See you on the other side...

[the best me 6]

Yippee! Well done, Johnathan! Glad to hear you are now in Bandland and the surgery went fine. Keep your chin up and take all the advice that is to come from the veterans. I'm sure they will be posting their congrats soon...change your signature when you are up to it...rest and heal...

[Iluvharleys 15]

Glad to hear you did well, you must be feeling pretty good to post already! Take it easy, maybe you can suck on some ice chips to help you.

[melissalee 2]

Good Luck Jonathan!!

[leatha_g 4]

Glad to hear you're doing okay other than the initial swelling. That sounds rather uncomfortable, I really never had it. Hopefully, it means you'll have some restriction once the swelling goes down too. Try to keep sipping as much as you can and walk, walk, walk. take care and let us know how you're doing!

[La_madam 20]

Hi Jonathan

Congratulations on your new band!

There is alot of swelling , every day it gets easier, just take tiny sips as often as you can. It seems from all of the other mens post that i have read here and on other boards that what you are experiencing is more common among men. Hang in there..I'm happy for you . I wish you the best

[blossom 2]

Congratulations, Jonathan! It gets better every day!

[3labsrus 0]

Congratulations Jonathan! Welcome to bandland!

I hope that your swelling goes down enough for you to take in some Water. That barium stuff is pretty nasty, glad to hear it tasted better coming up.

Take care of yourself, rest as much as you can!!

[Zoe 6]

Welcome to Bandland, Jonathan! It probably doesn't seem like a fun place right now, but everyone's right: Things do get better every day. Try to force yourself to walk whenever you can; it will help dissipate the gas & you'll feel a little better. Hang in there -- the first few days are the toughest. Congratulations!

[TrishS 3]

Congrats!!!! And Hope you get better soon... Remember, this is the best thing that you could of done for yourself. You will do great!

[Mita 2]

Good Luck Jonathon our Prayers are with you

[Jammin & Losin 1]

Congrats Jonathon I hope you improve quickly! You are offically a bandster!

[New Hope 37]

Congratulations, Jonathan! I can't believe you're already on here posting! You'll be back to your "buffed" pics size before you know it. Keep sipping and walking!

[Jonathan 5]

Ugh... this is miserable...

I'm PBing saliva. I'm a little nervous about tonight... I have to sleep on my back, of course, which is something I haven't done in years. I'll prop myself up, but I'm afraid that I might PB in my sleep and choke.

I guess that's why the wife is here, huh?

Now, I would say the worst thing about not being able to get ANY liquid down (or, at least, a very very very small amount, going down very very very slowly) is that I haven't been able to keep my pain medicine (lortab) down at all.

I said I *would* say that, but in fact, I'm not in any pain at all, other than the knot in my stomach. No gas yet, either, but I'm walking quite a bit, hoping to avoid the worst of it.

Anyway, as time permits, and as I feel up to it, I'll be updating my website: http://www.waistingaway.com

Feel free to check it out, should you ever find yourself bored enough to =)

Jonathan

[New Hope 37]

Jonathan, liquid tylenol should be easy for you to get down.

[Jonathan 5]

Jonathan, liquid tylenol should be easy for you to get down.

I know it should have, but believe me when I tell you that yesterday, nothing was going down. My saliva was being created at a rate faster than anything could get through my stoma.

I took the liquid lortab (which is clear and as thin as water) and) invariably regurgiated it.

However, here's the good news...

I slept through the night without PBing/vomiting/regurgitating once, so I think that means that my swelling must have gone down. We're about to take the 4 hour drive home, so I'm going to try the lortab again and see if it'll do something for me.

Thanks for all the well-wishes, everyone.

Jonathan