Surgery on Monday!

hi tami my surgery is on the 12th also. i am feeling excited, but very nervous. a nervous excitement i guess..if that makes any sense. above everything else i am hungry. i have had to do the liquid diet for 1 week and i am starving. but this is the the cause of a greater good so i do not mind best of luck in your surgery.

Hey Tami Don't be nervous or anxious. I had my surgery last Friday with Dr. Spiegel in Houston at the Patient Surgical Ctr. and everything went great. I was not nervous at all just ready to do it. When you get tired of being sick and tired you know the feeling. The only thing i will suggest to you is to stock up on MYLANTA GAS EXTRA STRENGTH, SWANSON CHICKEN BROTH OR MAKE YOUR ON AND DRINK ONLY ROOM TEMPERATURE OR HOT LIQUIDS. THE SURGERY WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GAS PAIN. Oh yeah what help me alot was a heating pad wherever the gas was in my stomach side or shoulder. They say walking helps alot to. But far as the procedures its not bad at all. You go to sleep and wake up and your mouth is kinda of dry mind was. And I felt a little sting in the center of my stomach but nothing terrible. I only took 3 doses of liquid Tylenol since the surgey. You are just going to feel a little sore slightly tender in the center spot but overall it had subsided around the 3-4 day for me. I had my done on Friday and went back to work on Tuesday. I will suggest that if you can take at least 4 days 5-6 would be ideal pending on your tolerance level. It's just that you be a little sore and being that I wear a size 48 DD my breast was sitting on one of the incisions that caused it to kinda sting when i put on my bra. But you are going to be fine just get ready for liquids and blow out before you eat or drink to keep air from getting in and take your liquids down slowly and pause because if you drink and drink with out waiting to see if you are full , you will get that stuff feeling in your chest and then you just blow out until it pass. But girl just think next time this year and even this new year coming its going to be a new YOU. My starting weight was 9/2/05 surgery date 283 one week followup 9/9/05 -277. And I can tell in my face and someone at work asked me if i was loosing weight after the 4 day. So come on girl this is what we've been waiting for, for a long time. LETS DO IT. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS [email protected]

Hey Tami, wishing you a speedy recovery. I would be so excited! How long did it take you to get to the surgery date? Im just starting the process in Arizona happy and healthy thoughts coming your way!! Sally

Hey all - count me in too. I am being banded on Monday. I have bookmarked all of the 9/12's that have responded and will check in this week to see how your all doing. Good luck to the whole group of us - losers every one! Lynn Being banded 9/12/05 299.5/280/140