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Hello all!

I was officially banded on Friday Sept 18th so I guess I can move to this message board now!! YAY!! Everything went well with the surgery. Surgery was at 8:30 and I was headed home by 3:30. Probably could have left sooner, but I was having trouble drinking the required 8 ounces of Water that I had to and was having some wierd heart palpatations. They finally sent me home after an EKG and thought that the heart stuff was a reaction to either anesthesia or the gas that they pumped me full of. Im healing well. Still pretty sore and still am not hungry. Ive been sipping on gatorade and water so that I dont get dehydrated, but havent had much else. I have lost about 4 pounds since surgery which makes me very happy! So Far, So Good. My MD didnt put any fill in yet. He doesnt put fill in until 2 months so that all of the swelling can go down first. I still fill full though so there must be quite a bit of swelling. Im on a liquid diet for 2 weeks after surgery, but at this moment, I could imagine eating anything (which is a good thing, I guess). Hope everyone else came through well!! cant wait to hear everyone else's stories!! Im just happy to say that it is over and my nwe life has begun!!!

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:biggrin: congratulations! Sounds like everything is off to a great start.

I'll be right with ya in October...

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Congratulations!!!! I can imagine how excited you are!!! Best of luck with everything!!

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I had my surgery a week ago today....I feel good but I am feeling a little hungry(I think)...Congrats to you!!! I am down 23lbs...15lbs lost during 2 week preop diet and 8lbs this first week! I am so happy that I did this for myself!:biggrin:

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