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All I remember thinking was wow, anywho I,m on my liquid diet and I'm getting the surgery on the 17th, I'm on the clear liquid diet but I want to know If I can suck on some mints. Plus I would like to know how you felt immediately after the surgery:

Pain, soreness, etc.....

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I have surgery on the 24th....my b'day is the 27th.... close!.... I guess we wont be having any cake this year.... aw wellie........ good luck...the 17th will be here soon! :smile2:

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My surgery is scheduled on my husband's birthday! I told him that I'm giving him a future with a more healthy, slender wife. Happy Birthday honey!

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My date is March 15th and my birthday is March 25th!

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What a great Birthday gift!

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My birthday is March 28th and my surgery is March 29th. B-day present!!!

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Congrats! My b-day is April 25th and I'm hoping to be banded about 10 days after that. What a great way to Celebrate a new year!

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All I remember thinking was wow, anywho I,m on my liquid diet and I'm getting the surgery on the 17th, I'm on the clear liquid diet but I want to know If I can suck on some mints. Plus I would like to know how you felt immediately after the surgery:

Pain, soreness, etc.....

I don't know about mints.... you'll have to ask your doc... (I was lucky and didn't have to do a pre-op diet).

Everyone is different, but I was pretty good immediately after surgery. I was given one Lortab (a pill, nonetheless), but no morphine or anything in my IV. They kept checking on me to see how my pain was, but I was fine. A little hard to move around at first, but frankly I think I have a high tolerance for pain. I was very sleepy due to the anaesthesia- and I really enjoyed my 2 hour nap when I got home.

But others have had a lot more incision pain than me. My biggest complaint the day of surgery was a sore throat from the intubation, and a sore shoulder from the CO2 they use during the surgery. Both of those are common.

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I'm being banded on 4/1 and my 26th birthday is 4/3... Happy Bday to me!

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My surgery is 3/23 and its my birthday!I hope it will be the best birthday present I will ever give myself!

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