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Well it is now Sunday after being banded on Friday. I'm actually doing rather well. What is amazing to me is that I'm not hungry! I have to force myself to eat/drink something. That is such an amazing feeling to me. I took some photos Friday that I thought I'd share. That's me in all my glory. If it wasn't for the fact that I want to show where I came from to where I'm going I'd never show this photo to anyone. But there is me. This next one is with Anita, she is the reason that I chose Bluegrass to go with my surgery. Such a sweetie. And this one is of Dr. Weiss with Anita behind. He's a cutie for sure!!! And here is Fran checking in. She went in right after me. All smiles!!! Well...... that is a general overview of my day at Hazard. I'm still sore, but it isn't anything that I can't handle. The worst part is trying to get up and down out of a chair and going to the bathroom. I'm assuming that most of you that read this know what I'm talking about! :thumbup:

This is my husband. aka Mr. Skeeterbait. There isn't that huge of a change..... but it has only been three weeks exactly in these photos. I think it is amazing how well he's doing. Really proud of him. 3 weeks later!

Today is my first full day with my band. :w00t: So far so good! Not a lot of pain, but some. Thank goodness for the liquid Lortab! Now if it wouldn't taste so darn bad. :thumbup: I'm so glad to know that now both of us have this. Hubby is 3 weeks ahead of me, but that's wonderful. He can help me up and down off the recliner. I've walked some, not a lot today. I've slept a lot more than normal. Must be the leftover from all the drugs yesterday..... that and the cotton mouth! Still on clear liquids. Will be tomorrow too. Monday I can have soups! I'm actually looking forward to that!

I'll admit, when I first woke up in recovery, the thought ran through my mind - WHAT did I do to myself!!! Was I crazy??? But it seems that there were a lot of people that had problems getting pain undercontrol. But after Demeral (sp), Morphine & Liquid Lortab it finally eased off. I was beginning to wonder if anything was going ti kill it. I've laid around a lot today. I've walked some, just inside house. From room to room and up and down. Seems like I belched up more gas yesterday than I have today. I know when hubby had this done he was REALLY gassy. AND I do mean REALLY! Jar the windows blast. :mad2: I know that tomorrow he needs to go to Wally World to stock up on stuff to pack in his lunch for work. AND he has informed me that I'm going with him. I'll admit that it will do me good to do more walking and at least it will be level and inside and not to cold/hot. I'll let you know how that goes later on tomorrow evening. So bye for now. I'm heading back to the couch. :ohmy:

I'll admit, when I first woke up in recovery, the thought ran through my mind - WHAT did I do to myself!!! Was I crazy??? But it seems that there were a lot of people that had problems getting pain undercontrol. But after Demeral (sp), Morphine & Liquid Lortab it finally eased off. I was beginning to wonder if anything was going ti kill it. I've laid around a lot today. I've walked some, just inside house. From room to room and up and down. Seems like I belched up more gas yesterday than I have today. I know when hubby had this done he was REALLY gassy. AND I do mean REALLY! Jar the windows blast. :thumbup: I know that tomorrow he needs to go to Wally World to stock up on stuff to pack in his lunch for work. AND he has informed me that I'm going with him. I'll admit that it will do me good to do more walking and at least it will be level and inside and not to cold/hot. I'll let you know how that goes later on tomorrow evening. So bye for now. I'm heading back to the couch. :wink_smile:

Well, the hospital called a few minutes ago. Tomorrow morning 10:30 AM I report to check in. :confused::Dancing_biggrin::w00t::Dancing_biggrin: BACK UP!!!!! Just got a call.... time change!! Now it is 7:30! I'm #2 and loving that time soooo much better. I was really dreading having to wait that long, nothing to drink and I'd be dry as a bone and grouchy as all get out!!!! Hey I should be home now BEFORE DARK tomorrow night! YIPPEEEEEEEEE Leaving home in about 4 hours to drive up and spend the night. IF I had known that it would be this late we could have driven up tomorrow. OH well this way we will be there no matter what the weather. THEY are giving chance of snow in that area! :w00t: I should be home late Friday night. See ya'll!!!!:tt1:

