I was Banded on 7/23/09. I went to the hospital at 9 am for an 11 am surgery. At 9:30, I was placed into a room with a nurse to do my surgery admission. At 10:30, I was placed into a pre-op room and given an I.V. and fluids. At 10:45, I was given sleepy medicine and woke up 3 hours later. Was pretty sleepy on and off the whole first day. Felt like I had major heartburn. In some pain but not enough to max out my pain meds. Went home the following day. HAve been doing better day by day.:biggrin: