Banded April 20th

[Sandflea]

Wow, what a whirlwind experience. The Hotel Lucerna is wonderful, the staff are kind and helpful. I couldn't have been treated nicer. My experience at the OCC was just awsome. I loved speaking with the doctors, (although I'm pretty sure they knew I was a handful from the moment I opened my mouth). I pushed them a bit to see how they would handle it, and well.....they are pro's who really do care. As a health care professional myself, I would recommend them to everyone! I am tender now that I am 2 days post op. Feeling some upper GI pressure, finally passing gas, but I cannot burp. Some of the others on the trip were burping like crazy. I feel like I have to, and feel the pressure, but nothing comes up. No nausea or vomiting! I'm on the broth for at least a few more days and am doing watered down juice or gatorade. My friend who came with me had her teeth whitened while we waited for my surgery, they did a great job. I think I'll have mine done when I go for my fill. Also, there is a Lasix clinic downstairs and it is a good one. Plan to have that done too. The weirdest part was crossing the boarder back to the US at 5AM. Talk about a freak show! Apparently people walk across the boarder to go clubbing and then walk back. There were some scary sights! Boarder was a breeze for us though, felt like we had the VIP treatment. We bypassed the long lines of cars, were brought strait in a side door at customs, showed our ID, asked what we were bringing back and told thank you. We walked out the other door and Fransisco was there waiting for us and escorted us right to the van. SMOOTH! FYI if you are bring back alcohol, you can bring 2L per person as long as you do not reside in California. Good thing to know! We barely scraped by with that one!

Overall, a great experience, just waiting for the post-op pain to subside. PS, just a quick hint, I have been constipated since surgery and decided to take some DOSS. Can't swallow the gel caps so opened one and thought I'd just sip it. WRONG. It was like battery acid! Burn baby burn. Don't try it. I'm just gonna increase H20 intake and hope for the best!

To my Amigo Kirk and my Amigas Holly, Janet, and Lisa, it was fabulous meeting you and please keep in touch!

Sandy :-h

[LisaVA]

Wow, what a whirlwind experience. The Hotel Lucerna is wonderful, the staff are kind and helpful. I couldn't have been treated nicer. My experience at the OCC was just awsome. I loved speaking with the doctors, (although I'm pretty sure they knew I was a handful from the moment I opened my mouth). I pushed them a bit to see how they would handle it, and well.....they are pro's who really do care. As a health care professional myself, I would recommend them to everyone! I am tender now that I am 2 days post op. Feeling some upper GI pressure, finally passing gas, but I cannot burp. Some of the others on the trip were burping like crazy. I feel like I have to, and feel the pressure, but nothing comes up. No nausea or vomiting! I'm on the broth for at least a few more days and am doing watered down juice or gatorade. My friend who came with me had her teeth whitened while we waited for my surgery, they did a great job. I think I'll have mine done when I go for my fill. Also, there is a Lasix clinic downstairs and it is a good one. Plan to have that done too. The weirdest part was crossing the boarder back to the US at 5AM. Talk about a freak show! Apparently people walk across the boarder to go clubbing and then walk back. There were some scary sights! Boarder was a breeze for us though, felt like we had the VIP treatment. We bypassed the long lines of cars, were brought strait in a side door at customs, showed our ID, asked what we were bringing back and told thank you. We walked out the other door and Fransisco was there waiting for us and escorted us right to the van. SMOOTH! FYI if you are bring back alcohol, you can bring 2L per person as long as you do not reside in California. Good thing to know! We barely scraped by with that one!

Overall, a great experience, just waiting for the post-op pain to subside. PS, just a quick hint, I have been constipated since surgery and decided to take some DOSS. Can't swallow the gel caps so opened one and thought I'd just sip it. WRONG. It was like battery acid! Burn baby burn. Don't try it. I'm just gonna increase H20 intake and hope for the best!

To my Amigo Kirk and my Amigas Holly, Janet, and Lisa, it was fabulous meeting you and please keep in touch!

Sandy :-h

Sandy -

Glad your experience was like mine - wonderful! for the constipation, don't dilute the apple juice and believe me, it will WORK !

Best of luck to you!!

Lisa