Live in Virginia, but going to Dr. Weiss in the Hazard office. My husband had him for his surgery just over 2 weeks ago and mine is coming up fast.. THIS FRIDAY! :confused:

I'm so excited...... today is Sunday and my surgery is Friday! I still get :wink_smile: at myself for being excited over going under the knife. But it is going to be such a change for me. I need this so bad. I'm looking forward to the day that I don't feel that need to eat all the time. Hubby was a food addict. Now, well he almost has to force himself to eat! To me that is amazing to even think of. Almost there!

I'm so excited...... today is Sunday and my surgery is Friday! I still get :confused: at myself for being excited over going under the knife. But it is going to be such a change for me. I need this so bad. I'm looking forward to the day that I don't feel that need to eat all the time. Hubby was a food addict. Now, well he almost has to force himself to eat! To me that is amazing to even think of. Almost there!

Hello and welcome to the boards and congratulations on your decision. BOTH of you. My husband and I are doing it together too. He had his 2 weeks ago and mine is next Friday. I see you are in Louisville..... who's your doctor? I know that the one that we use also has an office in Louisville and was just wondering.

I love amusement rides. Just call me one big ole kid. Even at my age I still love them. Was at Dollywood a couple years back. They had opened a new rollercoaster. I wanted to ride that thing so bad I could taste it. Stood in line for a LONG time. Got sat down and they couldn't fasten the safety bar down. I had to get off and walk away. IN front of hundreds of people. I still want to cry my eyes out at the embarrasment of it. I'm planning on a reward vacation for myself in May 2010. Dang it I'll ride that one and everything else when I get there this next time!

I promise that today I'm going to try to do better on sticking to my pre-op foods. Although it wasn't low carb, I did have a Carnation Instant breakfast - SUGAR FREE. So that's a start. NO sugar, but oh so good. I'd drink those even if I wasn't on this. Love the chocolate taste! Now to go over to FitDay.com and enter every bite that goes into my mouth. And enter that dreaded weight that was on the scales this morning. :biggrin: I'm so glad that nobody in my family knows that number. Not even hubby! I refuse to tell him. Although I'll admit, I'm sure he has a good idea already. I mean face it, he's seen all this blubber. How could he not know! Just think.. This time next week I'll be either about to go in the hospital or there already! :w00t:

I promise that today I'm going to try to do better on sticking to my pre-op foods. Although it wasn't low carb, I did have a Carnation Instant breakfast - SUGAR FREE. So that's a start. NO sugar, but oh so good. I'd drink those even if I wasn't on this. Love the chocolate taste! Now to go over to FitDay.com and enter every bite that goes into my mouth. And enter that dreaded weight that was on the scales this morning. :thumbup: I'm so glad that nobody in my family knows that number. Not even hubby! I refuse to tell him. Although I'll admit, I'm sure he has a good idea already. I mean face it, he's seen all this blubber. How could he not know! :cursing: Just think.. This time next week I'll be either about to go in the hospital or there already! :cursing:

I'm so excited, scared and every other emotion that you can think of all rolled up into one. One week from tomorrow I have my band surgery. I'll be 3 weeks behind Jim (husband) on his journey. :w00t: I've been reading some other blogs that people have written. I'll admit that I worry that I'll not be able to loose the weight. I know, I know, you are not supposed to judge yourself by other people. I know that. But still I'm so worried. I know what to eat and how much by helping Jim with his. So that won't be a problem. And with it getting warmer I'll be able to get outside and move more. I know, I've got that treadmill sitting in the dining room and I need to use it. Truth known I need to be on it NOW. Well...... my journey is about to begin. I'm not doing really well, on my pre-op diet (low carb) but I sure could do better. I keep trying to convince my stomach that it doesn't need all that food. With the stomach that I have now that is impossible! I'll do my best to do better tomorrow.

