I'm Banded!!

[pearlygirl 1]

I made it!! I'm home and doing well other than quite a bit of pain at the port site. Thanks everyone. I'll post the official story tomorrow when I'm hopefully feeling a litle better!!

Edited April 24, 2008 by pearlygirl

[cleanteeth 1]

Good luck to you.. keep posting! I'm not there yet and I'll check to see how your doing!

[grossefemme 0]

Glad to hear it went well. Keep us posted. I'm going in on 5/5... can't wait!

[dancinglamb 0]

Yay!!!! Congrats :redface: I'm right here with ya!

-m

[angelface 1]

Congratulations Pearlygirl. Keep us posted on your progress.

[pearlygirl 1]

Well, I'm pretty sore now. I've got some gas pain in my chest/left shoulder but it isn't terrible. My port site though is very sore. I had a hard time sleeping last night because of it. Anyway - I'm up and moving around as much as possible and it's certainly helping.

[angelface 1]

Good morning Pearlygirl. From what I'm hearing, the next few days will be hardest but than it gets better. Can you drink much or does it hurt?

[katie78 0]

I was banded too 4-23, and feeling like theres an elephant on my chest! Everytime I drink, or tried Jello, big mistake! I could feel it the whole way down, I can't take in a deep breath, I'm def. in the OMG what the hell did I do? I'm sure it gets better, but I'm miserable! I didn't think the gas would be this bad!

[Cheryl Ann 2]

I was banded on the 7th. You'll be surprised at how good you'll be feeling in just a couple of weeks, and will soon forget all this.

I also sometimes experience the same discomfort, but it's a way of letting me know that either the food isn't right, or I'm not chewing well enough. And I still get gas pains -- almost every night -- on my left side, under my rib cage (don't know why, but it's like clockwork).

Pearlygirl, welcome to BandLand!

[jed 0]

Great. This is my first time on website. I got banded on Tuesday and all is well.

I pushed it a bit much this morning going to an assembly at my daughter's school. I return to work on Monday. :crying:

[LiseSeattle 0]

congrats and keep us posted!