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I was finally banded on Sept 18th!!!



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So I got banded on Thursday, and I feel great! Gas pains are not that bad...just a little incision pain. The Doctor has made me stay in the hospital the last 2 nights because my oxygen was low and i'm a cardiac patient...but i get go home today and im looking forward to my new life!!!!

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Shauna - congrats. I was banded on Tuesday, so I'm just two days ahead of you. I went home on Wednesday but had to go back yesterday for CT to rule out pulmonary embolism - a pain between ribs, unrelated to incisions. No problem and today the pain is gone. How is it going at home? How much are you drinking? any problems with liquids going down? did they do a barium swallow test before you went home? Someone told me that the third day after surgery is the worst and for me it was. I feel better today. Maybe I will get through the day without pain meds?! ....maybe not.... Wont it be nice to be all healed and concentrating just on the purpose of the journey and not the pain?

margie

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Congrats on your new band! It's good to know that you are feeling pretty okay and that your gas pains are not bad. I bet you are glad to be home. I will just say this, I figured out later that the getting that Protein in (the amount they say you need) is a major key to your success. I had experienced some hunger pains and If I had of been getting enough protein in I would have not been suffering with those pains. Now I finally found shakes that I like and I get them in and those hunger pains are gone. It's something if we just do what they tell us and don't procrastinate, we will find that everything works together for a reason.

My shakes are EAS 100 whey Protein mix 23 grams of Protein a scoop and, Unjury and the protein is 20 grams of Protein per scoop. I get protein in other ways also but I am sure that I get a lot of it from these shakes mixed in somewhere in my day.

Good Luck and Keep in touch.

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Shauna - congrats. I was banded on Tuesday, so I'm just two days ahead of you. I went home on Wednesday but had to go back yesterday for CT to rule out pulmonary embolism - a pain between ribs, unrelated to incisions. No problem and today the pain is gone. How is it going at home? How much are you drinking? any problems with liquids going down? did they do a barium swallow test before you went home? Someone told me that the third day after surgery is the worst and for me it was. I feel better today. Maybe I will get through the day without pain meds?! ....maybe not.... Wont it be nice to be all healed and concentrating just on the purpose of the journey and not the pain?

margie

I am hopefully leaving the hospital later today...I am ready to be home. I have had no problems keeping anything down...I really dont feel any different except for the slight gas pains, and the incision pain. I did the swallow test yesterday and I thought I was going to puke! That stuff tasted like liquid dish soap!!! I cant wait until I can really start living my new life, with my new eating habits...I am SOOOO excited for this new journey!

Thank you all for your encouragement and responses~

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Congrats Shauna!! You're finally on your way!!! Take it easy and do those deep breathing exercises...esp. since you are a cardiac patient. You'll be good as new in 7-10 days. Good luck!

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Terri - may I ask what your height is? Im only asking because your weight goal is the same as mine and Im trying to rationalize in my head that Im doing the right thing.. ....Thanks!

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I'm 5'7" tall

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