well congradulations and good luck with it all. Dr Oliak is great and his staff. My husband and I got banded the same day, then my sister in law Rhonda (which i have been seeing you talk to from Battle Ground just got banded by him) It takes awhile to get use to it, we both had well actually all three had very large hyatal hernias also so it took a little longer to heal. i felt alot of restriction at first then got worried because then i didnt have any, but you will read that with most people thats what happends. i didnt really feel any restriction tell my third fill. i am at 5.4cc and i am good to go. and i have a 10cc band. i get so amazed when i see people who have 7-9cc in their bands and feel no restrictions that puzzles me. i cant eat bread, pasta and have to take very very small bites of everything and chew extra good that was the hardest part for me. it sucks throwing up. but it took me finally to be this tight to learn the rules better. i started at 194 and now at 172 i was stuck for a while but this last week i have lost 6 1/2 pounds. so im excited. i am here if you need me though you will do great, are you having the surgery at the hospital or the out pt clinic? If at the hospital everyone is wonderful there too..