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Amber, I hope you realize that we all felt the same way you do right now. I was banded on the 3rd and I feel fine. No problems (except gas in the beginning) Good luck and let us know how everything goes. My biggest hand up was that I still wanted to be able to eat tons of food like I did in the past. But guess what, I hardly ever even want to eat now. It's CRAZY! I love it so far.

I am so glad your doing well. I too feel Barix did an outstanding job with my surgery and recovery. Do you have a hard time burping? I was banded on the 3rd and had massive gas. Doc told me that would happen, (not being able to burp) but it didn't register at the time what that would mean(chest pain). Now I am fine and feeling great, lost 11 pounds already doing the full liquids. I never feel hungry, I hope that last. I go back to see Dr. Schram on Monday for post surg follow up.

HI, 4 days since my surgery at Barix. Everything went fine. They take you into prep and give you IV and a bunch of injections for different things. They gave me a injection into my IV just before we went down to get the surgery and thats that last thing I remember until I woke up at 8:30. They wheeled me down to surgery at 7:10. Dr. Schram came and talked to my sister at about 8am and said I was fine and in recovery. My incision pain was minimal and pretty much gone now. The hard part for me was the gas. OMG! You can't burp, so that hurts, then all the gases from surgery are still in your abdomen and that feels terrible (passing gas alot). Today, I feel good. I can burp again and I feel good. They give you liquid pain killer, take it, it helps you drink water without feeling that weird "I gotta burp" feeling. trust me, you will need it for that reason alone. Today is the first day I felt hungry for more than just water.

Hi, Today is my 4th day since the band surgery. It was so quick, in and out in 45 minutes or so. I don't even remember them wheeling me down to the surgery unit. I woke up and I felt fine. I had a c-section and this is way easier than that. Today is the first day I can drink anything without feeling like the gas in my stomach and bowels are going to erupt. That was the hardest part for me. It always felt like I had to burp but couldn't. I hope I am over the hump now. I actually feel hungry today.

I am scared that I am not doing the right thing. Sometimes I just feel like I am weakling and thats why I can't lose the weight. Other times I feel like this is a great choice and everything will be fine. Today is my 1 day on clear liquids, surgery is tomorrow.

I just had my PAT(pre adm. testing), and I found out you can't drink 1 week before surgery. I was bummed out obout that because I want to have some fun on New Years Eve. Then you can't eat anything the day before the surgery and you have to take a laxative. It is out patient surgery, so you won't have to worry about bringing anything except someone to take you home. The actual surgery is only about 15 minutes. You have a 1 hour meeting with a nutritionist who explains a lot about what and how to eat after the surgery. You get a book about nutrition. You also get a chest xray, ultrasound of your gallbladder, ekg, breath test and bloodwork. It't about a 3-4 hour visit.

You should try the Barix clinic in Ypsilanti. They are all very nice. I am getting banded by Dr. Schram on Jan 3rd. Barix is very attentive to my needs and so far I like everyone I have met with. I have done a lot of research on Dr. Schram and he comes highly recommended by everyone that uses him. I would try there. The phone # is 800-282-0066

no preop diet here is Michigan for Doc Schram. So glad for that. The only problem is that I am eating tons of everything that I know I won't be able to eat once the band is on. Like pop and bread. I am so bummed out about the bread and pop. Oh well, I gave up pop when I was having kids, I guess it's not that big of a deal.

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