Hi Mook108,
My name is Jodie and I just wanted to say welcome to OH. I'm 6 weeks post op and would love some new friends. If your interested pls look me up.
Jodie

Hi. I just wanted to say good luck and don't worry. Most people only have muscular pain. You'll do fine. I had RNY on 1/11 and I'm doing great. Friend me and we can keep in touch!

Well, I made it home yesterday -- just stayed one night in the hospital. Turns out the hiatal hernia repair was a much bigger deal than the gastric banding. It took him almost 3 hours to repair the hiatal hernia (he said it was one of the largest he's ever done) and less than an hour to install the band and port. If I hadn't needed the hernia repair, the banding would have been outpatient. I'm glad they kept me overnight -- no way I could have managed at home -- I needed a saline drip, I/V pain meds and oxygen through the night. After some blood work this morning and a chest X-ray he said I could go home and gave me my discharge instructions.

It was great to sleep in my own bed last night. The Roxicet elixir is keeping the pain under control and I haven't had any trouble with nausea or getting enough fluid. I was even able to go up and down the basement stairs last night to do 2 small loads of laundry. It's just so weird to not feel hungry at all considering I haven't had any solid food since Sunday. The only difficult thing is using the spirometer when my diaphragm is so sore but I know it's important to keep my lungs clear.

I hope eveyone else is doing at least as well as I am.

Thanks Clara...much appreciated. 

So...tomorrow is the day! I will going to the hospital at 6:30 in the morning and hopefully home by late afternoon on Saturday. I feel like I have been waiting soooooo long for this day to finally come...now that it is here...I just don't know what to do with myself. I keep running over my mental checklist and everything seems to be checked off! I think I am more nervous about the anesthesia than I am the actual surgery. I know everything will be fine...it is just the anticipation I suppose.... Thanks you all for your words of advice and encouragement over the months. I will let you know how things go when I get home....

I am ready to start my new life....I feel so blessed!