I am 5 days post surgery....and back at work! I am still sore and if I move in certain ways, I have a sharp pain where my port is most likely attached, but all in all I feel great! At last weigh in I was down about 17 lbs. I can't really eat much yet. If I drink too much, I do end up with a weird reflex/gas type effect. Anyone else had that post banding?

Surgery was last Wednesday, the 21st. I was released on Thursday to go home.

My surgery stay was easy, one night over due to CPAP. The first night is always the hardest in any surgery and in this case I had a bad set of nurses which was disappointing. The tech was a male and was not very good at bedside manner and the nurse was pregnant, due in 2 weeks. I felt for her but she was so non attentive. And they literally came in to my room and she complained about a patient in the room next to me! I was shocked! Owell...they were only shift for 6 hrs and the next turn over was a great duo. I was good from then on. I was up and walking almost immediately. I was taken off my IV pain meds before the morning which was nice, as it made me completely zonk out. I was at the hospital until about 3:30 the next day and then got to go home. My little 5 yr old came with my mom to pick me up and she had fun sitting in bed with me watching TV.

I slept SO good that first night home. I fell asleep quickly and although I woke up in the night for meds, I basically slept through. I got up the next morning and got out of bed to spend the day on the couch. I even logged on to get some work done! Friday I enjoyed my day as I was home alone all day and got to relax all day. I was still sore moving around and had a lot of gas in my tummy from surgery. That was the worst part really! Also my throat. I thought I was getting sick but luckily it was simply from the tubing for surgery that is in the throat. My uvula was very swollen and my throat was red. By Saturday night that wasn't as bad.

I had to sing at church on Sunday morning and I was able to do fairly well singing. I was not as tired as I expected. Every day I have gotten better and I keep reminding myself how fast the body heals and how fast we get back to normal. The days seem to be longer sometimes when we are in pain.

I'm bruised on my tummy where my small incisions are. I have about 6 small sites although only one really hurts. It seems to be where my port is and I was told it was where the majority of the work was done there.

I even showered on Saturday morning and that felt so wonderful! I'm a little dizzy still but not terrible. I'm only on my pain meds 2-3x a day now. Today I put a pair of pants on that were loose! I can't wait to watch how clothes fit me different. Then to go shopping for new clothes!

This is long but I wanted to give an update. Hope that all who read this will be blessed and encouraged! We are in this together! Best wishes to our new healthy life!