JakesWife

Make sure that you walk alot. Eat as many icy treats as you want. Post-op, you will be in alot of pain. Make them give you the pain meds, Stock up on childrens Ibuprophen. Sleep as much as you can, sleep elevated. to move from sitting put a pillow to your stomach and hold it there with strong pressure. Oh, gas-x, No one tells you that you won't be able to burb, and when the gas gets stuck at your back you think you are dying. The swelling goes down after a couple of days. And the diet that they give you post op, DO NOT DEVIATE! I did and I thought I was going to die. The mental stuff is where this lap-band is a pain. Your brain will tell you that you are so hungry, that you need 12 donuts, you will order food that you cannot possible consume, and you will do it time and again. It took about 8-10 months before my brain started to catch on.

Good luck. Oh one more thing, tell your wife to drive slowly back from the hospital when she takes you home.

Angee