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Hey Ange Welcome!!!! Glad you made it over!!!!

Monday wow!!! Hope you have a nice weekend and manage to relax!!

Where in Australia are you again?

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Hey Ange Welcome!!!! Glad you made it over!!!!

Monday wow!!! Hope you have a nice weekend and manage to relax!!

Where in Australia are you again?

Sydney...Yeah my operation is Tuesday, it has all happened so fast, I will keep everyone updated as to how I go.

Everything regarding going to hospital and the whole process is pretty new to me, so it's a new experience, but Im looking forward to the journey.

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Clearly i need my eyes checked today...for some reason I read Monday! hehe

Are you going to work Monday or do you have enough time up your sleeve??

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Clearly i need my eyes checked today...for some reason I read Monday! hehe

Are you going to work Monday or do you have enough time up your sleeve??

Yes I am going to work monday, I have to call the hospital after 1:00pm Monday and they will tell me what time I have to be there on Tuesday morning. Im having a week off, whether I need it or not is another thing, but we will see, hopefully It wont be tooo painfull!

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Hey guys,

Surgery is 7:30am tomorrow morning...gees talk about early!!

Anyway just getting last minute stuff together, still feeling nervous, but I think i'll hold it together ok.

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Hey guys!

I had my band done last monday and I am still healing! I am doing great though! Three questions is anybody hungry and is that normal? The last ? is whai is up with the sharp pain in my shoulder. How long does that last?

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Haven't had it done yet so can't answer the hungry part but the shoulder pain is likely to have been caused by the gas. Some of the guys on here recommend putting heat on it. Also make sure you walk as walking is supposed to help dispel the gas!

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well, my sharp pain lasted 3-4 days...so its different..and the reason for it is gas...but, I just had my surgery on August 6,2008 and i feel great!

a bit hungry..which is normal...but, being that this is my 7th day..i feel like I kinda got a hang of it...

ITs getting there.

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where abouts are you being done in sydney, and by what doctor, i am having Dr Cregan, and im at Nepean Private.

My Doctor was Dr Durmush and I was banded at Holroyd Private.

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Reporting Back:

I came home from Hospital yesterday afternoon.

I have to tell the truth it has not been the easiest experience.

I went into Surgery on Tuesday at about 12:00pm, they gave me the IV and wheeled me into the theatre. I can remember them putting a monitor on my forehead and then the gas mask went on.

I can remember waking up about 3:00pm. I was very groggy and sore.

I just tried to sleep as much as possible.

That night about 11:00pm they gave me a needle of Morphine for the pain & also another needle to stop any blood clots (one in each thigh).

They also put white stockings on me to keep the blood moving and two pillow like things around the bottom of each leg that pump the blood. Last night I did throw up, I just felt really ill. It really hurt to throw up as the pain in the stomach is just very very tender.

Im feeling a bit better today, I have had a lemonade ice block and some jelly and have managed to keep the food down. I didnt eat in the hospital it was to hard to sit up and I just couldnt be bothered.

I have been given some anti inflammatory antibiotics & also some pain killers which I am taking.

I think each day will be better but it sure hasn't been easy, I have had my mother here helping me out which is great.

It has been extemely pain to move, just getting up and down hurts alot.

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