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Thank y'all so much for the advice. I made myself walk around the living room in at least five minute increments about 5 times or so yesterday, and I think I'll have my hubby walk with me to the mailbox in a while. The gas x strips really did help some. I think most of the pain I'm feeling today is more the tightness of the band rather than the gas, so hopefully as the swelling goes down, I'll feel better

Thank y'all so much!!! I can't wait to get started with this. It's a long road ahead but will be entirely worth it. I'm so glad I could give you some insight Karon; I hope all goes well! And DMG, I could not imagine going five days with nothing but water! Even if I wasn't hungry; sometimes I just need some flavor. You have amazing willpower!

Mine was this morning too!! I was terrified but everything went well. I hope all of y'alls did too!!

I just want to let you know that I was banded this morning and my 21st birthday was this past Monday. I had a couple of margaritas and everything was still just fine. If you've been being good on the pre-op diet, then everything should go well. Good luck!

So I had mine this morning. The bright side was that my mom and aunt both had it done as well, so I had a nice support system. I was so scared and even while they were putting the IV in I was wondering what the heck I was doing there. So just breathe. Easier said than done, I know, but after they stopped asking me questions I fell asleep for a little bit and felt so much better and ready to go when I woke up. Then they took me to the operating room, moved me to an operating table and then I was waking up in recovery. I'm having a lot of gas pains right now, but I'm just trying to keep on walking and taking my pain meds and hopefully it will work. It better b/c I have to be back at work on Monday... Really though, I was positively terrified for the past few days, and it truly was no big deal. The fear is the worst part, the pain is tolerable. Apparently I had a hietal hernia which may have been causing the indigestion I've been having for forever and the surgeon fixed it. Good luck tomorrow and I hope all goes well for you.

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