top_kat
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Well, I'm home, now a post opper, grabbing one of those cushions on the losers bench 
All over, done with and home in less than 24 hours. A few mega emotional moments as my son said goodbye when they left the hospital (and one of the hardest moments for me) lovely nurses who looked after me and had my pre-op assessment bloods etc taken.
Met the anaesthetist who was very nice, although didn't really listen to him when I said that my fear of anaesthetic was pretty huge. Met Mr Super who is absolutely lovely, so friendly, down to earth and very approachable.
I was second on the list, so taken down for 130pm surgery, altho it was another hour after surgery before I came around enough to speak LOL they took me back to my room around 330pm and it was another hour before I could stay away long enough to phone my little man.
Spent most of the evening watching tv, but mostly sleeping, the nurse doing my obs commented on how sleepy I was. But I slept well (unusual for me as one of life's insomniacs) and how nice to have a cup of coffee served from a silver pot and a silver tray LOL shame I couldn't take advantage of the menu otherwise the smoked salmon, or the cod cooked with prawns would have been very welcome lol
Saw Mr Super again this morning early, and the nurse from Healthier Weight who was shocked when I said I'd lost just under 18lbs on the pre-op diet. She also said that experience has shown them, those people who have lost a stone by the time they have their first bandfill at 5 weeks go on to really make the band work and have success . . .so, its all looking good
No-one told me I'd be wearing such sexy stockings for 2 weeks tho lol :8855:
I have no restriction in my band at all, as HW do not go down that route, but tend to build it up in small doses every couple of weeks after that 5 week mark.
So, I will be having my first fill, just when I can start eating food, and on my 40th birthday LOL so will be back to liquids . . .(may squeeze in a G&T there tho lol as a birthday treat)
I'm really surprised at how small the scars are, one of them I can barely see, and as Im glued together I've already been able to shower there is one that is slightly more painful, but thats only because it is where the port is.
Was nice to get home tho to a glass of milk
So, Im home, Im a post opper, but more so, I'm alive . . .
Thank you to all of the messages of support, and the kind words sent to me via PM, so much support from people I don't even know, is so much appreciated.
Thank you now shove along a little to let me sit on that bench LOL
Kat x x x
All over, done with and home in less than 24 hours. A few mega emotional moments as my son said goodbye when they left the hospital (and one of the hardest moments for me) lovely nurses who looked after me and had my pre-op assessment bloods etc taken.
Met the anaesthetist who was very nice, although didn't really listen to him when I said that my fear of anaesthetic was pretty huge. Met Mr Super who is absolutely lovely, so friendly, down to earth and very approachable.
I was second on the list, so taken down for 130pm surgery, altho it was another hour after surgery before I came around enough to speak LOL they took me back to my room around 330pm and it was another hour before I could stay away long enough to phone my little man.
Spent most of the evening watching tv, but mostly sleeping, the nurse doing my obs commented on how sleepy I was. But I slept well (unusual for me as one of life's insomniacs) and how nice to have a cup of coffee served from a silver pot and a silver tray LOL shame I couldn't take advantage of the menu otherwise the smoked salmon, or the cod cooked with prawns would have been very welcome lol
Saw Mr Super again this morning early, and the nurse from Healthier Weight who was shocked when I said I'd lost just under 18lbs on the pre-op diet. She also said that experience has shown them, those people who have lost a stone by the time they have their first bandfill at 5 weeks go on to really make the band work and have success . . .so, its all looking good
No-one told me I'd be wearing such sexy stockings for 2 weeks tho lol :8855:
I have no restriction in my band at all, as HW do not go down that route, but tend to build it up in small doses every couple of weeks after that 5 week mark.
So, I will be having my first fill, just when I can start eating food, and on my 40th birthday LOL so will be back to liquids . . .(may squeeze in a G&T there tho lol as a birthday treat)
I'm really surprised at how small the scars are, one of them I can barely see, and as Im glued together I've already been able to shower
there is one that is slightly more painful, but thats only because it is where the port is.Was nice to get home tho to a glass of milk
So, Im home, Im a post opper, but more so, I'm alive . . .
Thank you to all of the messages of support, and the kind words sent to me via PM, so much support from people I don't even know, is so much appreciated.
Thank you
now shove along a little to let me sit on that bench LOL Kat x x x
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