I'm so excited, scared and every other emotion that you can think of all rolled up into one. One week from tomorrow I have my band surgery. I'll be 3 weeks behind Jim (husband) on his journey. :cursing: I've been reading some other blogs that people have written. I'll admit that I worry that I'll not be able to loose the weight. I know, I know, you are not supposed to judge yourself by other people. I know that. But still I'm so worried. I know what to eat and how much by helping Jim with his. So that won't be a problem. And with it getting warmer I'll be able to get outside and move more. I know, I've got that treadmill sitting in the dining room and I need to use it. Truth known I need to be on it NOW. Well...... my journey is about to begin. I'm not doing really well, on my pre-op diet (low carb) but I sure could do better. I keep trying to convince my stomach that it doesn't need all that food. With the stomach that I have now that is impossible! I'll do my best to do better tomorrow.

Hi Lucky Losers! Live in Virginia, Surgery in Hazard Kentucky - 8 days and counting! :crying: LUCKY March 13!!!! :thumbup: :ohmy:

I smoked for 34 years. And most of it I was smoking 2 packs a day! When I talked to my doctors back on Jan. 5, and found out that I had to be smoke free for one month to do the banding and 6 months to do bypass. I said at that moment, " Well then I've already had my last!" I went cold turkey the rest of the day. OMG I thought I was going to die! Had to go up to my PCP the next morning to pick up medical records. When I walked in I announced that I didn't care how long I had to wait that I'd sit there all day BUT I was not going to leave with out a prescription for Chantix! IN 10 minutes I was in the room and in 15 I was out the door with paper in hand. I didn't have any side effects what so ever. Maybe I'm just lucky or something. BUT to me it is a wonderdrug!

That was really informative to watch. Thank you for posting those.

Who is still here and has been banded the longest? I'm sure that everyone goes into this thinking that they are going to do great, loose what they need/want to and never gain it back. Just wondering how some of the people that are the true pioneers of banding are doing.

Here's another "Lucky Looser" that will go on Friday the 13th! I'm looking at it as my LUCKY day! I know I found another lady that is not only having hers on the same day, but same surgeon and same location! We even have the same pre-op date of the 3rd.

IF you went to the ER please come back as soon as you feel like it and update us on how you are doing. PLEASE!!

I have NEVER been able to buy anything from VS. I think that you just gave me one more thing to add to my list of things to do when I get to goal (or even anywhere near there) to do for myself! Added to rewards list..... ANYTHING from VS other than THONGS! :thumbup:

I'm a chronic over packer, but when it's my time next month I'm only taking what I have to. I'll wear up regular clothes, jeans and a clean tee, clean undies, socks and my tennis shoes. For the ride home I will ditch the jeans for a HUGE pair of sweat pants, a clean tee shirt and undies and will have my house shoes or some others that I can just slip on and not have to tie. I'll have my personal stuff in the case that it stays in so no problem there. Normally I do all the packing and carry in stuff. Seeing as how it will not be me I'll go light on hubby. We will have to stay the night before in a motel because of the time/distance from here to hospital. That's OK with me. I need a night out from home every now and then.

#1. as you can see I've not had mine done yet so I'm no expert. But.... if you will also read and pay attention to how many post there are here that have had little or no trouble what so ever! So have positive thoughts.... I'll admit that I was reading that too a few weeks ago. Heck I was ready to just flat out go with doing a bypass. But this makes more sense. Hang in there. We will all do this together.

Lucky Friday the 13th of March here! I've gone over this entire thread and have only found 3 other LUCKY people that are listed as having theirs on such a LUCKY date. El Diablo AmandaS sun and sand I don't know about them, but I'm sure glad to see that the name for the March bandsters was chosen to be "Lucky Loosers"! Especially seeing as how we got such a LUCKY DAY! I can't wait! As of right now I'm not scared, nervous or anything. I figure that if I can survive going through surgery to donate one of my kidneys, darn it I can do ANYTHING!