I was banded on monday July 9th I have dropped a few pounds scince then but it is still early. I already notice how I get out of bed in the morning and my feet and legs don't ache just walking to the bathroom. My wife says she swears she already sees adiffrence in me but I told her it was time for her eye exam ( ya know we aint gettin any younger) but really she has been the greatest in all of this. the hospital I had mine done at was two hours away and she stayed with me till securtiy threw her out around 10. she just went down to the parking lot and slept in the truck till 5 am when she reappeared in my door way like the angel I knew her to be. you see this was my first time in a hospital overnight (other than my birth... don't remember much about that one) lol, and I did not want to be left alone.