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Well its September 30th and some of us are in our final pre-band moments. I though this would be a good place for us to check in when we get home from the hospital,, share our experiences and our progress.

GOOD luck and see you on the other side. (Less than 48 hours!!!! ;))

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I began my pre-op diet today and so far so good. All I have to do is keep in mind that multiple thousands of dollars DH shelled out for this and I am suddenly not hungry. :)

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Good idea SBee- I'm not getting banded until the 18th. I am on my 13th day of my pre-op diet. I'll be checking here to see how everyone befor me is doing!

Good luck all!!!:clap2:

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Sbee... Great idea to start this thread.... I sure hope everyone uses this after their surgery to check in with us...

To all of you first ones, my thoughts and prayers are with you...

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Howdy all. I just got back from the hospital about 1/2 hr ago. I'll share more details later, but everything went well. I was up and walking after a couple hours after yesterday's surgery, and by yesterday evening, I was zooming around the halls. Back with more stuff soon.

-Dan

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hi everyone, oct 3 yes tomorrow is my big day. wish me luck. I will keep in touch with all of you oct bandsters. marcy

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Dan~ Congrats on being banded. Sounds like you are doing great!Marcy~ Good luck tomorrow! Good thoughts and prayers to all!Take care~Tinaevent.png

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I was banded yesterday (10/2) and all went well I got home this afternoon and have been resting ever since. I just took some painmeds so that I can get out of bed and walk around. Everything went smoothly, if it weren't for the soreness I wouldn't believe that I banded. And the best thing is that I am almost ready to cross into Onederland thanks to the pre-op diet (down to 200). Hope everyone else is doing well. talk to you soon

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Good to hear from you all. Feel better and keep us informed. Thanks for leading the way for the rest of us!!

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I was banded yesterday. The doc also found and repaired a hernia I didn't even know I had. I've had A LOT of gas, it's been pretty painful. I woke up from surgery a little nauseous and that was no fun. I feel better today than yesterday so can only imagine it will be better tomorrow!

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It is so good to hear that all of you are doing well from your surgery.... Thanks so much for being the first brave souls to go in and for paving the way for all the resst of us..... Please keep checking in with us

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I was banded on October 3rd...doing fine. I love my pain and gas meds. I am walking, sleeping, and eating ice chips. I can feel pressure in my chest my doctor said that was the band itself and not to worry. I felt like I was in excellent hands today. The only thing I found strange is that all my cuts are in one line just below my waist line, and I think my port is above my belly button. I have seen lots of scar pictures and most of them seem to be all over the place.

All in all I give the whole experience a: 7

Emotionally, I am working things out. I broke up with food today; now we are just friends. So I am mourning the loss of that relationship a bit.

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I joined the band this morning.

We're just getting home because I live an hours drive away from the hospital. We had to go get our tire fixed on the way home because it had become flat while we were in the hospital. Our nurse changed our tire for us. Isn't that sweet? The security guards just stood there and watched her and said "Oh, we can't do this for liability reasons". Jerks.

Anyway, glad its over!

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Congrats to all who have just been banded, I'm looking forward to heating your day by day stories.

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