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Banded today; August 17, 2010!



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Hi All,

I had my surgery today and as far as I can tell everything went very well. My surgeon went on and on about how great my insides looked! I told him he was the very first person to ever tell me that :-)

I am in a bit of pain right now because my pharmacy messed up and didn't fill my Rx, which means I was about 2 hours late getting my dose. I was so on top of the pain curve in the hospital, so I'm mad that this happened. Hopefully I'll be back on track tonight.

I'll keep you all posted.

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I cannot believe you feel good enough to even think about getting on the computer. My surgery was last Friday, August 13th and I am just now feeling half way normal. Of course I'm a big baby when it comes to any kind of pain.:( The gas pains were and still are pretty intense. Hope all continues to go well. Sounds like you are doing great. Nancy

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Sorry about your pain meds, hopefully you got it all worked out by now! Good luck! I just wish I had pain meds for my gas...ugh!

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Everything went well slept most of the first three days in between trying to drink.

On full liquid diet and not sure if I am eating enough, but at least not overeating. Go to nutritionist Tues. and first post-op dr. visit Sept. 3.

Heating pad does wonders for gas by the way.

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I just got banded on August 19th. I am in my third day of recovery and feeling pretty good.I finally left the house and worked for an hour and could not wait to get home so I could take my pain medication. I am beginning to feel all of the odd stuff in my stomach. Had to get meds from doctor today since my incision site was red and I was worrid it would get infected. I am getting all of my protien and liquids in. I am on a 3 weekliquid only diet but I have many flavors of drinks and Soups that I am happy with. I hope the bloating goes down soon and the gas goes away. I am not hungry yet.

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