It's finally done.

As of 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2008, I joined the many who have been banded. They woke me at around 3:00 p.m. when they took me to a room. I was made to stay overnight since I have sleep apnea, but I had my CPAP with me at the hospital and all went well.

I was up and going to the bathroom by about 4:00, and by 10:00 on Friday I was on my way home.

I'm sore today, but I think it's more from the gas from the surgery than anything, and if I could finally get rid of all of that I'd be great.

I've been up and down all day, and every time I go to the bathroom I make myself take a lap all the way around the interior of the house before I sit down again.

I'm on liquid Loritab for the pain, but I'm only taking it about every 6 hours, and at the lowest possible dose. I hate taking anything that knocks me out, and this stuff definitely does the trick.

I've taken in plenty of liquids, mostly cold stuff, and some jell-o. I also had a sugar free fudgesicle this afternoon. That's not exactly on my list, but my throat was super sore and that's the only thing that even sounded good. I ate about half of it, so as not to push things, and didn't have any problems, so that's a good thing.

I tried drinking a little chicken broth, but that seemed to upset my tummy a bit, so I don't think I'm going to try that again just yet. I'm not doing anything that's going to make me throw up. Heck, burping hurts bad enough. I can't even imagine vomiting!

I'm so relieved this is finally over. I'm on my way.

Pre-op weight was 267.2.

My first mini goal - 250.

I'm going to stick with mini goals. The big picture will come along soon enough.