I am now among the banded

[Thee-O 15]

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

[thebug 0]

Good luck! and welcome to the Banderhood. I really don't want to rain on your parade, but i was banded 3 days ago, and the gas didn't kick in until the second day, and for a while there it hurt too much to move. Much better now, but I still feel like I have a big old lump stuck right in the middle of my chest, with occasional bouts of shoulder pain. (As a matter of fact, that's why I'm posting at this hour of the night !) I really hope that you will continue to be pain-free, but if that changes feel free to come cry on my shoulder (the non-achy one, please!). Keep us posted!

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

[sandy1 1]

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

Great deal!! I am glad your surgery went well. Keep some gas-x handy in case the case pains kick in. That helped me so much. Keep on walking too!!!!!!!

[Rachel412 116]

Welcome to the other side! Have a heating pad ready in case the pains start, but I hope you are one of the lucky ones who has no gas pain!

[NJGirl32 43]

I am so glad to hear everything went so smoothly!! Speedy recovery to you!

[Thee-O 15]

Thank you guys. It was hard to sleep last night due to the fact I am a stomach sleeper and I can't really do that right now. Was able to get a few hours on my side. Not to bad. Mainly just abdomen pain from where they went in. Other than that, so far so good...hope this liquid vicodin helps with that.

[Sheran4eva 18]

Congratulations, and I am glad to hear that things are going smoothly and I hope that it continues to do so.

I, myself am getting ready to "join the club" as I am getting banded on Thursday, May 19th. Keep us informed of your progress.

Again, Congratulations and a speedy recovery to you!!

Sherry

(Sheran4eva)

[bluescooby14 0]

Im very happy for you. Im not feeling alot of pain either the port area is the worst. The pain meds put me out so carefull of that.

[KARFOX 1]

Congratulations! Today your new journey begins! I wont be too far behind you.

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

[kittyforet 50]

Congrats on the surgery and I hope you stay as pain free as possible!!! Good luck on your recovery! Keep us posted!

[Thee-O 15]

Congrats on the surgery and I hope you stay as pain free as possible!!! Good luck on your recovery! Keep us posted!

3 days in. Still no real issues. Some gas pain in my neck and shoulders but wasn't to bad. Able to get up and move around and that helped. Went to the movies yesterday. sleeping better. All in all..so far so good.

[sherid1120 0]

Glad to hear it Welcome to the other side. The next week or two will be rough but stay strong and positive and soon you will be very thankful.

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

[Doreenviv 2]

Congrats and welcome fellow bander.

The surgery went smooth today. No issues or surprises. I was able to get up and walk around pretty much as soon as they woke me up. Had some broth. Had a little tea. Did my upper GI and that came out fine. Was able to leave the hospital at around 9:00 PM. Not bad. 12 hours there.

Right now after the pain meds in my IV kicked in, I became tired and out of it...but I feel fine. No nausea or gas pain. For now at least...wish me luck...

Goodnight all.

[LillyJean 0]

3 days in. Still no real issues. Some gas pain in my neck and shoulders but wasn't to bad. Able to get up and move around and that helped. Went to the movies yesterday. sleeping better. All in all..so far so good.

Congratulations on the surgery! I had mine on the 4th and I am just getting over those stupid pains in the shoulder and neck, although they get better with walking so keep up the walking and its great that you got the surgery! Glad that you are sleeping better, I too am a stomach sleeper and it was difficult to adjust to that with the stomach having cuts and all. Glad you are doing better.

[4anewme 0]

I'm glad to hear too u r doing better. I got banded on the12th and I'm surprise of how good I'm doing. I didn't get so much gas pains but the sleeping got me too. I'm sleeping in my side so getting used to it. For me is like when I was pregnant. I'm Having issues drinking the Protein though. Cold stuff for whatever reason don't seat well anymore and the taste of the ENS drinks I got is horrible. I started driving today and running errands. I'm not lifting anything more than 5 lb but I have 3 babies that need me so I have been very active. Thank God I have my mother-in-law that is staying with me this week so I don't gave to carry my 20lb baby girl. She is 15 months but still doesn't walk. Take it one day at a time. I was pre op at the scale at my house 232 as of this morning I was at 220. Not bad at all. Super excited.