YEAH YOU!!! You sound wonderful!!! You sound more like my recovery!! I had surgery on Monday 11/23/09 (spending the night at the hospital) and then Thursday 11/26 I had 40 people at my house for Thanksgiving and no one could tell I even had surgery. Since then it has been really pretty good. I had one bad time and that was caused by one of my meds that made my potassium level to total bottom out and no one caught it until it was pretty much too late (had to stay in the hospital for 6 days) but the only way it was band related is that we need potassium or it will feel like you are having a heart attack and sometimes with the band you can be vitamin deficient. So you stay as positive as you are today and keep feeling amazing!!!!!

Thank you for the tip about the gas!!! I am being banded in four days, and I have been reading how painful that is in so many people's blogs; I think that is actually the part that has been scaring me the most! I will definitely mention that to my doctor. Congrats on your weight loss, sounds like you're doing great!!

Congrats!!! I was banded on April 5, 2010. I'm now down 80 lbs It's slow going, but faster than a traditional diet. My post-op experience was great. I asked to receive medication that would help bring me out of the anaesthesia quicker. Felt very little pain. Was on my cell phone in the car on the way home (with someone else driving) and just rested the rest of the day. I did go to bed early so that I'd make sure I got enough sleep.

Had taken that week off to adjust. Took 3 fills, but my 11 cc Realize band is 9.5 cc filled. And, it's like a shell game with eating. I can have eggs one time, and then maybe not another. Strange how that is. Tightness can be awful and sometimes I slime, but overall have adjusted nicely. Men seem to lose easier than women do. Testosterone is great for that. The A & E show "Hoarders" should profile estrogen.

biiiiiiiiiig sigh

weigh to go girl !!!

my date is 2/23/11

(biting nails)

i can only pray mine goes half as good

i just turned the big 5-0

this is bday present to self and hubby and my kids

what is slime????

and weigh to go on 80 pounders!!!

Thank you for the tip about the gas!!! I am being banded in four days, and I have been reading how painful that is in so many people's blogs; I think that is actually the part that has been scaring me the most! I will definitely mention that to my doctor. Congrats on your weight loss, sounds like you're doing great!!

i will ask my doc about that too!!!