+1 more for the 15th. Starting to get nervous. Have to be to at Mercy Medical Center on Long Island at 6:45AM. Best wishes to you all!!

+1 on the 15th! Starting to get nervous.

Hi, my name is Claudia and I am northern Virginia and I also would like to have a surgurey buddy am my date is also June 24th. I just went today to to the nutrition class and I learned alot but a little nervous about the whole thing.

Well, I gotta say, I am feeling much better now than I was earlier.  I have gone against medical advice, I can not eat pureed food.  So I am making soft food, and chewing it really really really well.  And so far, it is going great.  I am not up to my 60 grams of proteing everyday, but I am getting closer!  Walking is going good, and fluids are going great.  So, things are getting better.  I was worried about the incisions, but they are getting better too.  The only bad thing that is still going on is my UTI.  I am hardly peeing, and I am so prone to UTIs, I had one when they did the preop testing a few weeks before surgery.  I had one after they removed the foley catheter after only being in for 8 hours. And I have one now.  And I can't seem to get in the fluids to flush out this crap.  I am supposed to drink 60 ounces of water a day, and I am getting in at least 100 ounces.  But by monday, the results of the culture and sensitivity should be back, so I can get on the right antibiotics.  So things are looking up.  I can't wait to start to feel normal again.  I am so excited. 

Congrats to you both on your surgery! I had lap band on June 8th, 2009 the gas part is the worse when I first came home the pressure was so bad . But on Thurs was the first time I really got to burp and it felt so great. Walking is the best way to get relief from the gas and gas x chewables. Today was my first day I got sick of the liquid diet but I have to do it for one more week. Good luck to you both!