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I am officially Banded as of 12 noon on 11/12/14 ! So far so good! Pain is not as bad as I expected. Anesthesia placed a Regional Block in my abdominal fascia about 30 mins prior to surgery, I am an RN that works in PACU and had never seen this before, the actual block experience was a bit uncomfortable, but I'm assuming that it is responsible for my comfort, so it was wort it. But like all other regional anesthetics it doesn't rid me of feeling pressure and gas, which are not too bad. The more I move around the better I feel. Drinking pretty good, no nausea. Burped up some air a few times was both scary and relieving at the same time. Only problem so far is that the Norco I'm taking makes me restless instead of drowsy. I've only slept about 3 hours since I woke up in the recovery room at 1pm. Any who.... just so glad surgery and waiting is over. Thank you Lord God for a safe, uneventful procedure and recovery....

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Congratulations. Are you going home today?

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well done, i was banded 6 days ago and i was expecting the worse pains not that bad just the gad and port site is sore thats all, everyday you will feel better good luck with your journey

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Congratulations and good luck with your new way of life.

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Welcome to Bandland !

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It was day surgery. Woke up in recovery at about 1:00, out the door at 3:45. Not bad at all. Got in my room about 2:00, layed down about 20 mins then just couldn't lay down any more, got up and got dressed started walking around and was ready to go home.

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Welcome to the other side Kesha and Zoe. What an amazing journey you are both on. I wish I could give you a glimpse into the future so you can know how wonderful things will be a year from now.

I'm coming up to almost two years banded and I cannot believe how my life has changed. Things are not perfect...nothing in this world is perfect. But I've gone from morbidly obese and constant joint pain that was threatening to put me in a wheelchair to walking without a cane anymore, swimming, biking, dating, buying cute new clothes, feeling normal, fitting in a restaurant booth, an airplane seat, a chair with arms...I could go on and on.

I'm really excited for both of you...and all the newbies who are on this site. Congrats to all.

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