Hi Laura, Did not have any luck finding you on FB....oh well, no biggie.

Yes, I would agree that the first 2-3 weeks are pretty rough. I am hoping I am on the tale end of that. I hope it is just about 5 more days. I still feel a bit hungry, but know if I try to eat anything, I'll be in big trouble.

I am having absolutely NO pain.....it is weird. I have to keep reminding myself to take it easy because my insides are healing. I am pampering myself -- taking naps and short, slow walks everyday. (I retired about a year ago). I have gallstones, but he left the gall bladder in. I went to the nutrition meeting tonight and even said a few words about how good I felt. I did mention about the first few days being rough though, trying to be honest to those considering it.

I transition to soft foods next week. Today I ate two baby bites of plain yogurt. There is no way I am getting 70 grams of protein right now....I am barely trying to stay hydrated!! I'm drinking crystal light which is good. I have heard tha****er is hard at first too, so decided to stick with the crystal light.

So, is your surgery still about a month away? It is confusing! Maybe they just have so many patients that they can't keep track of them all down there. At least here, it's a smaller town and maybe more manageable for them???

Keep up the good work! I have lost about 25 already, even with the pre-surgery weight loss I did. I figure a lot of it is water though. ha ha.

Take care.

Thanks SO much, Laura. I haven't exactly lost my food cravings, but definitely don't want to take a bite of anything, because I know I'll just throw it back up. Actually have been vomiting a bit too often and had a fever too, but today was all good. Taking TINY sips is super important too. I tried to take a sip of my protein drink, but it was too thick and threw that up too. Of course, my surgery was one week ago today. I've lost 9 pounds this week, but I figure it's mostly water. You can't lose much when all you do is take naps!!

October 18th is great! I will hope that all goes well for you and the paperwork, etc. And you've lost 12 lbs....excellent! You go girl!! Nothings gonna stop you now!!! Thanks for the virtual balloons!

Hey, are you on Facebook?

So the band wAs rremoved and hernia repaired, but what about a revision?  Did you have one ? Which one?  I am so confused at this point. He drew a fast picture of the top portion of my stomach he would keep and intestine rerouted, but i cannot tell by that if he intends to keep pylorus to aid in reducing dumping or what.  I am so confused. Guess i need to rescheule another appointment for clarification..

gah - I didn't get a notification about this message.

I'm leendadll on facebook - my avatar is my legs in black nylons

David did you have the revision done lap? I also have an old band from 1999 and looking into revision.  I also have a hiatal hernia that would be repaired.  He said if too much scaring i would need to be open.  do not want that.  glad things went well