Wow. Up until the last minute I thought I was going to change my mind or surely SOMETHING would happen that would not allow me to get banded.

But, everything went smoothly and now I am home and banded. I am not in too much pain. It's been about 5 hours since my last dose of liquid codene and I really don't feel like I need more yet. Doing about 1/4 of chicken broth and a lot of ice chips. GasX strips and walking about every hour also seem to be helping. I guess the OnQ is also working wonders since I am just a little sore. How did all the other July 16th bandsters make out? Good luck to everyone else scheduled for July - if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

congratulations on moving through the first phase of what seems to be quite a process. thanks for sharing your experiences. I am scheduled to be banded on 8/26/08 and I feel the same exact way. I was so into it in the beginning and as I have gotten more into the process the idea of not eating real food and having physical discomfort is scary. But I know in my heart that I have tried everything else. I weigh 260 am 47 and have three children two of whom are five and four. So I have to change as we all do. I am so glad that I am not alone in having doubts and being scared. Please let me know how you are doing.

You go girl. You are great and thank you for those kinda words!.. You gonna kick ass!

Congratulations and good luck to you!