| Hi! I'm new to this board. I was banded on July 16th so I am three weeks out tomorrow. I too was outpatien. Surgery was delayed three hours due to problems with the camera. I went in at 11:15 and was home by 6:00. Honestly, I should have stayed the night. I was so sick!!! As soon as I tried to get up to leave, I immediately began to vomit. It was awful!!! I was determined to go home! I laid down in the car for the trip,but it took my husband and my cousin to get me into the house. It was like this... walk, walk, barf!!!walk,walk, barf!!!!! My cousin (who is a RN) was like "You should have stayed!!! What is wrong with you???" I told her that I wanted to sleep in my own bed without interruptions. She said "You are going to wish you'd stayed!" She got me up EVERY hour through the night to walk around the house and to breath on that tube thing they give you!
All that aside, I feel wonderful!!! For me being off of pop has been a wonderful thing! Something I thought I could never live without,but I know now that I can. My confidence grows more each day. I've lost fifteen lbs. and have started to exercise. Just walking through the neighborhood,but it's a start.
I hope to make some new friends on this board. I've just been trying to follow all post op diets and wrap my brain around "real hunger vs. head hunger." It's sooooooo powerful!!!!!! Figuring them out has been a real eye opening experience. Anyway, thanks for listening to me babble. Going for my first fill on August 29th. SOOOOOO exited!!!!! | 
Lisa 
I feel for you! 
I'm sending you a huge hug, but not to close to your port site LOL!
I thankfully spent the night and I'm so glad I did. Even though I had a rough nite trying to sleep, didn't seem like I could find a comfortable sleeping postion. Sitting up didn't seem to do the trick, I finally made a wedge under my tummy and got maybe an hour or so sleep. 
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