JAN. 17, 2011 - MONDAY - SURGERY DAY - WELL I WENT FOR MY LAPBAND SURGERY TODAY! WAS SCHEDULED FOR 8 AM AND GOT OUT OF RECOVERY BY 10:30 AM. GOT TAKEN TO MY ROOM THEN. ALL I CAN REMEMBER FROM THE SURGERY IS GETTING A SHOT OF VERSED FROM THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST TO RELAX ME AND THEN THEY PUT THE MASK ON MY FACE AND TOLD ME TO TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS. THEY SAID IT WAS SOME OXYGEN! HA - AFTER SEVERAL DEEP BREATHS - I WAS UNDER! NEXT THING I REMEMBER THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ME AWAKE IN RECOVERY ROOM. I REMEMBER WAKING UP WITH THE MOST HORRIFIC NECK, CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER PAIN. I COULD HARDLY STAND IT. THEN I REMEMBER WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAD SAID ON THEIR BLOGS ABOUT THE POST OP GAS PAINS THAT SETTLED IN THEIR SHOULDERS. I GUESS MINE WAS SO BAD BECAUSE I ALSO HAD A HIATAL HERNIA REPAIRED AS WELL! YEA ME! THEY OF COURSE TOLD ME WHAT SO MANY OF YOU HAD ALREADY TOLD ME - TO WALK WALK WALK!!! WHICH I DID. I ONLY TOOK 1 PERCOCET THE DAY OF SURGERY. THAT WAS IT. THEY DID GIVE ME TORADOL IN MY IV SEVERAL TIMES FOR INFLAMATION AND PAIN THEY SAID. IT DIDN'T HELP THE PAIN MUCH AT ALL. I GUESS IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE WORKED OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM IN TIME. I WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE LIQUIDS FOR MY FIRST HOSPITAL MEAL WHICH WAS SUPPER. IT CONSISTED OF WATERED DOWN STRAINED TOMATOE SOUP - ONLY 4 OZ. 4 OZ. HOT TEA AND 4 OZ. SKIM MILK. THAT'S IT. HOWEVER, IT ALL TASTED DELICIOUS TO ME CAUSE I WAS HUNGRY!!! HA HA. I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP IN THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT NEEDLESS TO SAY BECAUSE JUST WHEN YOU FALL ASLEEP THEY COME IN TO CHECK YOUR VITALS, GIVE A SHOT, OR WHATEVER! THEY DON'T LET YOU GET ANY REST! BUT ALL IN ALL - I WOULD DEF SAY THAT THE 2 WK. PRE OP DIET WAS MUCH WORSE THAN THE ACTUAL OPERATION!!! THAT'S MY 2 CENTS WORTH! LOL P.S. - I LOST 6 MORE LBS. ON THE 2 WK. PRE OP DIET. SO THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF 16 LBS. LOST SO FAR. YEH ME!!!!