Well, I'm new to this site, but feel very blessed that I stumbled upon it during a google search. My surgery is in 3 days (Tuesday, Jan. 2nd) and I'm both excited and scared.
I just read a posting called "grumpy nyc" and identified with it because, like her, I'm new to this, I'm having my hiatal hernia repaired with the lapband surgery, and I want to lose 130 pounds. (I also have a ton of gall stones, but my surgeon says he'll only repair the hernia right now. I have to have the gall bladder out in March sometime.)
I'm so curious about what I'm going to feel like 1 minute after the surgery, 1 hour after, 1 day after, and so forth.
I'd love to know what I should bring with me to the hospital and what I should buy to keep at home for when I'm released from the hospital. I saw a reference to gas-x in another posting, which I had not heard or read about before.
Other questions I have are: how long after the surgery can I drive? when do the gas pains finally subside altogether? I plan on taking up yoga and/or pilates. How long afterward can I do this?
Any information would be helpful. Thanks. -ginatae55:help: