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A weight loss surgery blog by lompocbander on BariatricPal. 2 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Read more about Coming up on eight weeks...

Coming up on eight weeks...

It's been a long journey to healing! My surgeon said it doesn't usually take this long. ***sigh*** In any case, I still have some pain, but I'm now feeling fairly good most days. :w00t: No real weight loss yet, but I am willing to wait for that until I get to my "sweet spot" in fills. I had my first fill, 1 cc in an 11 cc band, and that made very little difference. In six weeks I get my next fill. At this point, I have little food restriction, but I do have some, which is fine. I am losing some

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• lompocbander
• February 12, 200917 yr

Read more about Trying not to be discouraged, but...

Trying not to be discouraged, but...

I was under the impression that the surgery would be fairly easy to recover from and that I wouldn't miss too much work. Now it's four weeks post op and I still am not feeling so great. Slept off and on a good part of the day today. In the past four weeks I've probably put in three full work days. :thumbup: Especially difficult since I run my own business, and if I'm not working, there's no income!   I had a hiatal hernia repaired when the band was done, and now I've been told that makes the

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• lompocbander
• January 19, 200917 yr