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I am officially a Bandster!! I had my surgery on Thursday. He took my gallbladder out also. I had over 30 stones in there! He gave us 3 of them, they are funny lookin. I am thinking about gettin some google eyes and some of that craft pipe cleaner and make a little bug out of them hehe. Think I can sell em on ebay? LOL

I am feeling great. I am glad its over. Now I can just heal and enjoy my band.

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Great news, Jen!! Glad to hear all went well. Good thing you got the gallbladder at the same time. For me it was 6 weeks AFTER my SECOND banding. :D

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Congrats Jenn! My surgeon took my bad gallbladder out when I was banded, too. You should start feeling better right away, just getting that nasty thing out of your body. And you got your band! Hope you continue to recover smoothly.

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Congrats Jen. It must be a great feeling to have the surgery over with. Have a great recovery!!

Sonia

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Way to go Jen. Hope you're feeling as well as your post indicates. I received my band on Monday and I'm still fighting the shoulder gas pain. It goes and comes, but when it's on, I get quizzy on the tummy. My first two days were better than my day 3 and 4, but today has been very good. Oh yea, on my day 4, I was down 13.5 lbs. I'm sure most of it's Fluid, but it's still good to see those digital number drop. I had to do a double take, even got off the scales and back on to make sure I didn't mess up.

Take care of yourself.

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