm so looking forward to it I may end up running an ad in my local newspaper! :cursing: Will eagerly watch your progress

The only reason I decided not to tell is because so many people have a wide range of opinions. I know I made this decision on my previous weight loss history (not good) and if anyone gets hurt it is me. So I didn't want any thing negative and I don't want to be let down if it doesn't work for me. Guess I have had a few too many diet failures. I just want to focus on the positives and right now every pound is positive and I am not subject to any negative feedback.

I am being banded on May 13 and also decided not to tell anyone except for my husdand who has been supportive and my mom who to my suprise has not been suportive at all. I regret telling her but too late now. And like you I also fear of failure which is the biggest reason I did't tell everyone--just want to focus on the positive.

Good luck, I will give you one tip that no one told me was to get a sports bra, my incisions are really high, I thought they would be low but my underwire did not work with the incision locations. Good luck!