New and Improved

Hi Lesslee I thought I would drop a note to ask if you every found enough people for a support coffee group? I also only told my husband and can only talk to him, I think his ears are getting tired of listening to me. I was banded in June 2013 like you and have loss 30 lbs now and I am work out like crazy. I joined a tough love Challenge at the gym and boy is it work. I see you are also doing a lot of working out. Great! I live in Montreal. So maybe it would be nice to meet up sometime in the future.

I find it is so hard to find someone who was banded and live in Montreal area. Let me know if you are there and let me know how your journey is going? I was just banded on June 25, 2013 and it was a rough week but is getting better each day. PS I only know English.

Well I know I have been MIA. However I am back and I am finally starting to feel normal again (not sure i was ever normal Ha Ha). Day 3 and 4 was tough For me I had a lot of pain in my stomach at the band location and I found if I could eat more food it would help, by more I mean my 2 soups with protein and 2 protein shakes per day. I have no shoulder pain. I am still a little sore but it is manageable today. I did not receive any pain medication from my doctor so I was so scare to take tylenol but the pain was to much so I crushed Tylenol and took this but still a lot of pain the first 4 to 5 days. Yesterday I finally left the house for a small walk which was nice. So I will go back to work on Tuesday which is one week from my surgery day. I am down 20lbs since my pre op diet. Started on my scale 209.8 and as of yesterday I was 189. So let the journey begin. Good Luck to everyone and the key is to get through the first week. Bye for now!

I was banded on June 25 and I still have a lot of pain. My doctor said I can take Tylenol but I not sure what kind and do I have to crush it? I have taken the children chewable and it does not seem to work so well. I then tried easy swallow tylenol but it was so big i chewed it and the taste was awful. What are others using for pain relief? Please let me know.

Well I am banded. I arrived at 6:00am. We did paperwork and I changed and was on the table for 8:30 and woke up in the recovery at 10:00 and was in my room at 10:30. I feel ok as long as I was laying. Went I got up to walk I was very nausea and would gag. So the nurse gave me nausea medicine. I slept most of the afternoon and was sore when I tried to get out of bed. I stayed at the hospital 1 night my choice so I had good care and had some pain medicine around 7:00. I feel more sore today maybe because of the gas not sure. I am rest in bed and every hour I do my walk around the house. I am taking Tylenol for pain but can still feel it. It is hard to get comfortable on the bed. I am sure it will be better on day 3 and day 4. Good Luck everyone!!

Congrats!, I am so glad everything went well for you. I will join you tomorrow banded.

Good Luck tomorrow, I will be on Tuesday and I understand. It is like you wait and wait and here it is so fast. Ha Ha! Let talk later in the week and see how we did?

Good Luck and speedy recovery Joy. I will be right behind you on Tuesday. I understand what you are saying. I am so excited to begin the journey but very nervous about the surgery. We will be all done by Wednesday!!

My date also is June 25. I have been only on shakes and veggies for the last week and still have a week to go. Good Luck to all of us being banded next week!!

I am having my surgery next week. I live in Canada. Let keep in touch and see how it goes!

I am also having my surgery next week. Good luck, I hope everything goes well for both of us.

My surgery is on June 25.